Excel match with a list as criteria

Question

I want to perform a match in excel using, several criteria (text, string) in the form of a list. For example:

Match(A:A & B:B, C:C & D:D, 0) (With the array parenthesis of course)

I have try this, but it doesn´t work.

I also looked in the internet, and found nothing similar

Any idea how could I do it?

Regards.

Answer 1

In order to return the first row number where A&B matches C&D , type the following array formula:

= MATCH(TRUE,(A:A&B:B)=(C:C&D:D),0)

Note: This is an array formula, meaning you must press Ctrl+Shift+Enter in the cell after typing the formula.

Also note: This formula takes a relatively long time to calculate because it checks the entire columns. I recommend narrowing the formula to a certain amount of rows as required.

For example,

= MATCH(TRUE,(A1:A10&B1:B10)=(C1:C10&D1:D10),0)

accomplishes the same thing but only checks the first 10 rows of the spreadsheet, thus drastically reducing the calc time.