Create a table or open an existing table. In this tutorial, we have a table of plants; we want to find which value is at number three. In the cell where you want to place the result, enter: =CHOOSE(3, ...

Many use Excel for basic tables, but you need to go beyond simple sums. If your formulas are getting clunky, conditional functions are the smarter, hidden-in-plain-sight option. They handle complex ...