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Is there any function available that works similar to the MAX function for
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Is there any function available that works similar to the MAX function for
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If the data contains no duplicated values:

=INDEX(A1:A100,MATCH(COUNTA(A1:A100)-1,INDEX(COUNTIF(A1:A100,"<"&A1:A100),0),0)Â*)


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Is there any function available that works similar to the MAX function for
alpha characters?

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Can you give us just a little more information please? Are we talking about
single characters per cell, multiple characters per cell (what would maximum
mean to you for this situation) or max character in a text string within a
single cell?

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