MATCH Function Equivalent with Data in Ascending Order

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q59483

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0
Microsoft Excel for OS/2, versions 2.2 and 3.0

SUMMARY

The following article describes a technique to perform the equivalent of the MATCH function with type -1, but with the data in ascending order. This formula finds the smallest value that is greater than or equal to the lookup_value.

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The following is an example using the formula:

   A1:  4.3   B1:  1.1
   A2:        B2:  2.2
   A3:        B3:  3.3
   A4:        B4:  4.4
   A5:        B5:  5.5

Cells B1 through B5 have been defined as "range1."

The formula, which could be placed in cell A2, is as follows:

   =IF(INDEX(range1,MATCH(A1,range1))=A1,MATCH(A1,range1),
    MATCH(A1,range1)+1)

In this example, this formula would return 4, the location of the value 4.4.

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Additional reference words: 2.0 2.00 2.01 2.1 2.10 2.2 2.20 2.21
3.0 3.00

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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