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Old May 18th, 2010, 06:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Iriemon
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Default Max Function

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

Thanks

Irie
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Old May 18th, 2010, 06:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
T. Valko
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Default Max Function

Probably

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"Iriemon" wrote in message
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Is there any function available that works similar to the MAX function for
alpha characters?

Thanks

Irie



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Old May 18th, 2010, 07:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Gary''s Student
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Default Max Function

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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"Iriemon" wrote:

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

Thanks

Irie

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Old May 18th, 2010, 09:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Rick Rothstein[_2_]
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Default Max Function

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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"Iriemon" wrote in message
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Is there any function available that works similar to the MAX function for
alpha characters?

Thanks

Irie


 




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