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    Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    Hi all, for some reason I'm terrible at INDEX and LOOKUPS, I've had no issues with any previous homework until now. The first problem involves assigning shipping classification using the INDEX function and I've been at it for a couple hours. I'll attach the homework instructions and the excel sheet so you guys can have a look.
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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    your first three, purchased state, product state and product weight can all be accomplished by using a vlookup. Some on this forum will do the work for you but you won't learn much that way. So I would suggest you begin to write the vlookup formula and see how it works.
    Hint: =vlookup(the cell you are using as a reference, the range of cells that contain BOTH the value you are looking for and the value you want returned, the number of the columns over where you will find the answer you want and true or false (true if you are using approximations and your data is in ascending order, false if you are looking for an exact match))
    Hope that helps. As for the pricing, looks like too much reading and I'm going to bed.
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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    Haha goodnight!

    The major issue is in the 'shipping tab'. I'm not sure how to use the INDEX function to produce the shipping classification between two states.

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    Nothing is more frustrating than to be working on homework and to get stuck. Without guidance, you might have no hope of finishing the assignment before the deadline. The Internet can be a big help in that respect, but without learning how to get the right answer, asking others to solve your homework questions for you simply becomes a downward spiral (and it's cheating).

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    Oh thanks! Yeah, I definitely want to learn and not be told the answer, I'm just completely stuck on the first problem. I'll rephrase that.

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    I'm not sure how to edit the title... I can edit the content of the post :/

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    My apologies, that was a canned reply - your heading pretty clearly states that this is a homework assignment, so you can ignore the title change request

    What have you tried so far?

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    For question 1, I know I need to utilize $BC$2:$BI$8 in the function, I'm just not completely sure how to use it in combination with column A and row 1 which have the zone to each state.

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    Is that the file you were given, or have you already done some work on it?

    If you were to do this manually, how would you do it, and what steps would you take?

    (1st thing to establish, is what needs to be done. Once you have that, you can then decide on which functions/formulas would possibly do what you need. If you don't know what you need to do, all the formulas in the world wont help )

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    Alright, so I figured out question 1 (I think) by using =INDEX(($BC$2:$BI$8,$A$1:$AZ$52),$C$1:$AZ$1,$A$3:$A$52,1)

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    it's the file I was given

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    Re: Need help on homework. INDEX, V/HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH

    Quote Originally Posted by Cottonsoft View Post
    Alright, so I figured out question 1 (I think) by using =INDEX(($BC$2:$BI$8,$A$1:$AZ$52),$C$1:$AZ$1,$A$3:$A$52,1)
    What is that giving you, and what are you trying to do with it?

    INDEX has 3 parts...
    =INDEX(range-to-search, row-to-search-in, column-to-search-in)

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