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Match data in grid from 3 variables
- Mar 06, 2025
As with so much in excel there are many possibilities and depend on a few factors. If we assume there will be 1 an only 1 possible combination of Variable 1, 2, and 3 then try something like:
=CHOOSECOLS( XLOOKUP( in_var1 & "@" & in_var2, $A$2:$A$100 & "@" & $B$2:$B$100, $C$2:$H$100), XMATCH( in_var3, $C$1:$H$1) )if you just need to "search" then an alternative maybe to just turn FILTERS on and use them to filter by Var 1 and Var 2.
So highlight the whole table and go to DATA and click Filters (or click CTRL-SHIFT-L):
Then you click the drop down arrows and enter in the search which values you want:
In the example on the left I typed "name1" and notice the list drops out all the names from 2-9 and if you further select the specific "name" it will only show rows with that specific name.
Then repeat on the second column.
I had a typo, accidentally dropped the 'S' off of CHOOSECOLS
Fixed it up above.
If that isn't the problem are you useing Excel 365 or some old version? If you type =CHOOSEC do you see a tooltip / drop down that has CHOOSECOLS in it?