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

arg1anydefault: 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.

arg2numberdefault: null

Is a contiguous range of cells containing possible lookup values, an array of values, or a reference to an array.

arg3numberdefault: 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));

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