Here is a formula, courtesy of Harlan Grove

=MAX(IF(rec<0,COUNTIF(OFFSET(rec,0,COLUMN(rec)-CELL("col",rec),1,-LOOKUP(-CO
LUMN(rec),-LARGE((rec=0)*COLUMN(rec)
+(rec<0)*(COLUMN(rec)+1=CELL("col",rec)+COLUMNS(re c))*(COLUMN(rec)+1),COLUMN
(rec)-CELL("col",rec)+1))-COLUMN(rec)+1),"<0")))

rec is a name for the range of cells, you could substitute the range ref for
rec throughout. It is an array formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter.

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"newToExcel" wrote
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hello,

I was wondering if there is a worksheet function that will do this.

e.g. i have a range with some #s like so...

-8 9 7 -8 -9 6 4 8 -8 -9 -2 -3 5 -8 -9 6

what i want is to count the consecutive # of negative #'s in this list.
for the example above the answer will be 4 (-8 -9 -2 -3)

is this possible or do i have to write a macro for this?


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