Comments on: Use ROWS() and COLUMNS() formulas to generate numbers in a sequence [quick tip] http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/08/17/rows-and-columns-excel-formulas/ Fresh Excel Tips, Tricks, Charts, Tutorials, Downloads, Dashboards and Visualization Showcase for your Inspiration and Productivity Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:23:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jeff weir http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/08/17/rows-and-columns-excel-formulas/#comment-74821 jeff weir Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:53:59 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2267#comment-74821 Good thing about the ROWS arguement is that it's a good substitute for just the simple ROW arguement, because as you've structured it above with absolute_reference:relative_reference format i.e. =ROWS($B$1:B1) then it isnt going to be stuffed up if you insert another row higher up in the spreadsheet. Good thing about the ROWS arguement is that it’s a good substitute for just the simple ROW arguement, because as you’ve structured it above with absolute_reference:relative_reference format i.e. =ROWS($B$1:B1) then it isnt going to be stuffed up if you insert another row higher up in the spreadsheet.

]]> By: Jon http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/08/17/rows-and-columns-excel-formulas/#comment-74086 Jon Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:55:37 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=2267#comment-74086 COLUMNS() can also be helpful within a VLOOKUP to dynamically define what you call the "return_what" term in your "plain english" explanation: =VLOOKUP(what, where, return_what, [my_list_is_sorted]) Simply replace the hard-coded "return_what" number with COLUMN($C1:$F1), where $C1 is in the "what" column and "$F1" is in the "return_what" column. That way, you can add and delete columns on your table without breaking the VLOOKUP formula! COLUMNS() can also be helpful within a VLOOKUP to dynamically define what you call the “return_what” term in your “plain english” explanation: =VLOOKUP(what, where, return_what, [my_list_is_sorted])

Simply replace the hard-coded “return_what” number with COLUMN($C1:$F1), where $C1 is in the “what” column and “$F1″ is in the “return_what” column. That way, you can add and delete columns on your table without breaking the VLOOKUP formula!

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