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Hello - looking for an Excel whizz. Trying to complete Cell J3 with a column header based on the player and their 'score' from the week. I have tried a combination of LOOKUP with INDEX MATCH but ...
GPet18 Here are 2 options that should work. The 1st uses Table Reference (update 'Table1' to the name of your table if it is different) and is preferred since then the table can grow and you don't have to worry about adjusting the formula:
=INDEX(Table1[#Headers],MATCH($J$2,INDEX(Table1[#Data],MATCH($J$1,Table1[Player],0),),0))This second uses the traditional cell references and you could make them really big (e.g. A1:G10000) but that is a waste and inefficient.
=INDEX($A$1:$G$1,MATCH($J$2,INDEX($A$1:$G$5,MATCH($J$1,$A$1:$A$5,0),0),))
By way of warning, I use Excel 365 and only develop code for that version.
= LET(
playerData, XLOOKUP(player,ResultTbl[Player],ResultTbl),
XLOOKUP(score, playerData, ResultTbl[#Headers],"Out of bounds",-1))
Thank you so much - that worked perfectly!!