MATCH function support

Hi
I am having problems with the match function
Basically I am using it to find the first and last position of a value in a range.
=MATCH(B1,D5:D30,0)
works fine to return the first value, but
=MATCH(B1,D5:D30,1)
to find the last value only works in the spreadsheet, not in the SWF.
Anyone got any ideas?

Ok, just be aware that countif can be a hit on performance so I would recommend only using it on small data sets.
As for who to request this, thats a good question, you could raise a ticket with SAP via your Account rep, but other than placing the issue on here, I really don't know
I'll check version 5.2 and 5.3 this evening an post the results on here. Which version are you using?
Edit:
Version 5.2.0 and 5.3.0 have the same behaviour.
Edited by: Charles Davies on Feb 1, 2010 6:36 PM

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