Find column heading,find row value,then return value from ce

[explorious]

the column headings are in row 1.ie d1,e1,f1,g1,....etc.the numbers are in column d2,d3,d4,...etc.For example,if i type a name of a column heading into cell a1 and type a number into a2,how do i get the value(returned in cell a3) where column and row meet.ie. look along row 1 for value (typed in a1)then look down column d for value typed in a2.return value into a3 of the cell
where both column and row meet.
the ap

[ This Message was edited by: explorious on 2002-03-17 20:17 ]

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-03-17 15:10, explorious wrote:
the column headings are in row 1.ie d1,e1,f1,g1,....etc.the numbers are in column d2,d3,d4,...etc.For example,if i type a name of a column heading into cell a1 and type a number into a2,how do i get the value(returned in cell a3) where column and row meet.ie. look along row 1 for value (typed in a1)then look down column d for value typed in a2.return value into a3 of the cell
where both column and row meet.
the ap

Shouldn't the layout be something like:

row 1 from E1 on houses names and
column D from D2 on houses numbers?

Aladin



[ This Message was edited by: Aladin Akyurek on 2002-03-17 21:53 ]

[explorious]

On 2002-03-17 15:10, explorious wrote:
the column headings are in row 1.ie d1,e1,f1,g1,....etc.the numbers are in column d2,d3,d4,...etc.For example,if i type a name of a column heading into cell a1 and type a number into a2,how do i get the value(returned in cell a3) where column and row meet.ie. look along row 1 for value (typed in a1)then look down column d for value typed in a2.return value into a3 of the cell
where both column and row meet.
the ap

[ This Message was edited by: explorious on 2002-03-17 20:17 ]

[Dave Hawley]

Hi

There are many ways to do this and a Pivot Table would probably be best. But try this formula

=INDEX($D$1:$L$1000,MATCH($A$2,$D$1:$D$1000,0),MATCH($A$1,$D$1:$L$1,0))


D1:L1000
Is the table
D1:D1000
are the row labels
D1:L1
are the column labels
A2
is the Column heading to find
A1
is the Row heading to find.

[Yogi Anand]

Hi Explorious:
As Dave Hawley said there are many ways you can approach this ... one way would be by using the MATCH and VLOOKUP functions. Using the layout delineated by Dave Hawley above, the formula in cell A3 would be:

=VLOOKUP(A2,$D$1:$L$1000,MATCH(A1,$D$1:$L$1000),0)

the MATCH function locates the column number of the selected heading for the value to be matched in cell A1, and then the VLOOKUP function locates the selection for the lookup value in cell A2.

I hope this is what you are looking for ... please post if it works for you, otherwise explain a little further what you are trying to accomplish!