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Hi all, Happy Friday! A classic formula problem in Excel is how to find the closest match. This is d
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Hi all, Happy Friday! A classic formula problem in Excel is how to find the closest match. This is different from an exact match, or an approximate match, because the idea is to find the match with the least difference to a target value. The easiest way to solve this problem is with the XLOOKUP function because one of XLOOKUP's core features is the ability to perform an approximate match on unsorted data. This sounds very abstract, but we can use this feature to look for a difference of zero between a target value and a set of data, and we don't need to worry about where in the data this match might be. The trick is that we need to calculate the actual differences on-the-fly and use the result as our lookup array. Then we look for a difference of zero. This is the approach in the worksheet below, where the formula in cell F5 is: =XLOOKUP(0,ABS(C5:C16-E5),B5:B16,,1) [Finding the closest match with XLOOKUP]( [[Download the workbook and read the full explanation](] In older versions of Excel without the XLOOKUP function, you can use an INDEX and MATCH formula, but you have to use a more literal formula. The article above explains both approaches in detail. Download the workbook and try it out yourself. Excel formulas The best way to learn Excel formulas is to practice. We maintain a list of over 500 working formulas [here](. If you need more structure, we also offer [video training](. Have a great weekend! Dave [View email in browser]( [Exceljet Logo]( Exceljet
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