These two functions are commonly used together because the INDEX identifies the lookup column, and XMATCH identifies the lookup row.

In Excel, the INDEX function returns an item from a specific position (in a list, table, database). The MATCH function returns the position of a value (in a list, table, database).

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, but we've selected the most popular, from date and time functions to mathematics and simple data manipulation.

Excel’s INDEX function allows users to reference values in a range of data (or array of data) by their column and row number position within that range. As a simple example, the formula =INDEX (A1:F10 ...

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