Reverse FREQUENCY formula to use from the top down as opposed to the bottom up

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Hi,

I am using the following formula in A1 and copying down which works very well. What I would like to know is how can I use the formula in reverse? By that I mean instead of looking to find a consecutive frequency from the bottom up I want to find a consecutive frequency from the top down.

Here is the formula for bottom up.

Code: 
=IF(A1<>"",FREQUENCY(IF(A1:A21=A1,ROW(A1:A21)),IF(A1:A21<>A1,ROW(A1:A21))),"")
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suprsnipes
 

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suprsnipes said:
Hi,

I am using the following formula in A1 and copying down which works very well. What I would like to know is how can I use the formula in reverse? By that I mean instead of looking to find a consecutive frequency from the bottom up I want to find a consecutive frequency from the top down.

Here is the formula for bottom up.

=IF(A1<>"",FREQUENCY(IF(A1:A21=A1,ROW(A1:A21)),IF(A1:A21<>A1,ROW(A1:A21))),"")

Regards,
suprsnipes
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What makes you think that formula works from the bottom up?

Can you post some sample data and let us know what result you expect?
 
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Thanks for your response, again. As per the sample below the working formula is in column B the result that I am looking for is in column D. I have tried modifying the formula but can't get the output I am looking for.

HTML: 
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Re-post

Thanks for your response, again. As per the sample below the working formula is in column B the result that I am looking for is in column D. I have tried modifying the formula but can't get the output I am looking for.

Excel Workbook
ABCD
1c41
2c32
3c23
4c14
5d21
6d12
7c21
8c12
9d21
10d12
11c71
12c62
13c53
14c44
15c35
16c26
17c17
18d41
19d32
20d23
21d14
Sheet1
Excel 2010
 
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suprsnipes said:
Re-post

Thanks for your response, again. As per the sample below the working formula is in column B the result that I am looking for is in column D. I have tried modifying the formula but can't get the output I am looking for.

Excel Workbook
ABCD
1c41
2c32
3c23
4c14
5d21
6d12
7c21
8c12
9d21
10d12
11c71
12c62
13c53
14c44
15c35
16c26
17c17
18d41
19d32
20d23
21d14
Sheet1
Excel 2010
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Try this...

Enter 1 in cell D1.

Enter this formula in D2 and copy down as needed:

=IF(A2=A1,D1+1,1)
 
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Thanks alot T. Valko. Didn't realise that's all I needed to do. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers.
 
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