The OFFSET Function
The OFFSET function returns a reference to a range that is a specified number of rows and columns from a cell or range of cells .
The OFFSET function returns a reference to a range that is a specified number of rows and columns from a cell or range of cells .
We will continue our quest for the best lookup formula with another combination. We will use an OFFSET and two MATCH functions to do a matrix lookup. Unfortunately, this formula also only searches from the right column to the left and from the top to the bottom, but is very easy to understand and use.
One very useful Excel function is OFFSET. It returns a range of cells which corresponds to a specified number of rows and columns starting at a given distance from a reference cell.