Marvellous, exhilarating discussion ..

Agreed!

I love these threads where there are many interpretations=20
of a solution. Better than any book, that's for sure!

The only question that I pose is: when does robust turn=20
into overkill? Usually, that's something only the OP can=20
help eliminate by being very explicit when they post and=20
as we know, that doesn't always happen.

Biff=20

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Aladin wrote:
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Interesting deliberation. I presume you didn't see:
http://www.excelforum.com/printthread.php?t=3D320974

Believe none of us would have seen the earlier response=20
simply because it didn't propagate through to the ng from=20
Excelforum

Agreed with Arvi's point that both his (and Aladin's)
suggested array formulas are perhaps the most robust=20
if one extends the interp. of the OP

Marvellous, exhilarating discussion ..

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