Most and least common
I need to find both the most and the least common text values in a column.
For instance, if I have ten entries reading "Tuesday" and three "Monday", I'd like to be able to return "Tuesday" as the most common and "Monday" as the least common value. |
Most and least common
Assuming you have your values in Col A
then type this in B1 =INDIRECT("A"&MATCH(MAX(COUNTIF(A1:A30,A1:A30)),CO UNTIF(A1:A30,A1:A30),0)) and IMP:- press CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER as this is an ARRAY formula, to get the Max entry.. and this for MIN in B2 =INDIRECT("A"&MATCH(MIN(COUNTIF(A1:A30,A1:A30)),CO UNTIF(A1:A30,A1:A30),0)) ------------------------------------- Pl. click ''Yes'' if this was helpful... "jmj713" wrote: I need to find both the most and the least common text values in a column. For instance, if I have ten entries reading "Tuesday" and three "Monday", I'd like to be able to return "Tuesday" as the most common and "Monday" as the least common value. |
Most and least common
Let's do this the easy way:
Assume your range of data is A1:A10 Enter this formula in B1 and copy down to B10: =COUNTIF(A$1:A$10,A1) For the most common item: =INDEX(A1:A10,MATCH(MAX(B1:B10),B1:B10,0)) For the least common item: =INDEX(A1:A10,MATCH(MIN(B1:B10),B1:B10,0)) If there are more than one most/least common item the formula returns the *first* instance from top to bottom. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "jmj713" wrote in message ... I need to find both the most and the least common text values in a column. For instance, if I have ten entries reading "Tuesday" and three "Monday", I'd like to be able to return "Tuesday" as the most common and "Monday" as the least common value. |
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