Text value: return most frequently occurring value...

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Matty

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Hello,

I have found the following (array) formula which returns the value that occurs the most frequently in an array of Cells, but how can I adapt it so that empty ("") Cells are ignored:

=INDEX($G2:$U2,MATCH(MAX(COUNTIF($G2:$U2,$G2:$U2)),COUNTIF($G2:$U2,$G2:$U2),0))

Thanks in advance.

Matty
 

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Hi Matty

I assume these blank cells contain a formula resulting in ""? If so try:

=INDEX($G2:$U2,MATCH(MAX(COUNTIF($G2:$U2,IF($G2:$U2<>"",$G2:$U2))),COUNTIF($G2:$U2,IF($G2:$U2<>"",$G2:$U2)),0))
 
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Also, what if there are more text values showing/having the same max frequency of occurrence?

Better to run Data|PivotTable... on the data or switch to an adequate system of formulas.
 
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Thanks Richard. I had to add in an additional ")" to close up the MAX, but it did what I wanted. Cheers!

Aladin - it's a good point you make, but a PT isn't an option for what I'm doing. There's only ever likely to be a maximum of three values in the array (not counting the blank Cells ("")); on this basis, what formulas could I use to show me the top, second and third results?

Thanks,

Matty
 
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Matty said:
Thanks Richard. I had to add in an additional ")" to close up the MAX, but it did what I wanted. Cheers!

Aladin - it's a good point you make, but a PT isn't an option for what I'm doing. There's only ever likely to be a maximum of three values in the array (not counting the blank Cells ("")); on this basis, what formulas could I use to show me the top, second and third results?

Thanks,

Matty
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BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(ROWS($F$6:F13)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),ROWS($F$6:F13))),"")' x:arrayrange="F13"> </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl29 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>jon</TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(A14<>"",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A14,$A$3:A13,0)),"",COUNTIF($A$4:$A$20,A14)),"")'> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(ROWS($F$6:F14)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),ROWS($F$6:F14))),"")' x:arrayrange="F14"> </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl29 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>karl</TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(A15<>"",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A15,$A$3:A14,0)),"",COUNTIF($A$4:$A$20,A15)),"")'> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(ROWS($F$6:F15)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),ROWS($F$6:F15))),"")' x:arrayrange="F15"> </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl29 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>henri</TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(A16<>"",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A16,$A$3:A15,0)),"",COUNTIF($A$4:$A$20,A16)),"")'> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(ROWS($F$6:F16)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),ROWS($F$6:F16))),"")' x:arrayrange="F16"> </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl29 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>henri</TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(A17<>"",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A17,$A$3:A16,0)),"",COUNTIF($A$4:$A$20,A17)),"")'> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(ROWS($F$6:F17)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),ROWS($F$6:F17))),"")' x:arrayrange="F17"> </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl29 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>dan</TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align=right x:num x:fmla='=IF(A18<>"",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A18,$A$3:A17,0)),"",COUNTIF($A$4:$A$20,A18)),"")'>3</TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(ROWS($F$6:F18)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),ROWS($F$6:F18))),"")' x:arrayrange="F18"> </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl29 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>dan</TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(A19<>"",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A19,$A$3:A18,0)),"",COUNTIF($A$4:$A$20,A19)),"")'> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(ROWS($F$6:F19)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),ROWS($F$6:F19))),"")' x:arrayrange="F19"> </TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD class=xl29 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height=17>dan</TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </TD><TD class=xl26 style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:str="" x:fmla='=IF(ROWS($F$6:F20)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),ROWS($F$6:F20))),"")' x:arrayrange="F20"> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

A3:A20 houses the data of interest.

B4, copy down:

=IF(A4<>"",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A4,$A$3:A3,0)),"",COUNTIF($A$4:$A$20,A4)),"")

F2:

=MAX(B4:B20)

F4:

=COUNTIF(B4:B20,">="&F2)

F6:

Control+shift+enter, not just enter:
Code: 
=IF(ROWS($F$6:F6)<=$F$4,INDEX($A$4:$A$20,
   SMALL(IF($B$4:$B$20=$F$2,ROW($B$4:$B$20)-ROW($B$4)+1),
     ROWS($F$6:F6))),"")
 
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Many thanks, Aladin - works great!

I'll now go away and try to establish how the construction is working.

Regards,

Matty
 
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