Hi,

Try this for the lower number

=VLOOKUP(B1,A1:A11,1,TRUE)

and this for the higher

=MIN(IF(A1:A11=B1,A1:A11))

This is an array formula which must be entered with CTRL+Shift+Enter and NOT
'just enter. If you do it correctly then Excel will put curly brackets around
'the formula{}. You can't type these yourself. If you Edit the ranges
'then you must re-enter as An array

In the event of an exact match these both return the match


Mike

"Raz" wrote:

Hi, Thanks in advance if you can help.

I need two seperate equations to find the number above and below a specific
number from a list of numbers in accending order.

for example my specific number is 875, I need to find the number (only one
number) which is immediately less than 875, and the number that is
immidiately higher than 875 from the list below.

The two equations should give me 850 and 900 in seperate cells.

500
550
600
650
700
750
800
850
900
950
1000