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Default Trying to MATCH a value out of a cell on an ARRAY - help pls

Hi all

I'm trying to figure out how I can return an index to an array of values
using "MATCH".

It should be a simple MATCH function but after digging through the questions
& answers on "match" and trying using help for a couple of hours I gave up.


I have an array, {"NONE","NEGLIGIBLE","MILD","MODERATE","HIGH","SEV ERE"} and
want to match this array against the value out of a cell.

Problem is the double-quotes, as far as I can tell.

This function below works,
=MATCH("HIGH",{"NONE","NEGLIGIBLE","MILD","MODERAT E","HIGH","SEVERE"},1)

But these functions below always fail, the first is an attempt to use a
literal value, the second is an attempt to use a value out of a cell

=MATCH(CONCATENATE("""",HIGH,""""),{"NONE","NEGLIG IBLE","MILD","MODERATE","HIGH","SEVERE"},)

MATCH(CONCATENATE("""",N13,""""),{"NONE","NEGLIGIB LE","MILD","MODERATE","HIGH","SEVERE"},)

What am I doing wrong ?
 
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