Legitimate Glitch with Match function in Excel

Ryan C

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How do I let Microsoft know that there's a glitch in Excel 2010 that needs fixing?

This has been replicated across three different computers now. I don't know where to upload the file so I'll just copy paste the results and then the equations for the proof below if you wish to replicate.

You can see there's a completely mis-matched pattern of errors with the Match function depending how the numbers were created... for curiosities sake I did also create parallel tables running if() equations confirming the numbers were as they say they are and they all came up True, indicating that according to the if() equation the numbers are identical and therefor SHOULD match.


Lookup Array0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Pre-rounded0.010.120.230.340.450.560.670.780.89
Ceiling0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Roundup0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
re-typed0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Match Equations
Ceiling12#N/A45#N/A#N/A89
Roundup12#N/A4567#N/A9
re-typed123456789
Equation based Lookup Array
Lookup Array0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Pre-rounded0.010.120.230.340.450.560.670.780.89
Ceiling0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Roundup0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
re-typed0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Match Equations
Ceiling#N/A#N/A3#N/A56#N/A8#N/A
Roundup#N/A#N/A3#N/A5#N/A7#N/A#N/A
re-typed#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A5#N/A78#N/A
Cumulative Equation based Lookup Array
Lookup Array0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Pre-rounded0.010.120.230.340.450.560.670.780.89
Ceiling0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Roundup0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
re-typed0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Match Equations
Ceiling12345#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A
Roundup12345678#N/A
re-typed12#N/A4567#N/A#N/A

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Typed Lookup Array
Lookup Array0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Pre-rounded0.010.120.230.340.450.560.670.780.89
Ceiling=CEILING(B3,0.1)=CEILING(C3,0.1)=CEILING(D3,0.1)=CEILING(E3,0.1)=CEILING(F3,0.1)=CEILING(G3,0.1)=CEILING(H3,0.1)=CEILING(I3,0.1)=CEILING(J3,0.1)
Roundup=ROUNDUP(B3,1)=ROUNDUP(C3,1)=ROUNDUP(D3,1)=ROUNDUP(E3,1)=ROUNDUP(F3,1)=ROUNDUP(G3,1)=ROUNDUP(H3,1)=ROUNDUP(I3,1)=ROUNDUP(J3,1)
re-typed0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Match Equations
Ceiling=MATCH(B4,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(C4,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(D4,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(E4,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(F4,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(G4,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(H4,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(I4,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(J4,$B$2:$J$2,0)
Roundup=MATCH(B5,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(C5,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(D5,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(E5,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(F5,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(G5,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(H5,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(I5,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(J5,$B$2:$J$2,0)
re-typed=MATCH(B6,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(C6,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(D6,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(E6,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(F6,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(G6,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(H6,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(I6,$B$2:$J$2,0)=MATCH(J6,$B$2:$J$2,0)
Equation based Lookup Array
Lookup Array=B2+1-1=C2+1-1=D2+1-1=E2+1-1=F2+1-1=G2+1-1=H2+1-1=I2+1-1=J2+1-1
Pre-rounded0.010.120.230.340.450.560.670.780.89
Ceiling=CEILING(B15,0.1)=CEILING(C15,0.1)=CEILING(D15,0.1)=CEILING(E15,0.1)=CEILING(F15,0.1)=CEILING(G15,0.1)=CEILING(H15,0.1)=CEILING(I15,0.1)=CEILING(J15,0.1)
Roundup=ROUNDUP(B15,1)=ROUNDUP(C15,1)=ROUNDUP(D15,1)=ROUNDUP(E15,1)=ROUNDUP(F15,1)=ROUNDUP(G15,1)=ROUNDUP(H15,1)=ROUNDUP(I15,1)=ROUNDUP(J15,1)
re-typed0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Match Equations
Ceiling=MATCH(B16,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(C16,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(D16,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(E16,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(F16,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(G16,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(H16,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(I16,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(J16,$B$14:$J$14,0)
Roundup=MATCH(B17,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(C17,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(D17,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(E17,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(F17,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(G17,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(H17,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(I17,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(J17,$B$14:$J$14,0)
re-typed=MATCH(B18,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(C18,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(D18,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(E18,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(F18,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(G18,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(H18,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(I18,$B$14:$J$14,0)=MATCH(J18,$B$14:$J$14,0)
Cumulative Equation based Lookup Array
Lookup Array0.1=B26+0.1=C26+0.1=D26+0.1=E26+0.1=F26+0.1=G26+0.1=H26+0.1=I26+0.1
Pre-rounded0.010.120.230.340.450.560.670.780.89
Ceiling=CEILING(B27,0.1)=CEILING(C27,0.1)=CEILING(D27,0.1)=CEILING(E27,0.1)=CEILING(F27,0.1)=CEILING(G27,0.1)=CEILING(H27,0.1)=CEILING(I27,0.1)=CEILING(J27,0.1)
Roundup=ROUNDUP(B27,1)=ROUNDUP(C27,1)=ROUNDUP(D27,1)=ROUNDUP(E27,1)=ROUNDUP(F27,1)=ROUNDUP(G27,1)=ROUNDUP(H27,1)=ROUNDUP(I27,1)=ROUNDUP(J27,1)
re-typed0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Match Equations
Ceiling=MATCH(B28,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(C28,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(D28,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(E28,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(F28,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(G28,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(H28,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(I28,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(J28,$B$26:$J$26,0)
Roundup=MATCH(B29,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(C29,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(D29,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(E29,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(F29,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(G29,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(H29,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(I29,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(J29,$B$26:$J$26,0)
re-typed=MATCH(B30,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(C30,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(D30,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(E30,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(F30,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(G30,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(H30,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(I30,$B$26:$J$26,0)=MATCH(J30,$B$26:$J$26,0)

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Typed Lookup Array

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