{"id":1239,"date":"2015-05-18T19:19:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T17:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:18:38","slug":"index-function-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/index-function-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"INDEX Function Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It returns a cell\u00b4s value from within a table\/range<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=INDEX(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">array<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">row_num<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008000;\">[column_num]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=INDEX(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">from this table\/range<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">return me this row number<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008000;\">[and return me this column number]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <strong>INDEX<\/strong> function in Excel returns a cell\u00b4s values from within a table\/array.<\/p>\n<p>It works like a map, so you have to select a range (table\/array) and tell it to return you the coordinates (Row &amp; Column numbers).<\/p>\n<p>So if you want to return values from a Price List or large data set, then your <strong>INDEX<\/strong> function is your savior.<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KmP8eN_A6XA?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Index_Intro.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Index_Intro.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Index_Intro.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We want to get the <strong>price of a laptop in 2014 and 2015<\/strong> based on price table.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">STEP 1:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>We need to enter the <strong>INDEX<\/strong> function in a blank cell:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=INDEX(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"INDEX Function Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index1.png\" alt=\"INDEX Function Introduction\" width=\"1096\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index1.png 1096w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index1-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index1-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index1-768x261.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong> <\/span>The <strong>INDEX<\/strong> arguments for the 2014 laptop price:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/index-function-introduction\/#Array\" title=\"Array\">Array<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/index-function-introduction\/#Row_num\" title=\"Row_num\">Row_num<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/index-function-introduction\/#Column_num\" title=\"Column_num\">Column_num<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/index-function-introduction\/#Array-2\" title=\"Array\">Array<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/index-function-introduction\/#Row_num-2\" title=\"Row_num\">Row_num<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/index-function-introduction\/#Column_num-2\" title=\"Column_num\">Column_num<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Array\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Array<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the table of source data? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We need to select the pricing table here.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=INDEX(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C16:E19,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"INDEX Function Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index2.png\" alt=\"INDEX Function Introduction\" width=\"960\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index2.png 960w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index2-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index2-768x191.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Row_num\"><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Row_num<\/span><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What row number contains the data? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since we want the laptop, it&#8217;s on row #2<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=INDEX(C16:E19, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"INDEX Function Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index3.png\" alt=\"INDEX Function Introduction\" width=\"960\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index3.png 960w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index3-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index3-768x197.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Column_num\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Column_num<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What column number contains the data? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since we want the price for the year 2014, it&#8217;s on column #2<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=INDEX(C16:E19, 2, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"INDEX Function Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index4.png\" alt=\"INDEX Function Introduction\" width=\"880\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index4.png 880w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index4-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index4-768x210.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong> <\/span>The <strong>INDEX<\/strong> arguments for the 2015 laptop price:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Array-2\"><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Array<\/span><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the table of source data? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We need to select the pricing table here.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=INDEX(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C16:E19,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"INDEX Function Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index5.png\" alt=\"INDEX Function Introduction\" width=\"1049\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index5.png 1049w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index5-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index5-1024x241.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index5-768x181.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1049px) 100vw, 1049px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Row_num-2\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Row_num<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What row number contains the data? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since we want the laptop, it&#8217;s on row #2<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=INDEX(C16:E19, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"INDEX Function Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index6.png\" alt=\"INDEX Function Introduction\" width=\"1049\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index6.png 1049w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index6-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index6-1024x237.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index6-768x178.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1049px) 100vw, 1049px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Column_num-2\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Column_num<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What column number contains the data? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since we want the price for the year 2015, it&#8217;s on column #3<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=INDEX(C16:E19, 2, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">3)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"INDEX Function Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index7.png\" alt=\"INDEX Function Introduction\" width=\"928\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index7.png 928w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index7-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index7-768x196.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You now have your prices!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"INDEX Function Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index8.png\" alt=\"INDEX Function Introduction\" width=\"876\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index8.png 876w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index8-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/index8-768x222.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the Index Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What does it do? It returns a cell\u00b4s value from within a table\/range Formula breakdown: =INDEX(array, row_num, [column_num]) What it means: =INDEX(from this table\/range, return me this row number, [and return me this column number]) The INDEX function in Excel returns a cell\u00b4s values from within a table\/array. It works like a map, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[11,3,277],"tags":[43,78,79],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}