Dynamic Match()/Index() (col changing)

[lezawang]

Hi
I want to make my match() and Index() look more dynamic.
User is going to select name from a Data validation list
Then user will Select from another data validation list to tell excel what they want to return, Phone#, Address, or Salary

I can do the lookup if the column is fixed (col1, 2, 3) like the following

=INDEX($A$1:$D$20,MATCH($H$5,$A$1:$A$20,0),2)

That is to return phone# but I like to make it dynamic, I do not want to pass col2 to Index function. Is that possible? Thank you.

select name

john16

enter what you want

<tbody>
</tbody>

name	ph#	address	salary
john1	1	1 main st	2472
john2	2	2 main st	8646
john3	3	3 main st	1156
john4	4	4 main st	9592
john5	5	5 main st	2862
john6	6	6 main st	2155
john7	7	7 main st	4604

<tbody>
</tbody>

 

[DanteAmor]

Try this formula

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	name	ph#	address	salary
2	john1	1	1 main st	2472
3	john2	2	2 main st	8646
4	john3	3	3 main st	1156
5								john1	address	1 main st
Hoja12

 

[Kamolga]

If in H7 you put a list where user can select Phone, Address or Salary then

=INDEX($A$1:$D$20,MATCH($H$5,$A$1:$A$20,0),IF($H$7="Phone",2,IF($H$7="Address",3,4)))

 

[Michael M]

withdrawn...Dante has it covered