Informational Functions

 

Informational functions provide a variety of searching and reporting procedures.

 

CHOOSE

Picks out a value or expression based on the index.

 

COL

Returns the column number for the given cell or formula.

 

ERROR

Returns an error. Useful embedding in other functions or conditional statements. See also the NA function.

 

HLOOKUP

This function looks for a value in the top row of a table or array and returns the value from the same column for the row you specify.

 

INDEX

Returns the value of a cell in a range based on the row and column offsets.

 

LOOKUP

This function looks for a value a table or array and returns the value from the cells where a match is found.

 

MATCH

This function looks for a value a table or array and returns the offset value for the first instance. The search-range is checked row by row from left to right, until the value is found. If the search criteria is not met, the error #N/A! is returned.

 

NA

Returns a not available error. Useful embedding in other functions or conditional statements. See also the ERROR function.

 

ROW

Returns the row number for the given cell or formula.

 

TYPE

Reports the format of the evaluated expression or reference. The function returns the following values:

 

 

1 - Blank

2 - Logical

3 - Number

4 - Date/Time

5 - Error

6 - Text

 

 

 

 

 

 

VLOOKUP

This function looks for a value in the first column of a table or array and returns the value from the same row or for the row you specify.