thanks for your answer

"JulieD" wrote:

Hi

if your data is only numeric and doesn't contain blanks you can use the
following formula from Chip Pearson's web site
=SUM(N(FREQUENCY(A5:A7,A5:A7)0))

where A5:A7 is the range of your values.

If you will be dealing with text or your data could have blanks in it -
check out Chip's page on duplicates at:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/duplicat.htm
- about half way down you'll find an article on counting unique entries in a
range.

Cheers
JulieD


"LatinViolin" wrote in message
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there are 3 values in a column. they are 2, 2, 3. what formula or
function
do i use to determine how many different values exist in this set. the
answer is 2. there are two different values, 2 & 3. please help
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cell man