Write a formula to check few cells have same value [homework]

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Lets test your Excel skills. Can you write a formula to check few cells are equal?

Your homework:

  • Let us say you have four values in cells A1, A2, A3, A4
  • Write a formula to check if all 4 cells have same value (ie A1=A2=A3=A4)
  • Your output can be TRUE/FALSE or 1/0 to indicate a match (or mis-match)

Bonus question 1:

How would you write a formula if your values are in range A1:An

Bonus question 2:

What formula would work well if the cells contain non-numeric values (text, logical etc.)

Obvious answer:

The easiest and obvious answer is to test if all them are equal. The formula is,

=AND(A1=A2,A1=A3,A1=A4)

(select the above blank line to see answer)

But can you come up with some other options to test the equality?

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