Excel Lookup & Reference Functions

Description
NOTES
  • Allows exact or approximate search (expected results if the array is sorted).
  • XMATCH is case-insensitive function, supports text search with wildcards or regular expressions.
  • Allows searching from the beginning and ending positions of an array.
  • By concatenating multiple columns as search criteria, you can search by multiple conditions in some cases.
Syntax
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=XMATCH(lookup_value, lookup_array, [match_mode], [search_mode])
SAMPLE-1
|     |  A  |    B    |   C   |  D  |  E  |  F  |
|:---:|:----|:--------|------:|:----|:----|:----|
|  1  |     |         |       |     |     |     |
|-----|-----|---------|-------|-----|-----|-----|
|  2  |     | Product | Count |     |     |     |
|-----|-----|---------|-------|-----|-----|-----|
|  3  |     | Bananas |    25 |     |     |     |
|-----|-----|---------|-------|-----|-----|-----|
|  4  |     | Oranges |    28 |     |     |     |
|-----|-----|---------|-------|-----|-----|-----|
|  5  |     | Apples  |    38 |     |     |     |
|-----|-----|---------|-------|-----|-----|-----|
|  6  |     | Pears   |    41 |     |     |     |
|-----|-----|---------|-------|-----|-----|-----|
|  7  |     |         |       |     |     |     |
|-----|-----|---------|-------|-----|-----|-----|
EXAMPLE 1.1
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//𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩_𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦=0 [-1,0,1,2], search_mode=1 [-2,-1,1,2]. //𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 5 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. =XMATCH("^\w{5}$", B3:B6, 3) -> 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 4
EXAMPLE 1.2
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//𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 45. =INDEX(B3:B6, XMATCH(45, C3:C6, -1)) -> 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 '𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴'
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