MATCH
function MATCH(arg1: any = null, arg2: number = null, arg3: number = null): number | string | boolean
Description
Returns the relative position of an item in an array that matches a specified value in a specified order.
Parameters
- arg1
any
null Is the value you use to find the value you want in the array, a number, text, or logical value, or a reference to one of these.
- arg2
number
null Is a contiguous range of cells containing possible lookup values, an array of values, or a reference to an array.
- arg3
number
null Is a number 1, 0, or -1 indicating which value to return..
Returns
number | string | boolean
Try It
var oWorksheet = Api.GetActiveSheet();
var oFunction = Api.GetWorksheetFunction();
var ids = ["ID", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var clients = ["Client", "John Smith", "Ella Tompson", "Mary Shinoda", "Lily-Ann Bates", "Clara Ray"];
var phones = ["Phone number", "12054097166", "13343943678", "12568542099", "12057032298", "12052914781"];
for (var i = 0; i < ids.length; i++) {
oWorksheet.GetRange("A" + (i + 1)).SetValue(ids[i]);
}
for (var j = 0; j < clients.length; j++) {
oWorksheet.GetRange("B" + (j + 1)).SetValue(clients[j]);
}
for (var n = 0; n < phones.length; n++) {
oWorksheet.GetRange("C" + (n + 1)).SetValue(phones[n]);
}
var oRange = oWorksheet.GetRange("B1:B5");
oWorksheet.GetRange("D6").SetValue(oFunction.MATCH("Ella Tompson", oRange, 0));