VLOOKUP or INDEX

[Ragai]

What function I can use to have an approximate mach with out sorting the data
in original sheet , is it VLOOKUP or INDEX ?

 

[Eduardo]

Hi,
look into Debra web has lots of samples and explanations

http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions03.html

if this helps please click yes thanks

 

[JBeaucaire]

It is not common to try and get "fuzzy matches" on unsorted data. That's
asking for problems.

Sorted data allows VLOOKUP() or LOOKUP() to do fuzzy matches. VLOOKUP()s
last parameter must be set to TRUE for that to occur:

=VLOOKUP(A1, B1:C100, 2, TRUE)

LOOKUP() is by definition a fuzzy match function, sorting is required:

=LOOKUP(A1, B1:B100, C1:C100)

The MATCH() part of an INDEX/MATCH formula can also use the TRUE parameter
to employ fuzzy matches, but only on sorted data.