Adding Column formula to a vlookup

[DanielAP]

Hi

I have a vlookup that i need to extend across a large array. I believe the COLUMN formula will allow me to do this without having to manually change the column I'm looking up.

Any help on using this formula would be much appreciated as I'm new to it.

=(VLOOKUP($A9,$A$15:$F$19,2,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(B$8,$J$1:$N$5,2,FALSE))+((VLOOKUP($A9,$A$15:$F$19,3,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(B$8,$J$1:$N$5,3,FALSE))+((VLOOKUP($A9,$A$15:$F$19,4,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(B$8,$J$1:$N$5,4,FALSE))+((VLOOKUP($A9,$A$15:$F$19,5,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(B$8,$J$1:$N$5,5,FALSE)))))

Thanks

Dan (Excel 2007)

 

[jim may]

Wild guess, but..

=SUMPRODUCT((B15:E19)*(K1:N5))

 

[T. Valko]

Hi

I have a vlookup that i need to extend across a large array. I believe the COLUMN formula will allow me to do this without having to manually change the column I'm looking up.

Any help on using this formula would be much appreciated as I'm new to it.

=(VLOOKUP($A9,$A$15:$F$19,2,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(B$8,$J$1:$N$5,2,FALSE))+((VLOOKUP($A9,$A$15:$F$19,3,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(B$8,$J$1:$N$5,3,FALSE))+((VLOOKUP($A9,$A$15:$F$19,4,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(B$8,$J$1:$N$5,4,FALSE))+((VLOOKUP($A9,$A$15:$F$19,5,FALSE)*VLOOKUP(B$8,$J$1:$N$5,5,FALSE)))))

Thanks

Dan (Excel 2007)

Try this...

=SUMPRODUCT(INDEX(B15:E19,MATCH(A9,A15:A19,0),0),INDEX(K1:N5,MATCH(B8,J1:J5,0),0))

 

[scottylad2]

in response to the original query, you need the Columns function instead of using 1 to show column 1 use =Columns($A1:A1) which results in 1 as you drag across the columns this will increment by 1 for eacch column ie columns($A1:E1) will return 5

 

[DanielAP]

Thanks for all the responses, I knew there would be a neater way to work this. T.Valko your solution works perfectly, especially as i can easily scale it up to accommodate larger arrays.

Thanks again all, I really appreciate the help.

Dan

 

[T. Valko]

Thanks for all the responses, I knew there would be a neater way to work this. T.Valko your solution works perfectly, especially as i can easily scale it up to accommodate larger arrays.

Thanks again all, I really appreciate the help.

Dan

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!