What is the best way to get the value from a rectangular table? [closed]

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asked 2012-06-12 21:43:35 +0100

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updated 2012-06-12 21:56:10 +0100

In a rectangular table has a unique headings of column and rows.

=OFFSET(<start_of_table>;N(MATCH(<row_header>;<first_column_of_table>;0));N(MATCH(<column_header>;<first_row_of_table>;0)))

Is there any way easier?

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answered 2013-03-13 09:52:50 +0100

qubit

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@JohnSUN,

Sorry we couldn't provide an good solution for you. You provide so many answers on this site that when you pose a question, we know it's going to be tough to answer! :-)

It's possible that you might just need to file an enhancement bug about this one and ask for some beefier tools to tackle the job.

Danke.

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Thank you for the flattering review, my friend. I do not think that such a trifle as a lookup in table can be an occasion for the registration bug. Also, I do not believe that my bug will attract the attention of developers. For example, bug#50846 remained uncorrected in 4.0.1.2.

JohnSUN ( 2013-03-13 10:15:21 +0100 )edit

@JohnSUN -- true, the bug might not get noticed too quickly, but perhaps it can attract the attention of some other people who would benefit from the same enhancement.

I guess the answer for now is "No, we don't know of an easier way to get the value from a rectangular table".

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answered 2012-06-28 13:34:47 +0100

erAck

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Sounds like you want to define column and row labels and ranges under menu Insert->Names->Labels and then in a formula simply use

=columnlabel rowlabel

If labels contain blanks enclose them in single quotes

='column label' 'row label'

You can also use the technically equal ! intersection operator

=columnlabel!rowlabel

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Thank you, this is a very elegant solution! But it works only for clearly specified names (if the names specified directly in the cell). I'm trying to find a simple formula for the case where the name of the row and column name selected in the individual cells with the drop-down(Data-Validity)

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