Explanation
Working from the inside out, the MATCH function matches the range against itself.
Next, this array is fed into the MODE function.
MODE returns the most frequently occurring number, which in this case is 2.
The number 2 represents the position at which we’ll find the most frequently occurring value in the range.
Finally, we need to extract the value itself.
For this, we use the INDEX function.
For array, we use the range of values (B5:F5).
The row number is provided by MODE.
INDEX returns the value at position 2, which is “dog”.
you could use INDEX to retrieve individual values, or entire rows and columns.
MATCH supports approximate and exact matching, andwildcards(* ?)
For example, =MODE(1,2,4,4,5,5,5,6) returns 5.
