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    Slow Array formula

    Hi All,

    I have a spreadsheet with a set of arrays that lookup two sets of information to find the matching data, but it is very laggy is there anything I can do to speed it up??

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    Many thanks for any input

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    Re: Slow Array formula

    Slow? Of course!. Do not use open ranges. Use something like B2:B100 or whatever your range is.
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    Re: Slow Array formula

    I feel like a lemon, I did not notice that and Ive been raking my brains for ages.

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    Re: Slow Array formula

    Indeed! It's a shame that the idea that you shouldn't reference entire columns in array formulas is not more widely known. It's amazing how many people, even some quite proficient users, are unaware of this.

    Perhaps the confusion arises from the apparently inconsistent view that Microsoft have adopted here: it's well known that functions such as COUNTIF(S)/SUMIF(S) suffer no loss in performance using entire column references, so the assumption that it's also ok in other, array constructions is quite a natural one.

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