When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

Index, Match, and Index Match In Excel, the INDEX function returns an item from a specific position (in a list, table, database).

There's one trick, though, that separates the quants from the interns. That trick is Index/Match, a function that can find any value in any spreadsheet.

Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP.