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Default Match function

Hi
Please tell me workaround given my numbers are in ascending order and a need
a minimum.
I have to find the minimum value greater than a number in a row of numbers
placed in ascending order.
The MATCH function requires the numbers to be in descending order with last
parameter of Match set to -1.
Match_type Behavior
1 or omitted MATCH finds the largest value that is less than or equal to
lookup_value. The values in the lookup_array argument must be placed in
ascending order, for example: ...-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ..., A-Z, FALSE, TRUE.
0 MATCH finds the first value that is exactly equal to lookup_value. The
values in the lookup_array argument can be in any order.
-1 MATCH finds the smallest value that is greater than or equal to
lookup_value. The values in the lookup_array argument must be placed in
descending order, for example: TRUE, FALSE, Z-A, ...2, 1, 0, -1, -2, ..., and
so on.