IndexMatchMatch help, please

[kerrpe]

I have a simple chart:

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 567pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=753><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 46pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2230" span=9 width=61><COL style="WIDTH: 51pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2486" span=3 width=68><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 15.75pt" height=21><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #1f497d 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; HEIGHT: 15.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65 height=21 width=61>1/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=61>2/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=61>3/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=61>4/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=61>5/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=61>6/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=61>7/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=61>8/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 46pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=61>9/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 51pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=68>10/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 51pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 width=68>11/1/2000</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; WIDTH: 51pt; BORDER-TOP: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #1f497d 1pt solid" class=xl67 width=68>12/1/2000</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15.75pt" height=21><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #1f497d 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 15.75pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl68 height=21>Jan</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Feb</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Mar</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Apr</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>May</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Jun</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Jul</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Aug</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Sep</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Oct</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl64>Nov</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: #1f497d 1pt solid" class=xl69>Dec</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15.75pt" height=21><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #1f497d 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 15.75pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl70 height=21>23</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>46</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>24</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>35</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>39</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>34</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>35</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>29</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>50</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>49</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl71>36</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #1f497d 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: #1f497d 1pt solid" class=xl72>37</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


I am trying to create a formula that will return the date of the highest value. In this case, September has the highest value of 50, I want my cell to return 9/1/2000.

I tried formula: =INDEX(A1:L1, MATCH(B9,A3:L3,0), MATCH(A9,A2:L2,0))

but this returns #REF!

Can someone please tell me why, and how to fix it? Perhaps there is a more simple formula?

Thanks very much.

 

[AlphaFrog]

<br /><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th><th>D</th><th>E</th><th>F</th><th>G</th><th>H</th><th>I</th><th>J</th><th>K</th><th>L</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">1/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">2/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">3/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">4/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">5/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">6/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">7/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">8/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">9/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">10/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">11/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">12/1/2000</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Jan</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Feb</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Mar</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Apr</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">May</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Jun</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Jul</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Aug</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Sep</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Oct</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Nov</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">Dec</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">23</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">46</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">24</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">35</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">39</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">34</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">35</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">29</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">50</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">49</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">36</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;border-left: 1px solid black;;">37</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;border-top: 1px solid black;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style="text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid black;border-right: 1px solid black;border-bottom: 1px solid black;background-color: #FFFF99;;">9/1/2000</td><td style="text-align: right;border-left: 1px solid black;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A5</th><td style="text-align:left">=INDEX(<font color="Blue">A1:L1,MATCH(<font color="Red">MAX(<font color="Green">A3:L3</font>),A3:L3,0</font>)</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[jmthompson]

=index(a1:l3,1,match(max(a3:l3),a3:l3,0))

 

[kerrpe]

Excellent! Thank you both!