What is wrong with my formula?

**chaddug** · 08-22-2012, 11:06 AM

I am trying to use an index/match formula to pull data from a Query table in my work book, onto another sheet, based on common stock numbers.

I have tried several things, and none of them seem to be working. First I tried this simple little formula:
=INDEX(QUERY!A:B,MATCH(A2,A:A,0),2)

which produced #N/A, so I tried the following:
=INDEX(QUERY!A:I,MATCH(A2,INDEX(QUERY!A:I,,1),0),MATCH($B$1,INDEX(QUERY!A:I,1,),0))

with the same results.

Is there something special about indexing a query that I am unaware of?

I am attaching an example, but obviously it does not include the query.

**JosephP** · 08-22-2012, 11:11 AM

your query returns the stock# as text so you need to use
=INDEX(QUERY!$A:$I,MATCH(TEXT($A2,"0"),QUERY!$A:$A,0),MATCH(B$1,QUERY!$1:$1,0))

**chaddug** · 08-22-2012, 11:30 AM

Oh man, thank you so much, this has been driving me crazy. One more question, how would I change that formula to exclude a part of the data it is pulling from the cell. Specifically under the heading DoubleRubs, some of the values are like 10,000 DOUBLE RUBS, or 10,000 DOUBLERUBS, and all I want is the number. I was thinking I could do it with something like a =LEFT(D,-1) formula, but I dont know how to integrate that.

**JosephP** · 08-22-2012, 11:33 AM

if you know the number will never be more than 9 digits you might use
=-LOOKUP(2,-LEFT(INDEX(QUERY!$A:$I,MATCH(TEXT($A2,"0"),QUERY!$A:$A,0),MATCH(H$1,QUERY!$1:$1,0)),{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}))

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