The MATCH function in Excel is a function used to locate the position of a lookup value in a row, column, or table. It can also be used to find the closest match to a specified value in a range of cells.
The function works by searching for a specified value in an array or range of cells and then returning the relative position of that value in the range.
For example, if you were looking for the value “apple” in a range of cells, the MATCH formula would return the relative position of the cell containing the value “apple”. This function is especially useful when looking up data in a large dataset.