MAX, MAXA - Driving me to the point of distraction!!!
i have a range of numbers.
it includes a number of 0's (zeros), 1's, 2's, 3's etc. i have asked excel to give me the highest number in the range - (have tried: =LARGE(E4:E105,1), =max(E4:E105) and =maxa(E4:E105) it keeps giving me 2 as the highest number, when i can quite plainly see that 3 is the highest number ...... i know this will be something dumb that i'm doing, but doesn't stop me being driven crazy along the way ... thanks for your help! mike |
MAX, MAXA - Driving me to the point of distraction!!!
All of those formulas should work. So, a couple things I'd check.
Are Automatic Calculations turned on? TOOLS--OPTIONS--CALCULATION Tab--Check "Automatic" Are the 3's entered as Text or Numbers? If Text, then that would explain why they aren't showing up. Re-enter them as numbers or use this formula: =MAX(VALUE(E4:E105)) Enter this as an array. Ctrl-Shift-Enter. HTH, Elkar "Blobbies" wrote: i have a range of numbers. it includes a number of 0's (zeros), 1's, 2's, 3's etc. i have asked excel to give me the highest number in the range - (have tried: =LARGE(E4:E105,1), =max(E4:E105) and =maxa(E4:E105) it keeps giving me 2 as the highest number, when i can quite plainly see that 3 is the highest number ...... i know this will be something dumb that i'm doing, but doesn't stop me being driven crazy along the way ... thanks for your help! mike |
MAX, MAXA - Driving me to the point of distraction!!!
thanks for that elkar
your array formula was perfect! i changed the format to numbers, but that didn't work - possibly because i have got the calculation on automatic, although i did F9 the sheet! it takes too long for my old clunker of a computer to calculate automatically!! cheers!! "Elkar" wrote: All of those formulas should work. So, a couple things I'd check. Are Automatic Calculations turned on? TOOLS--OPTIONS--CALCULATION Tab--Check "Automatic" Are the 3's entered as Text or Numbers? If Text, then that would explain why they aren't showing up. Re-enter them as numbers or use this formula: =MAX(VALUE(E4:E105)) Enter this as an array. Ctrl-Shift-Enter. HTH, Elkar "Blobbies" wrote: i have a range of numbers. it includes a number of 0's (zeros), 1's, 2's, 3's etc. i have asked excel to give me the highest number in the range - (have tried: =LARGE(E4:E105,1), =max(E4:E105) and =maxa(E4:E105) it keeps giving me 2 as the highest number, when i can quite plainly see that 3 is the highest number ...... i know this will be something dumb that i'm doing, but doesn't stop me being driven crazy along the way ... thanks for your help! mike |
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