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What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003
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What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003? I have estimated it as 2^23-128-1 = 8,388,479. Is that correct? John. -- |
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What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003
I don't agree with yoiu formula or answer.
L = Longest length string N = Number of different characters Answer = N^L There are a possiblilty of 256 ASCII characters. You havve to count which charracters you arre using. On a worksheet you can see up to 256 characters, but the string length can be 32K. " wrote: Hi, What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003? I have estimated it as 2^23-128-1 = 8,388,479. Is that correct? John. -- |
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What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003
Wrong:
Just 5 character string of alphabetics is: =26 * 36 * 26 * 26 *26 11,881,376 -- Gary''s Student - gsnu2007a " wrote: Hi, What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003? I have estimated it as 2^23-128-1 = 8,388,479. Is that correct? John. -- |
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What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003
On Oct 31, 10:16 am, wrote:
What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003? Given the initial replies, I should clarify: What is the maximum number of unique strings *supported by* Excel 2003? Adding more than 8,388,479 unique strings appears to make Excel crash. John. -- |
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What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003
Hi John,
There is no published limit. I suppose that, like many other "limits" one could think of, it depends on how you create them (formulas? Import? manual entering?) and available memory. But I downloaded a workbook containing the complete King James' Bible: http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/web...ible_in_excel/ You might want to try and explain what you're trying to achieve and what behavior of Excel won't let you -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel wrote in message ups.com... | On Oct 31, 10:16 am, wrote: | What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003? | | Given the initial replies, I should clarify: | | What is the maximum number of unique strings *supported by* Excel | 2003? | | Adding more than 8,388,479 unique strings appears to make Excel crash. | | John. | -- | | |
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What is the maximum number of unique strings in Excel 2003
On Oct 31, 12:52 pm, "Niek Otten" wrote:
Hi John, There is no published limit. I suppose that, like many other "limits" one could think of, it depends on how you create them (formulas? Import? manual entering?) and available memory. But I downloaded a workbook containing the complete King James' Bible:http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/web...ible_in_excel/ You might want to try and explain what you're trying to achieve and what behavior of Excel won't let you Hi, There isn't any real world application for this. I was just curious if this is a known limit. It isn't mentioned is the usual "Excel specifications and limits". BTW, that copy of the King James Bible has only 62,018 unique strings. :-) John. -- |
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