Chapter 4. The INDEX Function
I have a list of distances between U.S. cities. How do I write a function that returns the distance between, say, Seattle and Miami?
Is there any way I can write a formula that references the entire column containing the distances of each city to Seattle?
Syntax of the INDEX Function
The INDEX function allows you to return the entry in any row and column within a rectangular array of numbers. The most commonly used syntax for the INDEX function is:
INDEX(Array, Row Number, Column Number)
To illustrate, the formula INDEX(A1:D12,2,3) would return the entry in the second row and third column of the array A1:D12. This entry is the one in cell C2.
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