MATCH

Description

Returns the relative position of an item in a range that matches a specified value.

Syntax

MATCH(search_key, range, search_type)

search_key - The item that the formula searches on within the specified range of cells. It can be a pure text (‘Evan‘), or a cell reference (like A7), or even a function that returns a string or a number (like LEFT(“Mike Johnson”,8) or DATE(2017,1,1))
range - The one-dimensional array to be searched.
search_type - [ OPTIONAL, may be 1, 0, or -1, set to - 1 by default ] - Defines the manner in which thr search is performed.
- 1 - the default, causes MATCH to assume that the range is sorted in ascending order and return the largest value less than or equal to search_key.
- 0 - indicates exact match, and is required in situations where range is not sorted.
  -1 - causes MATCH to assume that the range is sorted in descending order and return the smallest value greater than or equal to search_key.

Note: If a range with both height and width greater than 1 is used, MATCH will return #N/A!.

Sample Usage

MATCH("Sunday",A2:A9,0)

MATCH(DATE(2012,1,1),A2:F2)

How to use MATCH

In order to use the MATCH formula, start with your edited Excellentable:

Then type in the MATCH Formula in the area you would like to display the outcome:

By adding the values you would like to calculate the MATCH formula for, Excellentable will generate the outcome:

A

B

C

D

1

State

Population

Total area in mi2

Land area in mi2

Water area in mi2

House seat(s)

2

Alabama

4833722

52,420 (135,767)

50,645 (131,170)

3

Alaska

735132

665,384 (1,723,337)

570,641 (1,477,950)

4

Arizona

6626624

113,990 (295,233)

113,594 (294,207)

5

Arkansas

2959373

53,179 (137,733)

52,035 (134,770)

6

California

38332521

163,695 (423,968)

155,779 (403,466)

7

Colorado

5268367

104,094 (269,602)

103,642 (268,432)

8

Connecticut

3596080

5,543 (14,356)

4,842 (12,541)

9

Delaware

925749

2,489 (6,446)

1,949 (5,048)

10

Florida

19552860

65,758 (170,312)

53,625 (138,888)

11

Georgia

9992167

59,425 (153,910)

57,513 (148,958)

12

Hawaii

1404054

10,932 (28,314)

6,423 (16,635)

13

Idaho

1612136

83,569 (216,443)

82,643 (214,044)

14

15

	E	F
1

2

1,775 (4,597)

7

3

94,743 (245,383)

1

4

396 (1,026)

9

5

1,143 (2,960)

4

6

7,916 (20,502)

53

7

452 (1,171)

7

8

701 (1,816)

5

9

540 (1,399)

1

10

12,133 (31,424)

27

11

1,912 (4,950)

14

12

4,509 (11,678)

2

13

926 (2,398)

2

14

15

10

Notes

The MATCH formula does not return the value iteself, rather it returns the position in an array or range of a matched value. To return the value itself or another value corresponding to the row or column the match is found in, use the INDEX, HLOOKUP, or VLOOKUP formulas instead.