INDEX with XMATCH returns an item from a range or array according to the first or last match it finds. Like XLOOKUP, it works ...

When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

Since the XMATCH function is a modern upgrade from the MATCH function, it's only available to those using Excel for Microsoft 365, Excel for the web, the Excel mobile and tablet apps, and one-off ...

In Excel, the INDEX function returns an item from a specific position (in a list, table, database). The MATCH function returns the position of a value (in a list, table, database).

MATCH searched for "Math" in C2:C9, then passed the result (2) to INDEX, which returned the second element of the array B2:B9, which was New York. So the math major is from New York.

The INDEX (Sheet1!C$2:C$11, …) part specifies that you want to return a value from column C (Gender) in Sheet 1. The MATCH (A2, Sheet1!B$2:B$11, 0) part looks for the Employee Code in cell A2 ...

Set the fifth parameter [match_mode] to 1 and if there isn’t an exact match you will get the next largest result; -1 fetches the next smallest item.