I have 10 cells w/ various amounts of numbers. I want a formula to find
the max number and instead of showing that amount, have it show the name
that goes w/ that amount. Do I use the IF and MAX function?

names in A1, A2, A3 and so on
numbers in B1,B2,B3 and so on

thanks,


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=INDEX(A1:A10,MATCH(MAX(B1:B10),B1:B10,0))

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| I have 10 cells w/ various amounts of numbers. I want a formula to find
| the max number and instead of showing that amount, have it show the name
| that goes w/ that amount. Do I use the IF and MAX function?
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| names in A1, A2, A3 and so on
| numbers in B1,B2,B3 and so on
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| thanks,
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Try this:

=INDEX(A1:A10,MATCH(MAX(B1:B10),B1:B10,0))

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I have 10 cells w/ various amounts of numbers. I want a formula to find
the max number and instead of showing that amount, have it show the name
that goes w/ that amount. Do I use the IF and MAX function?

names in A1, A2, A3 and so on
numbers in B1,B2,B3 and so on

thanks,


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thanks for the help so far,

here's the formula that I'm using:

=INDEX($C$35:$AF$35,MATCH(MAX(C41:AF41),C41:AF41,0 ))
where $C$35:$AF$35 contains names of people & C41:AF41 contains #'s.

This works great if there isn't a tie. Is there a formula to search
the range, find the max # and if there are two answers display both
names.

ex. the max# is 3 and both joe and sam have 3. it would then show joe
/ sam or something like that. Is this possible?

If not, then if there is a tie for the max #, to have the cell just
display tie.

Thanks,


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