Hi all,
When I carry out a MODE calc on a range of numbers, if there is more than
one mode, the calc is returning the first mode encountered:

0 0 4 2 2 1

In the range of six numbers above there is no clear mode as both '0' and '2'
occur twice. My calc returns '0' as the mode (presumably because this is the
first occuring mode that it encounters?). However this is no good to me,
where there is no clear mode I need the calc to return a blank cell (not an
Iserror).

Present formula:

=MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,))

Can't find any help on this at all, if someone knows a way around my problem
it'd be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve.

You can do it by extracting the second mode, and counting / comparing the
instances of the first and second modes...

Array enter (enter using Ctrl-Shift-Enter) the formula

=IF(COUNTIF(G945:G950,MODE(IF(G945:G950<MODE(G945 :G950),G945:G950)))=COUNTIF(G945:G950,MODE(G945:G9 50)),"",MODE(G945:G950))

Or, in keeping with your offset style:

=IF(COUNTIF(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,),MODE(IF(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,)<MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,)),OFFSET(G950,,,-6,))))=COUNTIF(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,),MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,))),"",MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,)))


HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP



"Struggling in Sheffield"
wrote in message ...
Hi all,
When I carry out a MODE calc on a range of numbers, if there is more than
one mode, the calc is returning the first mode encountered:

0 0 4 2 2 1

In the range of six numbers above there is no clear mode as both '0' and
'2'
occur twice. My calc returns '0' as the mode (presumably because this is
the
first occuring mode that it encounters?). However this is no good to me,
where there is no clear mode I need the calc to return a blank cell (not
an
Iserror).

Present formula:

=MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,))

Can't find any help on this at all, if someone knows a way around my
problem
it'd be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve.

Cheers Bernie, that works spot on.
Thanks very much,
Steve.

"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:

You can do it by extracting the second mode, and counting / comparing the
instances of the first and second modes...

Array enter (enter using Ctrl-Shift-Enter) the formula

=IF(COUNTIF(G945:G950,MODE(IF(G945:G950<MODE(G945 :G950),G945:G950)))=COUNTIF(G945:G950,MODE(G945:G9 50)),"",MODE(G945:G950))

Or, in keeping with your offset style:

=IF(COUNTIF(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,),MODE(IF(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,)<MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,)),OFFSET(G950,,,-6,))))=COUNTIF(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,),MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,))),"",MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,)))


HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP



"Struggling in Sheffield"
wrote in message ...
Hi all,
When I carry out a MODE calc on a range of numbers, if there is more than
one mode, the calc is returning the first mode encountered:

0 0 4 2 2 1

In the range of six numbers above there is no clear mode as both '0' and
'2'
occur twice. My calc returns '0' as the mode (presumably because this is
the
first occuring mode that it encounters?). However this is no good to me,
where there is no clear mode I need the calc to return a blank cell (not
an
Iserror).

Present formula:

=MODE(OFFSET(G950,,,-6,))

Can't find any help on this at all, if someone knows a way around my
problem
it'd be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve.