Can Excel look thru column of text & derive most commone
I have a sheet that contains employee initials in one column. I am trying to
figure out a way for Excel to derive the most used set of initials with out having to tell it all the possible initials. Is there a formula for this? |
Can Excel look thru column of text & derive most commone
Try this UDF (User Defined function). From workbook launch VBE using Alt+F11.
From menu Insert a Module and paste the below function.Close and get back to workbook and try the below formula. =MostRepeated(A1:A8) Function MostRepeated(varRange As Range) As String Dim lngCount As Long, lngMost As Long For Each cell In varRange lngCount = WorksheetFunction.CountIf(varRange, cell) If lngCount lngMost Then MostRepeated = cell.Text: lngMost = lngCount Next End Function If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "camsown" wrote: I have a sheet that contains employee initials in one column. I am trying to figure out a way for Excel to derive the most used set of initials with out having to tell it all the possible initials. Is there a formula for this? |
Can Excel look thru column of text & derive most commone
Helper column B =COUNTIF(A$1:A$100,A1) and copy down.
CF in B, =MAX(B$1:B$100) -- David Biddulph "camsown" wrote in message ... I have a sheet that contains employee initials in one column. I am trying to figure out a way for Excel to derive the most used set of initials with out having to tell it all the possible initials. Is there a formula for this? |
Can Excel look thru column of text & derive most commone
Try this array formula** :
=INDEX(A1:A20,MODE(MATCH(A1:A20,A1:A20,0))) ** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER). Hold down both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key then hit ENTER. Assumes no empty cells within the range and there is at least one duplicate entry. Also note, if there are equal duplicates the formula will return the 1st duplicate. A B A B C Both A and B have the same number of entries but A is listed 1st so the fromula will return A. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "camsown" wrote in message ... I have a sheet that contains employee initials in one column. I am trying to figure out a way for Excel to derive the most used set of initials with out having to tell it all the possible initials. Is there a formula for this? |
Can Excel look thru column of text & derive most commone
Find the most frequently occurring number:
=INDEX(A1:A367,MODE(IF(A1:A367<"",MATCH(A1:A367,A 1:A367,0)))) Find the most frequently occurring name: =INDEX(B1:B367,MODE(IF(B1:B367<"",MATCH(B1:B367,B 1:B367,0)))) Both of these functions are committed with Ctrl+Shift+Enter, not just Enter. HTH, Ryan--- -- Ryan--- If this information was helpful, please indicate this by clicking ''Yes''. "Jacob Skaria" wrote: Try this UDF (User Defined function). From workbook launch VBE using Alt+F11. From menu Insert a Module and paste the below function.Close and get back to workbook and try the below formula. =MostRepeated(A1:A8) Function MostRepeated(varRange As Range) As String Dim lngCount As Long, lngMost As Long For Each cell In varRange lngCount = WorksheetFunction.CountIf(varRange, cell) If lngCount lngMost Then MostRepeated = cell.Text: lngMost = lngCount Next End Function If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "camsown" wrote: I have a sheet that contains employee initials in one column. I am trying to figure out a way for Excel to derive the most used set of initials with out having to tell it all the possible initials. Is there a formula for this? |
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