In case this is helpful, you can get newlines within the Excel cell itself by doing the following.

> 1. You can drag down the bottom of the formula bar/field and make it multi-line.

> 2. You can insert arbitrary newlines in an Excel formula.

> For example:

  =INDEX(
  $C$17:$S$24,
  MATCH(A6,$A$17:$A$24,0),
  MATCH(C6,$C$15:$S$15,0)
  )

I learned this from this comment from last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46341227

▲ knollimar 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The "let" function may be of interest to those wanting to excel more programmatically. There's also lambda that is interesting for the more modern excel use cases.

=Let(table,$C$17:$S$24,

rowName,A6,

colName,C6,

headerRow,$C$15:$S$15,

headerCol,$A$17:$A$24,

rowIndex,MATCH(rowName,headerCol,0),

colIndex,MATCH(colName,headerRow,0),

index(table,rowIndex,colIndex)

)

or even

=LAMBDA(table,rowNames,colNames,rowToFind,colToFind,

     LET(

          rowIndex,MATCH(rowToFind,rowNames,0),

          colIndex,MATCH(colToFind,colNames,0),

          INDEX(table,rowIndex,colIndex)

     )

)($C$17:$S$24,$A$17:$A$24,$C$15:$S$15,A6,C6)

(Also alt+enter to input the newlines)

	▲	Cordiali 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You can also put the lambda function inside the let function, which is handy. Also, almost everyone should be using tables instead of ranges. The references are missing a few features, but it makes formulas a brazillion times more readable.

▲ croisillon 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

you might enjoy "You Suck at Excel, by Joel Spolsky" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxBg4sMusIg

	▲	paulmooreparks 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		One of the best videos ever. This set me on the path to having respectable Excel kung fu that was the envy of all my colleagues.