In Microsoft Excel, there are three types of match_type 1,0,-1. The “1” match_type finds the largest value that is less than or equal to the look_up value.

INDEX with XMATCH returns an item from a range or array according to the first or last match it finds. Like XLOOKUP, it works with vertical and horizontal datasets, can search in any direction, and ...

When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

The MATCH function returns the position of a value (in a list, table, database). And, the INDEX-MATCH functions used together make extracting data from a table a breeze.

That will require the addition of the MATCH function to find the intersection of two data points in a table—in our example, the age and class of an asset.We’ll use MATCH in the col_index_num position ...

Excel’s XLOOKUP () function is available in Microsoft 365 and Excel 2021, and Excel for the web. For your convenience, you can download the demonstration .xlsx files.