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Hi. This seems like it should be simple but I'm not having any luck. If
column A is a list of names and B is a list of corresponding numbers (like
test scores), in C1 I want to find the highest score in B and show the name
of the person to whom it belongs. I can find the MAX in column B, but can't
seem to get beyond that.
Any help would be appreciated.
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=INDEX(A1:A3,MATCH(MAX(B1:B3),B1:B3,0))

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Niek Otten
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"CTURNER82" wrote in message ...
| Hi. This seems like it should be simple but I'm not having any luck. If
| column A is a list of names and B is a list of corresponding numbers (like
| test scores), in C1 I want to find the highest score in B and show the name
| of the person to whom it belongs. I can find the MAX in column B, but can't
| seem to get beyond that.
| Any help would be appreciated.


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