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wazza2040
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Nov 16, 2019
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Find/return the next value in the column list

Hi,   I have a list of numbers in a column.   A have a number in another cell that has been selected from that list.   Is it possible to find this number in the list (a la vlookup) and then acc...
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  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    Nov 16, 2019

    wazza2040 

    You may find with MATCH() position of the number in the list, and with INDEX() return value from the cell in next position. If, for exmple, your list is in column A and number to search is in cell B1, it could be

    =IFERROR(INDEX(A:A,MATCH(B1,A:A,0)+1),"no such number")

     

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PeterBartholomew1
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Nov 16, 2019

wazza2040 

VLOOKUP always has been a flawed function for a number of reasons,  INDEX/MATCH would be better here.  Calling you list and number by those names, the simplest formula is

= INDEX( list, 1 + MATCH( number, list, 0 ) )

Instead of adding 1 to the index it is also possible to define 'offsetList' to be a range one cell down from the initial list:

= INDEX( offsetList, MATCH( number, list, 0 ) )

Switching to the latest versions of Office 365, one has the new XLOOKUP function which replaces other lookup function in almost all circumstances.  Using the offset list once more

= XLOOKUP( number, list, offsetList )

or if volatile functions are not a problem

= OFFSET( XLOOKUP( number, list, list ), 1, 0 )

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