Functions are the driving force of any Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, generating a single value or an array of results based on certain arguments you input. However, combining—or nesting—functions ...

Index, Match, and Index Match In Excel, the INDEX function returns an item from a specific position (in a list, table, database).

Learn how to use Excel’s INDEX and MATCH formulas to perform advanced lookups and data retrieval efficiently.

There's one trick, though, that separates the quants from the interns. That trick is Index/Match, a function that can find any value in any spreadsheet.