I currently use VLOOKUP to find the address for a company when their
name is input. It returns the address but I would also like it to
return the row it gets the details from, is this possible?

thanks


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MATCH function returns row number!
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Stefi


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I currently use VLOOKUP to find the address for a company when their
name is input. It returns the address but I would also like it to
return the row it gets the details from, is this possible?

thanks


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"Stefi" wrote in message
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MATCH function returns row number!

No, it returns the index into the data. This could be the row number IF it
is vertical data, but may not (MATCH("123",A100:A110,0 will never be between
100 and 110).

rocket0612 wrote:
I currently use VLOOKUP to find the address for a company when their
name is input. It returns the address but I would also like it to
return the row it gets the details from, is this possible?

thanks



Given in A2:B4:

x,7
y,6
z,9

the formula:

=VLOOKUP("y",$A$2:$B$4,2,0)

would return 6.

=MATCH("y",$A$2:$A$4,0)

would return the position of the lookup value "y", therefore also of the
value associated with it.

=MATCH("y",$A$2:$A$4,0)+ROW($A$2)-1

would return the native row number at which "y" is.

=CELL("Address",INDEX($B$2:$B$4,MATCH("y",$A$2:$A$ 4,0)))

would return the cell reference of the value associated with "y".