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From: Brian on 7 Apr 2010 12:23
I am trying to use the lookup function to return the next value greater than
the lookup value in a vector. However, the only thing that the lookup
function will do is return the next value that is less than or equal to. Is
there a way to get it to return the value greater than.

I am using: LOOKUP(25.4,M10:M150,M10:M150)

....and want to return the first value greater than 25.4 in the vector M10:M150
From: T. Valko on 7 Apr 2010 12:43
>return the next value greater than the lookup value

Do you really mean greater than or equal to?

Try this for **greater than** :

=INDEX(M10:M150,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(M10:M150>25.4,0),0))

Note that if there isn't a value greater than the lookup value you'll get an
error.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Brian" <Brian(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46D8F4A5-ED25-481F-BA43-7CC70BC6EB5B(a)microsoft.com...
>I am trying to use the lookup function to return the next value greater
>than
> the lookup value in a vector. However, the only thing that the lookup
> function will do is return the next value that is less than or equal to.
> Is
> there a way to get it to return the value greater than.
>
> I am using: LOOKUP(25.4,M10:M150,M10:M150)
>
> ...and want to return the first value greater than 25.4 in the vector
> M10:M150


From: Mike H on 7 Apr 2010 12:56
Brian,

If your data are sorted you can use

=INDEX(M10:M150,COUNTIF(M10:M150,"<"&24.5)+1)

If it isn't sorted then this ARRAY formula

=INDEX(M10:M150,MATCH(SMALL(M10:M150,COUNTIF(M10:M150,"<"&24.5)+1),M10:M150,0))


This is an array formula which must be entered by pressing CTRL+Shift+Enter
'and not just Enter. If you do it correctly then Excel will put curly brackets
'around the formula {}. You can't type these yourself. If you edit the formula
'you must enter it again with CTRL+Shift+Enter.
--
Mike

When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
question.


"Brian" wrote:

> I am trying to use the lookup function to return the next value greater than
> the lookup value in a vector. However, the only thing that the lookup
> function will do is return the next value that is less than or equal to. Is
> there a way to get it to return the value greater than.
>
> I am using: LOOKUP(25.4,M10:M150,M10:M150)
>
> ...and want to return the first value greater than 25.4 in the vector M10:M150
From: Brian on 7 Apr 2010 14:04
Thanks,

That is exactly what I needed. Cuts my work down from several hours to
several minutes.

Brian

"T. Valko" wrote:

> >return the next value greater than the lookup value
>
> Do you really mean greater than or equal to?
>
> Try this for **greater than** :
>
> =INDEX(M10:M150,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(M10:M150>25.4,0),0))
>
> Note that if there isn't a value greater than the lookup value you'll get an
> error.
>
> --
> Biff
> Microsoft Excel MVP
>
>
> "Brian" <Brian(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:46D8F4A5-ED25-481F-BA43-7CC70BC6EB5B(a)microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to use the lookup function to return the next value greater
> >than
> > the lookup value in a vector. However, the only thing that the lookup
> > function will do is return the next value that is less than or equal to.
> > Is
> > there a way to get it to return the value greater than.
> >
> > I am using: LOOKUP(25.4,M10:M150,M10:M150)
> >
> > ...and want to return the first value greater than 25.4 in the vector
> > M10:M150
>
>
> .
>
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