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# **Find a position with MATCH**

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Step 1 of 3

**MATCH** tells you where a value sits in a list: =MATCH(what, list, 0) returns its position, 1 for the first item, 2 for the second and so on.

Click **Continue** when you're ready.

Already know it? Type the formula straight into E2.

E2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Product | Price |  | Product | Position | |
| 2 | Apples | 22 |  | Dates |  | |
| 3 | Bananas | 18 |  |  |  | |
| 4 | Cherries | 45 |  |  |  | |
| 5 | Dates | 38 |  |  |  | |
| 6 | Figs | 6 |  |  |  | |
| 7 | Grapes | 30 |  |  |  | |
| 8 |  |  |  |  |  | |

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