How to Find the location of a value in a multi row / column Excel spreadsheet table












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I searched Google for over an hour and could only come up with vlookup, index, and match solutions that do not solve this problem.



I thought it would be simple but I could not find a direct solution for the following:



How do I find either the cell address or preferably the row and column of the value 119, or any other number in the table below?



The table does not contain row or column titles, only the numbers as shown.



I am looking for a worksheet solution (formula) and not a VBA solution.



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    I searched Google for over an hour and could only come up with vlookup, index, and match solutions that do not solve this problem.



    I thought it would be simple but I could not find a direct solution for the following:



    How do I find either the cell address or preferably the row and column of the value 119, or any other number in the table below?



    The table does not contain row or column titles, only the numbers as shown.



    I am looking for a worksheet solution (formula) and not a VBA solution.



    Number Matrix










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      I searched Google for over an hour and could only come up with vlookup, index, and match solutions that do not solve this problem.



      I thought it would be simple but I could not find a direct solution for the following:



      How do I find either the cell address or preferably the row and column of the value 119, or any other number in the table below?



      The table does not contain row or column titles, only the numbers as shown.



      I am looking for a worksheet solution (formula) and not a VBA solution.



      Number Matrix










      share|improve this question
















      I searched Google for over an hour and could only come up with vlookup, index, and match solutions that do not solve this problem.



      I thought it would be simple but I could not find a direct solution for the following:



      How do I find either the cell address or preferably the row and column of the value 119, or any other number in the table below?



      The table does not contain row or column titles, only the numbers as shown.



      I am looking for a worksheet solution (formula) and not a VBA solution.



      Number Matrix







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      edited Dec 30 '18 at 23:11









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          An Array Formula



          This is an array formula and it has to be entered with control shift enter i.e. hold control shift and then press enter.



          =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,ROW(A1:J34)-ROW(A1)+1))


          Remarks:



          The value is searched by column i.e. A1, A2, ... B1, B2 ... i.e. if you had another 119 in cell D1 the result would still be 2, and if you had a 119 in cell c1 then the result would be
          1.



          For a column version just replace ROW with COLUMN:



          =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,COLUMN(A1:J34)-COLUMN(A1)+1))





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          • Thank you VBasic2008. This is the selected answer.

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 3:29



















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          Well, clunky and you can expand it, but it does work:



          enter image description here



          Row is separate to column but you could put them together in one cell, does depend on how you want to use the results, but you did not specify that so I have done this...



          You could use a choose() function or a lookup table with vlookup() to change the column result to a letter...






          share|improve this answer


























          • I was going to post something similar... I thought you might as well return the row and column at the same time, e.g.: =IFERROR("A_"&MATCH(E2,A1:A3,0),IFERROR("B_"&MATCH(E2,B1:B3,0),IFERROR("C_"&MATCH(E2,C1:C3,0),"XX")))

            – David
            Dec 30 '18 at 21:57











          • @David you should still post yours as it is shorter than mine and just as valid...

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 30 '18 at 22:00











          • An interesting solution. However, could be too involved for a large table. Thanks for your help

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:39











          • @Sammy I enjoyed making it work, but there are more elegant solutions which is fine. :)

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:40



















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          Please try:



          =MOD((K1-50),34)+1&" | "&1+(INT((K1-50)/34))


          where K1 is your selected value.



          Returns R | C. (Data in A1:J34 is not required.)






          share|improve this answer



















          • 1





            This works and produces the same results as my, much longer, effort above and demonstrates superb knowledge, plus 1 from me...

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 30 '18 at 23:33






          • 1





            pnuts: Very cool method indeed. Sorry if my example portrayed a numerical only type problem. I actually need a solution that works for any type of data, not just numbers.

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:45





















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          Below is a general purpose answer based on VBasic2008's answer.



          I modified the formulas to utilize defined names so that the cell references do not have to be hard coded in the formulas. This way both the data table and row / column formulas can be relocated to anywhere on the spreadsheet. It works for both numerical AND text based data.



          I also included the =ADDRESS() function to return the absolute reference of the look up value.



          For illustration purposes, a step by step example for Data Set 1 is shown replacing the hard coded cell references with defined names.



          The Data Set 2 section is the simplified version just using one defined for each the row and column look up value.



          You can download an example spreadsheet here: Look_Up_a_Value_in_a_Table.xls



          Thanks to all of you: Solar Mike, VBasic2008, and pnuts



          Click on the image to enlarge.



          enter image description here






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            An Array Formula



            This is an array formula and it has to be entered with control shift enter i.e. hold control shift and then press enter.



            =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,ROW(A1:J34)-ROW(A1)+1))


            Remarks:



            The value is searched by column i.e. A1, A2, ... B1, B2 ... i.e. if you had another 119 in cell D1 the result would still be 2, and if you had a 119 in cell c1 then the result would be
            1.



            For a column version just replace ROW with COLUMN:



            =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,COLUMN(A1:J34)-COLUMN(A1)+1))





            share|improve this answer


























            • Thank you VBasic2008. This is the selected answer.

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 3:29
















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            An Array Formula



            This is an array formula and it has to be entered with control shift enter i.e. hold control shift and then press enter.



            =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,ROW(A1:J34)-ROW(A1)+1))


            Remarks:



            The value is searched by column i.e. A1, A2, ... B1, B2 ... i.e. if you had another 119 in cell D1 the result would still be 2, and if you had a 119 in cell c1 then the result would be
            1.



            For a column version just replace ROW with COLUMN:



            =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,COLUMN(A1:J34)-COLUMN(A1)+1))





            share|improve this answer


























            • Thank you VBasic2008. This is the selected answer.

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 3:29














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            An Array Formula



            This is an array formula and it has to be entered with control shift enter i.e. hold control shift and then press enter.



            =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,ROW(A1:J34)-ROW(A1)+1))


            Remarks:



            The value is searched by column i.e. A1, A2, ... B1, B2 ... i.e. if you had another 119 in cell D1 the result would still be 2, and if you had a 119 in cell c1 then the result would be
            1.



            For a column version just replace ROW with COLUMN:



            =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,COLUMN(A1:J34)-COLUMN(A1)+1))





            share|improve this answer















            An Array Formula



            This is an array formula and it has to be entered with control shift enter i.e. hold control shift and then press enter.



            =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,ROW(A1:J34)-ROW(A1)+1))


            Remarks:



            The value is searched by column i.e. A1, A2, ... B1, B2 ... i.e. if you had another 119 in cell D1 the result would still be 2, and if you had a 119 in cell c1 then the result would be
            1.



            For a column version just replace ROW with COLUMN:



            =MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,COLUMN(A1:J34)-COLUMN(A1)+1))






            share|improve this answer














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            answered Dec 30 '18 at 21:57









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            • Thank you VBasic2008. This is the selected answer.

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 3:29



















            • Thank you VBasic2008. This is the selected answer.

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 3:29

















            Thank you VBasic2008. This is the selected answer.

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 3:29





            Thank you VBasic2008. This is the selected answer.

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 3:29













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            Well, clunky and you can expand it, but it does work:



            enter image description here



            Row is separate to column but you could put them together in one cell, does depend on how you want to use the results, but you did not specify that so I have done this...



            You could use a choose() function or a lookup table with vlookup() to change the column result to a letter...






            share|improve this answer


























            • I was going to post something similar... I thought you might as well return the row and column at the same time, e.g.: =IFERROR("A_"&MATCH(E2,A1:A3,0),IFERROR("B_"&MATCH(E2,B1:B3,0),IFERROR("C_"&MATCH(E2,C1:C3,0),"XX")))

              – David
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:57











            • @David you should still post yours as it is shorter than mine and just as valid...

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 30 '18 at 22:00











            • An interesting solution. However, could be too involved for a large table. Thanks for your help

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:39











            • @Sammy I enjoyed making it work, but there are more elegant solutions which is fine. :)

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:40
















            1














            Well, clunky and you can expand it, but it does work:



            enter image description here



            Row is separate to column but you could put them together in one cell, does depend on how you want to use the results, but you did not specify that so I have done this...



            You could use a choose() function or a lookup table with vlookup() to change the column result to a letter...






            share|improve this answer


























            • I was going to post something similar... I thought you might as well return the row and column at the same time, e.g.: =IFERROR("A_"&MATCH(E2,A1:A3,0),IFERROR("B_"&MATCH(E2,B1:B3,0),IFERROR("C_"&MATCH(E2,C1:C3,0),"XX")))

              – David
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:57











            • @David you should still post yours as it is shorter than mine and just as valid...

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 30 '18 at 22:00











            • An interesting solution. However, could be too involved for a large table. Thanks for your help

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:39











            • @Sammy I enjoyed making it work, but there are more elegant solutions which is fine. :)

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:40














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            Well, clunky and you can expand it, but it does work:



            enter image description here



            Row is separate to column but you could put them together in one cell, does depend on how you want to use the results, but you did not specify that so I have done this...



            You could use a choose() function or a lookup table with vlookup() to change the column result to a letter...






            share|improve this answer















            Well, clunky and you can expand it, but it does work:



            enter image description here



            Row is separate to column but you could put them together in one cell, does depend on how you want to use the results, but you did not specify that so I have done this...



            You could use a choose() function or a lookup table with vlookup() to change the column result to a letter...







            share|improve this answer














            share|improve this answer



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            edited Dec 31 '18 at 8:36

























            answered Dec 30 '18 at 21:44









            Solar MikeSolar Mike

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            • I was going to post something similar... I thought you might as well return the row and column at the same time, e.g.: =IFERROR("A_"&MATCH(E2,A1:A3,0),IFERROR("B_"&MATCH(E2,B1:B3,0),IFERROR("C_"&MATCH(E2,C1:C3,0),"XX")))

              – David
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:57











            • @David you should still post yours as it is shorter than mine and just as valid...

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 30 '18 at 22:00











            • An interesting solution. However, could be too involved for a large table. Thanks for your help

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:39











            • @Sammy I enjoyed making it work, but there are more elegant solutions which is fine. :)

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:40



















            • I was going to post something similar... I thought you might as well return the row and column at the same time, e.g.: =IFERROR("A_"&MATCH(E2,A1:A3,0),IFERROR("B_"&MATCH(E2,B1:B3,0),IFERROR("C_"&MATCH(E2,C1:C3,0),"XX")))

              – David
              Dec 30 '18 at 21:57











            • @David you should still post yours as it is shorter than mine and just as valid...

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 30 '18 at 22:00











            • An interesting solution. However, could be too involved for a large table. Thanks for your help

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:39











            • @Sammy I enjoyed making it work, but there are more elegant solutions which is fine. :)

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:40

















            I was going to post something similar... I thought you might as well return the row and column at the same time, e.g.: =IFERROR("A_"&MATCH(E2,A1:A3,0),IFERROR("B_"&MATCH(E2,B1:B3,0),IFERROR("C_"&MATCH(E2,C1:C3,0),"XX")))

            – David
            Dec 30 '18 at 21:57





            I was going to post something similar... I thought you might as well return the row and column at the same time, e.g.: =IFERROR("A_"&MATCH(E2,A1:A3,0),IFERROR("B_"&MATCH(E2,B1:B3,0),IFERROR("C_"&MATCH(E2,C1:C3,0),"XX")))

            – David
            Dec 30 '18 at 21:57













            @David you should still post yours as it is shorter than mine and just as valid...

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 30 '18 at 22:00





            @David you should still post yours as it is shorter than mine and just as valid...

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 30 '18 at 22:00













            An interesting solution. However, could be too involved for a large table. Thanks for your help

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:39





            An interesting solution. However, could be too involved for a large table. Thanks for your help

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:39













            @Sammy I enjoyed making it work, but there are more elegant solutions which is fine. :)

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:40





            @Sammy I enjoyed making it work, but there are more elegant solutions which is fine. :)

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:40











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            Please try:



            =MOD((K1-50),34)+1&" | "&1+(INT((K1-50)/34))


            where K1 is your selected value.



            Returns R | C. (Data in A1:J34 is not required.)






            share|improve this answer



















            • 1





              This works and produces the same results as my, much longer, effort above and demonstrates superb knowledge, plus 1 from me...

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 30 '18 at 23:33






            • 1





              pnuts: Very cool method indeed. Sorry if my example portrayed a numerical only type problem. I actually need a solution that works for any type of data, not just numbers.

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:45


















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            Please try:



            =MOD((K1-50),34)+1&" | "&1+(INT((K1-50)/34))


            where K1 is your selected value.



            Returns R | C. (Data in A1:J34 is not required.)






            share|improve this answer



















            • 1





              This works and produces the same results as my, much longer, effort above and demonstrates superb knowledge, plus 1 from me...

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 30 '18 at 23:33






            • 1





              pnuts: Very cool method indeed. Sorry if my example portrayed a numerical only type problem. I actually need a solution that works for any type of data, not just numbers.

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:45
















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            Please try:



            =MOD((K1-50),34)+1&" | "&1+(INT((K1-50)/34))


            where K1 is your selected value.



            Returns R | C. (Data in A1:J34 is not required.)






            share|improve this answer













            Please try:



            =MOD((K1-50),34)+1&" | "&1+(INT((K1-50)/34))


            where K1 is your selected value.



            Returns R | C. (Data in A1:J34 is not required.)







            share|improve this answer












            share|improve this answer



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            answered Dec 30 '18 at 21:51









            pnutspnuts

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            • 1





              This works and produces the same results as my, much longer, effort above and demonstrates superb knowledge, plus 1 from me...

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 30 '18 at 23:33






            • 1





              pnuts: Very cool method indeed. Sorry if my example portrayed a numerical only type problem. I actually need a solution that works for any type of data, not just numbers.

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:45
















            • 1





              This works and produces the same results as my, much longer, effort above and demonstrates superb knowledge, plus 1 from me...

              – Solar Mike
              Dec 30 '18 at 23:33






            • 1





              pnuts: Very cool method indeed. Sorry if my example portrayed a numerical only type problem. I actually need a solution that works for any type of data, not just numbers.

              – Sammy
              Dec 31 '18 at 9:45










            1




            1





            This works and produces the same results as my, much longer, effort above and demonstrates superb knowledge, plus 1 from me...

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 30 '18 at 23:33





            This works and produces the same results as my, much longer, effort above and demonstrates superb knowledge, plus 1 from me...

            – Solar Mike
            Dec 30 '18 at 23:33




            1




            1





            pnuts: Very cool method indeed. Sorry if my example portrayed a numerical only type problem. I actually need a solution that works for any type of data, not just numbers.

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:45







            pnuts: Very cool method indeed. Sorry if my example portrayed a numerical only type problem. I actually need a solution that works for any type of data, not just numbers.

            – Sammy
            Dec 31 '18 at 9:45













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            Below is a general purpose answer based on VBasic2008's answer.



            I modified the formulas to utilize defined names so that the cell references do not have to be hard coded in the formulas. This way both the data table and row / column formulas can be relocated to anywhere on the spreadsheet. It works for both numerical AND text based data.



            I also included the =ADDRESS() function to return the absolute reference of the look up value.



            For illustration purposes, a step by step example for Data Set 1 is shown replacing the hard coded cell references with defined names.



            The Data Set 2 section is the simplified version just using one defined for each the row and column look up value.



            You can download an example spreadsheet here: Look_Up_a_Value_in_a_Table.xls



            Thanks to all of you: Solar Mike, VBasic2008, and pnuts



            Click on the image to enlarge.



            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer






























              0














              Below is a general purpose answer based on VBasic2008's answer.



              I modified the formulas to utilize defined names so that the cell references do not have to be hard coded in the formulas. This way both the data table and row / column formulas can be relocated to anywhere on the spreadsheet. It works for both numerical AND text based data.



              I also included the =ADDRESS() function to return the absolute reference of the look up value.



              For illustration purposes, a step by step example for Data Set 1 is shown replacing the hard coded cell references with defined names.



              The Data Set 2 section is the simplified version just using one defined for each the row and column look up value.



              You can download an example spreadsheet here: Look_Up_a_Value_in_a_Table.xls



              Thanks to all of you: Solar Mike, VBasic2008, and pnuts



              Click on the image to enlarge.



              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer




























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                Below is a general purpose answer based on VBasic2008's answer.



                I modified the formulas to utilize defined names so that the cell references do not have to be hard coded in the formulas. This way both the data table and row / column formulas can be relocated to anywhere on the spreadsheet. It works for both numerical AND text based data.



                I also included the =ADDRESS() function to return the absolute reference of the look up value.



                For illustration purposes, a step by step example for Data Set 1 is shown replacing the hard coded cell references with defined names.



                The Data Set 2 section is the simplified version just using one defined for each the row and column look up value.



                You can download an example spreadsheet here: Look_Up_a_Value_in_a_Table.xls



                Thanks to all of you: Solar Mike, VBasic2008, and pnuts



                Click on the image to enlarge.



                enter image description here






                share|improve this answer















                Below is a general purpose answer based on VBasic2008's answer.



                I modified the formulas to utilize defined names so that the cell references do not have to be hard coded in the formulas. This way both the data table and row / column formulas can be relocated to anywhere on the spreadsheet. It works for both numerical AND text based data.



                I also included the =ADDRESS() function to return the absolute reference of the look up value.



                For illustration purposes, a step by step example for Data Set 1 is shown replacing the hard coded cell references with defined names.



                The Data Set 2 section is the simplified version just using one defined for each the row and column look up value.



                You can download an example spreadsheet here: Look_Up_a_Value_in_a_Table.xls



                Thanks to all of you: Solar Mike, VBasic2008, and pnuts



                Click on the image to enlarge.



                enter image description here







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