From: Max on
Biff,
Neat solution
Could you give a brief explanation as to what's happening in the FREQUENCY
bit in your:
> =INDEX(FREQUENCY(Saturday:Friday!A1:A10,0),2)
Thanks
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Max
Singapore
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From: T. Valko on
FREQUENCY returns an array of "count ifs" based on the bins argument. Let's
see how this works on the following data.

A1 = 0.5
A2 = 0
A3 = 0
A4 = 1
A5 = 2

We want a count of cells that are greater than 0.

=INDEX(FREQUENCY(A1:A5,0),2)

Returns 3

In this case we have just a single bin, 0. FREQUENCY will return two "count
ifs".

Count if A1:A5 is less than or equal to 0 = 2 (A2, A3)
Count if A1:A5 is greater than 0 = 3 (A1, A4, A5)

So, we have:

=INDEX({2;3},2)

We want the count of cells greater than 0 which is the second element of the
array of "count ifs" so we tell INDEX to return that 2nd element.

=INDEX({2;3},2)

Returns 3

So:

=INDEX(FREQUENCY(A1:A5,0),2)

=3

Of course, if the range to be counted is on a single sheet then a simple
COUNTIF(A1:A5,">0") will do. However, in the OP's application the range is
multiple sheets. FREQUENCY can handle references across multiple sheets, 3D
references and multiple area references (on the same sheet).

References across multiple sheets:

=INDEX(FREQUENCY(Saturday:Friday!A1:A10,0),2)

3D references:

=INDEX(FREQUENCY(Saturday:Friday!A1:C10,0),2)

Multiple area references:

=INDEX(FREQUENCY((A1:A10,B22:B25,X100:Z120),0),2)


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Max" <demechanik(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Biff,
> Neat solution
> Could you give a brief explanation as to what's happening in the FREQUENCY
> bit in your:
>> =INDEX(FREQUENCY(Saturday:Friday!A1:A10,0),2)
> Thanks
> --
> Max
> Singapore
> ---


From: Max on
Thanks for the explanations, Biff
From: T. Valko on
You're welcome, Max!

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Max" <demechanik(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the explanations, Biff


From: dave on
Thanks for the file Stanley and that worked perfect...



Sorry for the delay in responding... went on business trip...

and Biff thanks for the reply as well, although I could not follow exactly
what you had suggested...

Dave
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thanks for your help

Dave


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