The Match function is used to find the position of a value in a list of. So say you have a list of names, in the cells from A2 to A20, the Match function will search through the list and find which position a particular value is in. Say you have a list of fruits and you are looking for bananas, you could do this:
=MATCH(A2:A20,"Bananas",0)
It can also be used to find a close value if there isn't a perfect match, either the lowest number or text alphabetically above it by specifying -1 where the zero is, or the highest number or text alphabetically below it by specifying 1 where the zero is. That number can be left out altogether, in which case it assumes that you want to use the 1 setting. You also need to have the values in order, either ascending if you are using 1 or descending if you are using -1.
The MATCH function can do that.
The MATCH function can find the position of an item in a table.
The MATCH function.
The function you're looking for is the MATCH function in Excel. It searches for a specified value within a range and returns the relative position of that value in the range. For example, if the value is found in the third position of the specified range, MATCH will return 3. The syntax is MATCH(lookup_value, lookup_array, [match_type]).
There is no step function in Excel. However, you can use excel to create a Step Function Chart. See related links for a video to explain the process.
VLOOKUP is the name of the function you are looking for. There are other ways of doing it, like using INDEX and MATCH together, which is the way some people prefer to do it.
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There is no function of that name in Excel. There is a function called VLOOKUP which stands for Vertical Lookup, and is probably what you mean.
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=-b7 where b7 is an example cell reference. The result will be the negative of whatever is in b7.
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