The carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test measures the amount of this protein that may appear in the blood of some people who have certain kinds of cancers, especially cancer of the large intestine (colon and rectal cancer).
In this INDEX / MATCH example, the MATCH function will find the position of Jacket in column B, and the INDEX function will return the code from the same position in column A. Set up the worksheet as shown at right. Enter the following formula in cell B6: =INDEX($A$2:$A$4,MATCH(A6,$B$2:$B$4,0))
Excel's INDEX and MATCH functions - the basics. Since the aim of this tutorial is to demonstrate an alternative way to do a vlookup in Excel by using a combination of INDEX and MATCH functions, we won't dwell much on their syntax and uses.