Any ideas how to write this function or where I might go for help?

I have a column of 5 digit zip codes and column of frequecy of those zip
codes.
I would like to find the frequency of the first three digits of zip codes
(***xx)
I have started by multiplying by.01 but cannot figure out how to keep the
zero as first digit.
I started ? manually but realized I would be here all night. Too nice a day
for that.

Thanks for any help.

two steps:


1. In a helper column enter =LEFT(A1,3) and copy down.This should get the
first three digits


2. Apply the FREQUENCY() worksheet function
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Gary's Student


"Fred Roven" wrote:

Any ideas how to write this function or where I might go for help?

I have a column of 5 digit zip codes and column of frequecy of those zip
codes.
I would like to find the frequency of the first three digits of zip codes
(***xx)
I have started by multiplying by.01 but cannot figure out how to keep the
zero as first digit.
I started ? manually but realized I would be here all night. Too nice a day
for that.

Thanks for any help.

Hi!

cannot figure out how to keep the zero as first digit

Format the zip codes as TEXT so you can use a leading 0.

Format the criteria cell as TEXT.

criteria cell B1 = 018

=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEFT(A1:A20,3)=B1))

Biff

"Fred Roven" wrote in message
...
Any ideas how to write this function or where I might go for help?

I have a column of 5 digit zip codes and column of frequecy of those zip
codes.
I would like to find the frequency of the first three digits of zip codes
(***xx)
I have started by multiplying by.01 but cannot figure out how to keep the
zero as first digit.
I started ? manually but realized I would be here all night. Too nice a
day
for that.

Thanks for any help.