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Default Getting column number from HLOOKUP?

Ah...thanks! Now I have a new problem with the match. For some reason
MATCH isn't finding matching dates. I'll start a new topic






Domenic wrote:
Assuming that A1:C1 contains the data, try...

=MATCH("orange",A1:C1,0)

Hope this helps!

In article .com,
wrote:

I'm doing a simple HLOOKUP and would like to know what column a
matching value is in rather than the value of something else in a
nearby row.

For example if I have:

apple orange pear

in columns 1, 2, and 3 respectively, how do I do a search for "orange"
and then return the column number "2" as the match?

Thanks for any ideas!