I am doing a hlookup on a range (possibly over 100 rows). My formula is working but my problem is that it takes too much time to go and manually edit the formula to change the row index number and increase it by one. For example the row index number has to change in order to pull in the right data....eg 5,6,7,8 etc up to over 100. Is there a quick way to do this or do I have to manually enter the row index numbers in over 100 rows?

Hello Finlay,
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In response to your question, I cannot think of an easy way of doing this, without getting into VBA. However, something that might at least make this problem a bit easier, would be to create a row that only has the index numbers going across. Then in your lookup formula, reference the first cell of that row, instead of an actual number. Then you can drag the formula across, and it will pull those row index numbers across as well. This assumes that the row index numbers you have listed are in exactly the right order for the data you are trying to get.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved. If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. And please feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

Have a great day.

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Mara
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