formula for returning the largest letter in a series of letters
Is there a way of returning the largest letter in a series of cells with
letters in it for example Cell 1 = A, Cell 2 = B, Cell 3 = C, Cell 4 = D the formula would return 'D' Please help |
formula for returning the largest letter in a series of letters
Give this a try (tested it quickly & will work only on single characters).
Enter it as an array formula, meaning enter it by pressing Ctrl-Shift-Enter =CHAR(MAX(CODE(A1:A4))) "Modus" wrote: Is there a way of returning the largest letter in a series of cells with letters in it for example Cell 1 = A, Cell 2 = B, Cell 3 = C, Cell 4 = D the formula would return 'D' Please help |
formula for returning the largest letter in a series of letters
Try...
=LOOKUP(2,1/(COUNTIF(A1:A4,""&A1:A4&"*")=0),A1:A4) Hope this helps! In article , Modus wrote: Is there a way of returning the largest letter in a series of cells with letters in it for example Cell 1 = A, Cell 2 = B, Cell 3 = C, Cell 4 = D the formula would return 'D' Please help |
formula for returning the largest letter in a series of letters
try this ARRAY formula to account for upper and lower.
=MAX(IF(CODE(UPPER($C$12:$C$21)),MAX(CODE($C$12:$C $21)))) -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Duke Carey" wrote in message ... Give this a try (tested it quickly & will work only on single characters). Enter it as an array formula, meaning enter it by pressing Ctrl-Shift-Enter =CHAR(MAX(CODE(A1:A4))) "Modus" wrote: Is there a way of returning the largest letter in a series of cells with letters in it for example Cell 1 = A, Cell 2 = B, Cell 3 = C, Cell 4 = D the formula would return 'D' Please help |
formula for returning the largest letter in a series of letters
or this array formula
=MAX(IF(ISNUMBER(CODE($C$12:$C$31)),CODE($C$12:$C$ 31),"")) -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Duke Carey" wrote in message ... Give this a try (tested it quickly & will work only on single characters). Enter it as an array formula, meaning enter it by pressing Ctrl-Shift-Enter =CHAR(MAX(CODE(A1:A4))) "Modus" wrote: Is there a way of returning the largest letter in a series of cells with letters in it for example Cell 1 = A, Cell 2 = B, Cell 3 = C, Cell 4 = D the formula would return 'D' Please help |
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