Functions like IRR and discontinuous cells

Mar 14th, 2002, 06:15 PM

I'm hoping someone can help.

Is there a way with a function like IRR which only has one argument (e.g. IRR(argument,guess)) to put discontinous cells into that argument. Using a comma doesn't work as it assumes that is the next argument (for IRR the guess return rate).

Example - I would like to find out the IRR for cells A1:A5,C5 (six total cashflows). How can I do this?

Thanks in advance.

anno · Mar 14th, 2002, 08:04 PM

named ranges can include non adjacent cells or ranges of cells, so could you create a named range and do something like =IRR(yourrangename,) ?

Mar 15th, 2002, 12:10 AM

Indeed that works but if I want to creat a whole column which has these functions. Is there an easy way to create a bunch of named ranges? Or is there just a function that will create a single range from a set of discontinuous cells?

Thanks again.

chadm · May 3rd, 2002, 12:28 PM

Did anyone ever figure out an answer to this?

I have been trying to figure out the same.

I have a column that has inflows (A10:A20) and a separate column that has the outflow for the specific range so I need the IRR(A10:A20, B20, 5%(guess))

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Mar 14th, 2002, 06:15 PM	#1
Guest Posts: n/a	I'm hoping someone can help. Is there a way with a function like IRR which only has one argument (e.g. IRR(argument,guess)) to put discontinous cells into that argument. Using a comma doesn't work as it assumes that is the next argument (for IRR the guess return rate). Example - I would like to find out the IRR for cells A1:A5,C5 (six total cashflows). How can I do this? Thanks in advance.

Mar 14th, 2002, 08:04 PM	#2
anno Board Regular Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 202	named ranges can include non adjacent cells or ranges of cells, so could you create a named range and do something like =IRR(yourrangename,) ?

Mar 15th, 2002, 12:10 AM	#3
Guest Posts: n/a	Indeed that works but if I want to creat a whole column which has these functions. Is there an easy way to create a bunch of named ranges? Or is there just a function that will create a single range from a set of discontinuous cells? Thanks again.

May 3rd, 2002, 12:28 PM	#4
chadm New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 45	Did anyone ever figure out an answer to this? I have been trying to figure out the same. I have a column that has inflows (A10:A20) and a separate column that has the outflow for the specific range so I need the IRR(A10:A20, B20, 5%(guess))