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    Index Max Match formula returning wrong value

    I have searched the forums and found some discussion on this topic. Unfortunately I haven't found an answer that has worked yet.

    I am trying to write a formula that would return the most common text value. Named range is ServiceLevel - formula is below

    =INDEX(Servicelevel,MAX(MATCH(Servicelevel,Servicelevel,0)))

    The value returned is actually the 2nd most common value in the range. I received this same incorrect using an array formula and without the named range.

    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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    Re: Index Max Match formula returning wrong value

    If you have no blanks in the range you could change MAX to MODE

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    Re: Index Max Match formula returning wrong value

    Can you post an example showing what you want
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    Re: Index Max Match formula returning wrong value

    I did have blank cells in my named range as I had it as E:E. I changed it to MODE and then gave the named range some row references to exclude the empty cells and it worked. Thanks so much for the help!

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    Re: Index Max Match formula returning wrong value

    You could permit blanks in the range & discount but you would need to then use a CSE array - and you could not use entire column references if running preXL07, eg:

    =INDEX(servicelevel,MODE(IF(servicelevel<>"",MATCH(servicelevel,servicelevel,0))))
    committed with CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER
    but servicelevel could not be entire column

    It may be worth thinking about employing a Dynamic Named Range: http://www.contextures.com/xlNames01.html

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