What type of result does the MATCH function, when used on its own, return?

MATCH searches an array for a specified lookup value and returns its relative position in that array. For example, if the value is the third item in a selected column, MATCH returns 3. It does not return the value itself or a cell reference, so the correct choice is “It returns the relative position of a lookup value, either as a row or column number, within the selected array.”

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