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MATCH

Searches for a specified item in a range of cells, and then returns the relative position of that item in the range

Syntax

MATCH(lookup_value, lookup_array, [match_type])

Parameters

  • lookup_value: Required. The value that you want to match in lookup_array
  • lookup_array: Required. The range of cells being searched
  • match_type: Optional. 1=less than or equal (default, sorted ascending), 0=exact match, -1=greater than or equal (sorted descending)

Example

=MATCH("Sunday", A1:A7, 0)
Returns: NumberSince: Excel 2003