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If you want exact matches for just two columns (and return a value from a
third), you could use:

=index(othersheet!$c$1:$c$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)*(b2=othersheet !$b$1:$b$100),0))

(all in one cell)

This is an array formula. Hit ctrl-shift-enter instead of enter. If you do it
correctly, excel will wrap curly brackets {} around your formula. (don't type
them yourself.)

Adjust the range to match--but you can't use the whole column.

This returns the value in othersheet column C when column A and B (of
othersheet) match A2 and B2 of the sheet with the formula.

And you can add more conditions by just adding more stuff to that product
portion of the formula:

=index(othersheet!$d$1:$d$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100)
*(c2=othersheet!$c$1:$c$100),0))

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So your array formula would look like:

=index(othersheet!$g$1:$g$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100)
*(c2=othersheet!$c$1:$c$100)
*(d2=othersheet!$d$1:$d$100),0))



excelnewbie44 wrote:

I have a large database set up with information in cells A-G. Cells A-D
contain unique information and I would like to create a function that will
find when the criteria matches these four cells it pulls in the answer in the
7th cell (G). I hope this makes sense. I tried to set up a INDEX-MATCH
function but have been unsuccessful so far. Is this the right function to
use? If so, do you know the general format I should be using to set this up?

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Dave Peterson