"Brad" wrote:
I would like to have
=xirr(m3:m4 and n5,d3:d5)
or
=xirr(m3:m40 and n41,d3:d41)

Your examples do not make sense. Do you mean IRR instead of XIRR?

XIRR takes two arrays: XIRR(values,dates). (There is also an optional
"guess" parameter.) In your examples, if M represents values and N
represents dates, the number of cells must be the same for both. That is not
the case in your examples.

For IRR, you can use the union operator. For example,
IRR((M3:M40,N41,D3:D41)). Note that the "extra" set of parentheses is
required.

However, XIRR does not support the union operator. To my knowledge, there
is "no way" to specify non-contiguous arrays with XIRR, other than writing
your own UDF.


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"Brad" wrote:
How can I "trick" excel to use non-continuous cell

I would like to have
=xirr(m3:m4 and n5,d3:d5)
or
=xirr(m3:m40 and n41,d3:d41)

I realize that xirr doesn't accept the "and" . I'm including it to help
explain my question.


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