Check if Cell value exists in Column, and then get the value of the NEXT Cell

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After checking if a cell value exists in a column, I need to get the value of the cell next to the matching cell. For instance, I check if the value in cell A1 exists in column B, and assuming it matches B5, then I want the value in cell C5.

To solve the first half of the problem, I did this...

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A1,B:B, 0)), "No Match", "Match")

...and it worked. Then, thanks to an earlier answer on SO, I was also able to obtain the row number of the matching cell:

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A1,B:B, 0)), "No Match", "Match on Row " & MATCH(A1,B:B, 0))

So naturally, to get the value of the next cell, I tried...

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A1,B:B, 0)), "No Match", C&MATCH(A1,B:B, 0))

...and it doesn't work.

What am I missing? How do I append the column number to the row number returned to achieve the desired result?

Excel Solutions


Solution 1 - Excel

Use a different function, like VLOOKUP:

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A1,B:B, 0)), "No Match", VLOOKUP(A1,B:C,2,FALSE))

Solution 2 - Excel

After t.thielemans' answer, I worked that just

=VLOOKUP(A1, B:C, 2, FALSE) 

works fine and does what I wanted, except that it returns #N/A for non-matches; so it is suitable for the case where it is known that the value definitely exists in the look-up column.

Edit (based on t.thielemans' comment):

To avoid #N/A for non-matches, do:

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A1, B:C, 2, FALSE), "No Match")

Solution 3 - Excel

How about this?

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A1,B:B, 0)), "No Match", INDIRECT(ADDRESS(MATCH(A1,B:B, 0), 3)))

The "3" at the end means for column C.

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