Third item of a list
| A | |
|---|---|
| 1 | City |
| 2 | Boston |
| 3 | Denver |
| 4 | Austin |
| 5 | Seattle |
Formula: C1: =INDEX(A2:A5,3)
Result: Austin
Returns the 3rd cell of A2:A5, which is Austin.
Google Sheets function
INDEX in Google Sheets
INDEX with worked examples you can test in the live grid. The argument details are in the Excel guide.
In Google Sheets
The arguments and common errors are covered in the INDEX Excel guide; check the function help in Google Sheets for its own argument list.
Worked examples in Google Sheets
Row and column position
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Region | Q1 | Q2 |
| 2 | East | 120 | 135 |
| 3 | West | 98 | 110 |
| 4 | North | 75 | 92 |
Formula: E1: =INDEX(A1:C4,3,3)
Result: 110
Row 3, column 3 of A1:C4 is the West Q2 figure.
INDEX + MATCH two-way lookup
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Region | Q1 | Q2 |
| 2 | East | 120 | 135 |
| 3 | West | 98 | 110 |
| 4 | North | 75 | 92 |
Formula: E1: =INDEX(B2:C4,MATCH("North",A2:A4,0),MATCH("Q1",B1:C1,0))
Result: 75
The first MATCH finds the row of North (3), the second finds the column of Q1 (1), and INDEX returns the crossing.
Try it
A tiny spreadsheet with example data. Edit the formula or any number and see the result.
Formula in F2: =INDEX(B2:B6,MATCH(104,A2:A6,0))
| A | B | C | D | E | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ID | Item | Price | Stock | Result | |
| 2 | 101 | Pen | 2.5 | 120 | Mug | |
| 3 | 102 | Notebook | 4 | 80 | ||
| 4 | 103 | Lamp | 25 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 104 | Mug | 7.5 | 40 | ||
| 6 | 105 | Backpack | 39 | 12 |
Result in F2: Mug
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