MATCH vs XMATCH — The Lookup Functions That Return a Position, and When to Use Each
MATCH and XMATCH both return "where a value sits (its position)" rather than the value itself. They differ in their default match mode, reverse search, and wildcard handling. This guide sorts out the differences with examples, shows how to combine them with INDEX to pull values more flexibly than VLOOKUP, and demonstrates how ReoGrid (supported in V4.5) runs the same formulas inside a WinForms / WPF app — no Office required.
