Why do you want to use INDEX and MATCH? Try this array* formula
instead:

=MAX(IF(A1:A10="Apple",B1:B10))

* Array formulae have to be committed using CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER (CSE)
instead of the usual ENTER. If you do this correctly then Excel will
wrap curly braces { } around the formula when viewed in the formula
bar - do no type these yourself. If you edit the formula, then commit
with CSE again.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Mar 18, 1:46*am, Eric wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to determine the value with condition?
Under A column, there is a list of types.
Under B column, there is a list of numbers.
For example
Apple 10
Orange 15
Banana 21
Apple 4
Banana 3
Orange 7
Orange 9
Apple 11

I would like to determine the maximum number under Apple type using index
and match function.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you very much
Eric