FIND ROW/COL & RETURN DATA FROM ANOTHER COLUMN

[dakotaglory]

I am attempting to return the value of other columns much like a VLOOKUP would; however, I need to find the applicable row/column to ensure a match and then if true return data from another column on that row and if there is no match I need to indicate as such. Attached is an example of what I have losing sleep over.

 

[dakotaglory]

CSV

Lookup Reference,WHAT ROW IS LOOKUP IN,WHAT COLUMN,INDEX/MATCH RESULT,"VALUE OF DATA IN ""DATA I NEED"" WHERE A# MATCHES F2:H6",COL1,COL2,COL3,DATA I NEED
pear,,,,,random,random,apples,myvalue1
apples,,,,,random,oranges,random,myvalue2
oranges,,,,,strawberries,random,random,myvalue3
strawberries,,,,,random,random,banana,myvalue4
banana,,,,,random,no-match,random,
,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,

 

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