Conditional formula(s) & labelling

[MNF]

I m using Excel 2002. My data looks like this:

a b c d
1 yellow Green Brown pink
2 16 12 14 15

I have used =max and =large formuli in another sheet (same workbook) to
display data in ascending order in a different table.

I also want to 'label' the data but can't work it out i.e. labelling 16
'yellow' using/adapting the above formuli. Also, in a seperate cell I have
looked at/tried: =If(a2>b2,"yellow",if(a2>c2,"yellow",if(a2>d2,"yellow")))

Which works fine provided yellow is always the greatest value but get an
error when I include the other columns in the same formula i.e. after
if(a2>d2,"yellow",if(b12>a2,"green" etc etc.

Can anyone help resolve this? Thanks.

 

[Gary''s Student]

I am not sure this is what you need, but we can find the max with MAX(); then
we locate the column with MATCH(); then we find the color with OFFSET():

=OFFSET(A1,0,MATCH(MAX(2:2),2:2,0)-1)

 

[T. Valko]

I'm assuming you want something like this:

12...Green
14...Brown
15...Pink
16...Yellow

Enter this formula in G1:

=SMALL(A$2$2,ROWS(G$1:G1))

Enter this formula in H1:

=INDEX(A$1$1,MATCH(G1,A$2$2,0))

Select both G1 and H1 and copy down to G4:H4

If there are any duplicate numbers this will not work properly and a
different approach will be needed.

 

[MNF]

Thanks very much. Your suggestion has sorted it out.

 

[T. Valko]

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!