On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:59:15 PM UTC-5, Reppy wrote:
Hi all

I need to create a formula that will look down a column of text (e.g. apple, apple, apple, pear, orange) and not just count but return the actual entry that has been entered most -above would obviously be "apple"

I believe i would not to create an array formula but most formulas seem to relate to numbers or want to convert text to numbers. I just want the formula to display the word entered most in the relevant column.

Regards to all

Reppy

modify for column instead of row and enter using CSE Ctrl Shift Enter

=INDEX(B2:K2,MATCH(COUNTIF(B2:K2,B2:K2), COUNTIF(B2:K2,B2:K2),0)) & " ("&COUNTIF(B2:K2,B2:K2)&" times)"

or

=INDEX(D2:D2500,MATCH(MAX(COUNTIF(D2:D2500,D2:D250 0)),COUNTIF(D2:D2500,D2:D2500),0))