Hi Fernando
If your table is like this: you can use this formula
=INDEX(B2:E5,MATCH(A8,A2:A5,0),MATCH(B8,B1:E1,0))
I'm using A8 & B8 cell to set my criteria "Island 3 with Island 2"
Change the range to your needs.
A B C D E etc...
1 island 1 island 2 island 3 island 4
2 island 1 5 25 40 55
3 island 2 15 20 22 45
4 island 3 12 14 18 22
5 Island 4 4 14 12 16

HTH
John


"Fernando Lopes Jr" <Fernando Lopes wrote in
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I need a fucntion that is able to read a table cross the data from the rows
and colums and return a value. The table is 9x9 in the colums and rows I have
the name of nine islands the data is the distance between then. I need a
function that I say island 2 and island 3 and it returns the distance from
the table.

Thanks for the help