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    INDEX MATCH where lookup array is multiple columns

    Hi,
    I've done extensive searching and not found something that matches my scenario.
    I suspect it requires an array formula but I can't work out how to build it.

    I've attached my example file.

    I have used an INDEX MATCH formula to return a value from column 1 when the code in column 2 matches the inputted code.
    However each returnable value has multiple codes attached to it that are held in columns 2 through 6.
    I need the formula to look for the code in columns 2 through 6 not just in column 2.

    Is there a formula or work around for this?

    Thanks so much all.
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    Re: INDEX MATCH where lookup array is multiple columns

    If your code is unique perhaps insert a helper column to return a identify if the input value is found for that particular row, then use Match/Index to return the color name.
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    Re: INDEX MATCH where lookup array is multiple columns

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    Try this formula in C14
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    Re: INDEX MATCH where lookup array is multiple columns

    Helper column was a good idea. But the other formula suggested works exactly as I had hoped and intended.
    Thank you so much - I do hope this solution is helpful to others also.

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