Performing Maths in Microsoft Word (In an Excel Blog)

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Ok, Ok, Chandoo.org is clearly a Microsoft Excel centric Blog.

But a week ago Pradeep asked the question in a post, “How do I add up a Table of Numbers in Word?

There are 3 easy answers, which will all be addressed in this post:

  1. Transfer the Data to/from Excel
  2. Embed a Table in Word from Excel
  3. Do the Maths in Word

 

Transfer Data To/From Excel

The easiest and sometimes quickest way to do maths on a table of numbers is to:

  • Copy the Table from Word and paste the Table into an Excel Workbook
  • Perform the Maths in Excel
  • Copy and paste the results back

Here is a typical Table within Word

Select the Table in Word and press either Ctrl+C or use the Copy icon.

Open Excel or switch to Excel using Alt+Tab

Select a cell and press Paste Ctrl+V or use the Paste  Icon

Excel shows the Table as above.

Next add formulas to perform the calculations you need

In this case in C9: =SUM(C4:C8)

Copy the formula in C9 across to D9

In E4: =D4/C4

Copy the formula in E4 down to E9

Format the new results as appropriate

Next select either the full table or a section, ie: The Numbers and Copy using either Ctrl+C or use the Copy icon.

Switch to Word using Alt+Tab

Select the same area in the Word Table as what you copied in Excel

and press Paste Ctrl+V or use the Paste  Icon

When to use this technique

This technique is useful for doing one of reports where the data is provided to you as is.

It is also good when you need to perform complex formulas.

However when you control the data source there is an easier way and this is discussed next.

 

Embed the Table in Word from Excel

In cases where you manage the data source, you can link the table in Word directly to the data source in Excel.

By doing this the Word Table is updated as soon as changes are made in the Excel Table.

In Excel find your source data:

Select the range you want to embed into the word Document

Copy this range using either Ctrl+C or use the Copy icon.

Open Word or Switch to Word using Alt+Tab

Locate and click in the area in the Word Document where you want to place the report

Goto the Home Tab and press Paste Ctrl+V or use the Paste  Icon

Select the Paste and Keep Source Formatting option

Note 1: As you move across the 6 paste options word will show you what the Pasted range will look like using each format

Note 2: Notice in the example above the pasted range also includes the grey grid lines. If you don’t want these you need to disable them in Excel before you copy the range

 

Now that we have our Word Document with the new Range pasted in, you notice that there is a mistake in the data

Return to Excel by Using Alt+Tab

Change the Date to the 18 Aug 2018 and change the Revenue on Tuesday to 3000

Return to Excel by Using Alt+Tab

Notice that the Date, Tuesday Revenue and Unit Revenue have all changed to reflect the changes in the excel Document.

You can reformat the Table in Word and only the numbers and text will change in response to changes in the Excel Document

The Excel and Word Files must be open for the link to be updated dynamically.

If the Excel file is closed the Word file will not update.

When to use this technique

This is a great technique when you have a large data source with mutiple tables used in Word, Like a Monthly Report.

But there is an alternative…

 

Perform the Maths in Word

Microsoft Word has limited arithmetic abilities built in.

These abilities only apply to data stored in Tables, not to data stored in tabular format within normal text

Open a word file and enter a Table of Data like below

This is the same table we have seen before.

It requires a Total Line as well as Unit Revenue calculations

Click into the Sales Quantity Weekly Totals cell.

Now goto the Layout Tab and select the Formula icon.

In the Formula: dialog Word will have inserted a Formula =SUM(ABOVE)

This is what we want to do, so leave it

Select an appropriate Number format from the Number format drop down. These number formats are in the same style as Excel Custom Number Formats.

Click OK

Word puts the total 750 in this case in the Total cell

Change a Number above and watch as the Total changes

Repeat the previous step in the revenue Weekly Total cell

 

The Unit Revenue will be the Revenue for each day divided by the Sales Quantity that day.

That is, for Monday, we want to divide the Sales Revenue of $2,000 by the Sales Quantity 100 to return a Unit Revenue of 200

Luckily Word has the facility to treat Cells in a Table in a similar fashion to Excel !

We can use either R1C1 or A1 formula formats.

In R1C1 each column and row is simply numbered as shown below

In A1 each column is Labelled alphabetically as in the default view in Excel and row is numbered as shown below

And Word is actually more advanced than Excel as you can use either format at the same time without having to change the format in settings.

In our example we want to divide the Cell in Row 2 Column 3 (R2C3) by the value in Row 2 Column 2 (R2C2)

Click in the Cell under the Unit Revenue column header in Row 2

Goto the Layout Tab and select the Formula icon

By default Word will display a =SUM(LEFT) formula

Overwrite this with your own formula =R2C3/R2C2

Select an appropriate Number format and press OK

 

You can use the A1 formula style by simply using it

Click in the Cell under the Unit Revenue column header in Row 2

Goto the Layout Tab and select the Formula icon

By default Word will display a =SUM(LEFT) formula

Overwrite this with your own formula =C2/B2

Select an appropriate Number format and press OK

Repeat this for the other cells in the Unit Revenue column.

Voila !

You now have a Table in Word, the Total and Unit Rates are Formulas.

But wait there is a mistake, The Revenue on Tuesday should be $5,000

Select the cell and change the value to 5,000

Depending on which version of Word you have the Table will either Update Automatically or you can force it to recalculate

If you Change the Value and the Table updates itself, Enjoy it

If your Table hasn’t updated itself you have a few options

Select the cells by Left Click and Drag ie: From 5,000 Down to the base of the table and across to the Right

Now Right click the selection and select Update or press F9

You can also click on an individual cell within the Table and Right Click and Update

Or you can press Ctrl+A outside the Table and Right Click and Update or Press F9

What Other Functions are Available?

We saw in the example above that we can use basic operands of +, , * and /

We used the function Sum()

But there are about a dozen other functions available to us to construct formula to process our data

To see and use these Goto the Layout Tab and select the Paste function dropdown on the Formula Dialog.

Scroll down to see other functions

You can build up a function as you do in Excel using parenthesis and these functions.

In the example above we used the special Above range to specify that we wanted to Sum the values Above the active cell.

You can also use the LEFT, RIGHT, ABOVE, BELOW positional arguments

If you have defined Bookmarks within the Word document you can also use these to return values

=ROUND(NPV,0)

Where NPV is a Bookmark to the value of the NPV elsewhere in your Document.

 

Further Help

Word has a good discussion on the techniques available in the online help

Microsoft Word – Formula in a cell help

 

Final Comments

How have you performed maths on data in Word?

Let us know in the comments below:

 

 

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129 Responses to “Write a formula to check few cells have same value [homework]”

  1. Arie says:

    =NOT(STDEV(A1:A4))

    this also works for large ranges of numerical values (but not for text)

  2. Detlef says:

    Hi

    Works for numbers, text and logical values on a range from A1:An.

    =COUNTIF(A1:An,A1)=ROWS(A1:An)

  3. lockdalf says:

    well if you name the range, you could use following:

    =IF(SUMPRODUCT(1/COUNTIF('range','range'))=1,1,0) 

  4. Chris says:

    My solution is a, perhaphs slightly complex, array formula as follows:

    {=IFERROR(AVERAGE(IF(ISBLANK(A1:H1),9999,SUBSTITUTE(A1:H1,A1,9999)*1))=9999,FALSE)}

    Assuming there is a value (numerical, text, logic etc) in cell A1, this formula will work - and it will 'ignore' any cells that are 'blank' within the range A1:H1 (which can be extended to the required size).

    Breaking the formula down, the SUBSTITUTE(A1:H1,A1,9999) replaces all values (be it text / numerical) in the range A1:H1 that MATCH the value of cell A1 with the number 9999 (this should be changed to any number that WON'T APPEAR IN THE RANGE).

    These values are then multiplied by 1 (as SUBSTITUTE results in a text answer).

    Wrapping this in an IF(ISBLANK(A1:H1),9999,.........) formula takes care of any blank cells, setting them to this default value of 9999 also - this allows you to set the formula up once for a large range and then not have to alter as more data comes in.

    An Average is then taken of all these values - if all cells that contain values are the same, the average will come back to 9999.

    If all values are numerical but some differ, the average will differ from 9999 and will result in a FALSE answer. If some / all of the values are text and some differ from that in cell A1, the AVERAGE function will result in an Error, but in these instances the Match needs to return FALSE, hence the IFERROR function.

    Sure there's a simpler way to do this though!!

  5. George says:

    `{=IF(AND(COUNTA(RANGE)-SUM(--ISNUMBER(FIND(UPPER(FIRST ELEMENT IN RANGE),UPPER(RANGE))))=0,LEN(FIRST ELEMENT IN RANGE)=MAX(LEN(RANGE))),TRUE,FALSE)}`
    so if your data was in Column 1 and began in A1, you'd use
    `{=IF(AND(COUNTA($1:$1)-SUM(--ISNUMBER(FIND(UPPER($A$1),UPPER($1:$1))))=0,LEN($A$1)=MAX(LEN($1:$1))),TRUE,FALSE)}`

    This will work for strings and things, if you want it to be case sensitive (I don't), just remove the UPPER() part.
    What this does:

    `COUNTA($1:$1)`
    tells you how many entries you're looking at over your range (so we can work with an undetermined size).
    `--ISNUMBER()`
    ISNUMBER will return TRUE or FALSE depending on if the value inside is a number or not.  the -- part converts TRUE/FALSE in to 1 or 0.
    `UPPER()` OPTIONAL
    converts the value in to upper case.  If passed a number it changes it to text format.  This is what stops it from being case sensitive.
    `FIND($A$1,$1:$1)`
    will return a number if A1 is contained in each cell containing an entry in column 1.
    `LEN($A$1)=MAX(LEN($1:$1)`
    checks that all elements are the same length.  This is needed to avoid partial matches (without it, if A1 contained zzz and A2 contained azzza it would flag as true).

    REMEMBER this is an array formula, so enter with ctrl+shift+enter.

  6. Udit says:

    {=MIN(--(A1=OFFSET(A1,,,COUNTA(A1:A4))))}

    Gives 0 if false and 1 if true

  7. Ray Blake says:

    =COUNTIF(A:A,A1)/COUNTA(A:A) = 1

    This meets both bonus requirements and is dynamic. Keep adding more contents in column A and it will include these automatically. 

    • Mike K says:

      I like this a one a lot. I would make one small change by inserting a table for my data range. Makes it dynamic without selecting the whole column

       =IF(COUNTIF(tableName[colName],A2)/COUNTA(tableName[colName])=1,TRUE,FALSE)

  8. Sudhir Gawade says:

    For only Numeric values

    =MAX(A:A)=MIN(A:A)

  9. Sandy Siegel says:

    =(A1=B1)*(B1=C1)*(C1=D1)

  10. Elias says:

    Case sensitive.

    =SUMPRODUCT(0+EXACT(A1:A4,A1))=COUNTA(A1:A4)

    Regards

  11. PPH says:

    I'd use this

    =COUNTIF(range,INDEX(range,MODE(MATCH(range,range,0))))=COUNTA(range)

    It takes Hui's formula but ensures that the test value for the countif is the value or string that is most common in the range. Just in case you get a false but the problem is just with your test value being the odd one out.

  12. José Lôbo says:

    =SE(E(A1=A2;A1=A3);SE(E(A1=A4;A2=A3);SE(E(A2=A4;A3=A4);"ok")))
     
    SE = IF
    E = AND

  13. Stan Cullerne-Bown says:

    Bonus question 1 & 2
    Array formula: {AND(A1=A1:AN)}
    This will test all cells in range, including text and numbers. 

    Cheers 

  14. D Stinson says:

    A very simple solution uses Excel's Rank function.  Insert in B1 = Rank(A1, $A$1:$A$4).  Copy down this formula to B4.  If the answers in B1 thru B4 are all 1, the values are equal.  For an open range of cells, label the range of input (example "TestData") and place the label in the funtion (= Rank(A1, TestData) then copy down to an equivelent length of rows as the range.

  15. Tom Moedl says:

    =IF(SUM(A1:A4)/COUNT(A1:A4)=A1,TRUE,FALSE)

  16. Melanie says:

    =IF(SUM(A1:D1)/4=A1,"True","False")

  17. Tom Moedl says:

    I enjoy your emails.  I have learned a lot from them.  Thank you for what you do.

  18. .
     
    {=PRODUCT(--(A1=A1:A4))}
     
    .
    Change A4 to An.

  19. jimmy says:

    =IF((SUM(A1:A4)/COUNT(A1:A4))=A1,"TRUE","FALSE")

  20. Kishore Kumar says:

    I would use the formula which is mentioned below:-

    =IF(PRODUCT($A:$A)=A1^(COUNTIF($A:$A,A1)),"Yes","No")

  21. Karl says:

    At last a homework assignment that I could answer on my own. And I even understand some of the elegant answers from other readers this time.
    My solution was to nest IF statements:
    =IF(A4=A3,IF(A3=A2,IF(A2=A1,TRUE,FALSE),FALSE),FALSE)
    This satisfies bonus question 2 but I think the structure makes it impossible to modify this solution to satisfy bonus question 1. And I wouldn't want to use this strategy to compare very many values...

  22. Bob Bonner says:

    This answers all of your questions:

    =PRODUCT(--(INDIRECT("$A$1:$A$"&$B$1)=$A$1))

    where column A contains the values and $B$1 has the number of rows to assign to last A-cell. 

  23. Sanjay says:

    =IF(A1=A2:A2=A3:A3=A4>1,"TRUE","FALSE")
    =IF(A1=A2:A2=A3:A3=An>1,"TRUE","FALSE")
    =SUM(HELLO, A1)

  24. Livigs says:

    {=IF(SUM(IF(A1:A4=A1,0,1))=0,TRUE,FALSE)}
     
    This will work for numbers or text, and will work for any number of cells (A4 would just be An)

  25. Brian LaGrand says:

    Here's another alternate, assuming values in cells a1:d1
     
    =IF((A1*B1*C1*D1)^(1/COUNT(A1:D1))=AVERAGE(A1:D1),1,0)

  26. Supertaitai says:

    {=IF(AND($A$1:$A$4=OFFSET(A1,0,0)),1,0)}

  27. Virginia says:

    =SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(MATCH(A1:A4,A1:A4,0),MATCH(A1:A4,A1:A4,0))>0,1))

  28. Sanjay says:

    REVISED FORMULA
       =IF((A1=A2)*AND(A1=A3)*AND(A1=A4),"TRUE","FALSE")

    Regards

  29. Don says:

    =IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A5=A2))/COUNTA(A2:A5)=1,1,0)

  30. Bryan says:

    I would use something like this:  =COUNTA(A1:A4)=COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1)

    • Bryan says:

      You can even do a whole range and as you enter data into the range it tells you if they all match.  Going down to row 5000:  =COUNTA(A1:A5000)=COUNTIF(A1:A5000,A1).

      Thanks,
      B

  31. Manoj says:

    {=SUM(--(A1:A101=A1))=(COUNTA(A1:A10)+COUNTBLANK(A1:A10))}

  32. Ken ?-del says:

    For numeric values:

    =(OFFSET(list,,,1,1)=AVERAGE(list))

    where list = A1:A4 

    • Ken says:

      I need to retract my own post here guys. 

      It is WRONG! Let me explain.

      Suppose we have

      A1 = 1
      A2 = 0
      A3 = 2

      then Average = 1 and OFFSET(list,,,1,1) = 1
      so 1 = 1 but all the elements are NOT equal.

       

  33. Manoj says:

    correction 
    {=SUM(--(A1:A10=A1))=(COUNTA(A1:A10)+COUNTBLANK(A1:A10))}

  34. Pavel Lasák says:

    =IF(A1=B1,IF(B1=C1,IF(C1=D1,TRUE,FALSE),FALSE),FALSE) ....

  35. Matthew Holbrook says:

    =COUNTIF(OFFSET($A$1,0,0,COUNTA($A:$A),1),$A$1)=ROWS(OFFSET($A$1,0,0,COUNTA($A:$A),1))

  36. Parin Thacker says:

    I have a little more flexible approach. Suppose the value of 'n' is known. There is a possibility that only some of the cells in a row are filled up. For example if n = 10, then in a row, A1 to A10 must be compared. But in case only cells upto A7 are filled up. The formula thus has to adapt accordingly. Below formula does that:

    =COUNTIF(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),1)&":"&ADDRESS(ROW(),COUNTA(A1:J1))),A1)=COUNTA(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),1)&":"&ADDRESS(ROW(),COUNTA(A1:J1))))

  37. Ingo says:

    In A1:A100 is word/number
    In B1 is word/number we look

    C1=MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(A1:A100=B1,ROW(A1:A100)),IF(A1:A100<>B1,ROW(A1:A100))))  array formula

  38. Shubhro De says:

    We can use an array formula
    {=PRODUCT(--(A1:An=A1))}
    OR if we want n variable
    {=PRODUCT(--(INDIRECT("A1:A"&COUNTA(A:A))=A1))} 

  39. Steve LeLaurin says:

    {=AND(A1=A2:An)}

  40. Ariel says:

    I would use this one (simlpe)

    =(COUNTA(A:A)=COUNTIF(A:A;A1))

  41. uri Weiss says:

    try this
    =MAX(A1:A4)=MIN(A1:A4)

  42. uri Weiss says:

    Olso try this
    {=SUM(RANK(A1:A10,A1:A10))=COUNT(A1:A10)}
    Please notice it is an Array Formula

  43. elnur says:

    Dear All,
    i used that formula
    {=IF(COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1:A4)=COUNTA(A1:A4),TRUE,FALSE)}

  44. andy holaday says:

    Love the variety of responses.

    =MAX(A1:A4)=MIN(A1:A4)
    and
    =COUNTA(A1:A4)=COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1)
    will return true if the input range has blank cells

    My personal fave is the array formula {=AND(A1=A1:A4)}. Short and sweet, and easy to read. Blank cells will tally as a mismatch.

    A close second is 
    =SUMPRODUCT(1/COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1:A4))=1
    which will throw an error if blanks are present. 

     

  45. mahesh says:

    =PRODUCT(B1:D1)=B1^COUNT(B1:D1)...will return TRUE or FALSE

  46. Prem Singh says:

     
    Dear Sir,
     
    My answer is =exact(a2,a1)

  47. jack corley says:

    =IF((a1=a2=a3=a4),1,0)

  48. Arshad says:

    Hello Chandoo,
    We can also use Conditional Formatting......

  49. Akash Khandelwal says:

    For Numerics..

    =SUM(A1:AN)/A1=COUNT(A1:AN)
    results in True/False.

  50. Manoj Gupta says:

    =AND(IF(A1=B1,1,0),IF(B1=C1,1,0),IF(C1=D1,1,0))

  51. sam says:

    =AND(A1=A2:A4) array entered
    Generic
    =AND(A1=A2:An) array entered

  52. shrivallabha says:

    =--(COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1)=COUNTA(A1:A4))
    will give value as 1 or 0

  53. James says:

    Hi there, here's a simple formula to determine not only whether all 4 cells (A1 --> A4) are equal, but also whether any of the cells are equal and identifies which cells they are ...

    =COUNTIF($A$1:$A$4,A$1)*1000+COUNTIF($A$1:$A$4,A$2)*100+COUNTIF($A$1:$A$4,A$3)*10+COUNTIF($A$1:$A$4,A$4)*1

    A result of 1111 means no cells are equal, 4444 means all cells are equal, 1212 would mean there are 2 cells the same & they are in A2 & A4, etc

  54. Lood says:

    =((A1=B1)+(A1=C1)+(A1=D1))=3

    Obviously doesn't cover bonus question 1, but does so for q2 🙂
     

  55. Abhishek says:

    If formula

  56. Shmuel says:

    =MIN(A1:A4)=MAX(A1:A4)

  57. Faez says:

    Try this formula

    =IF(COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1)-ROWS(A1:A4)=0,"True","Flase")

  58. Werner says:

    I used the Swiss knife of excel: SUMPRODUCT, works for numeric as well as for non-numeric cell content and A1:A4 is obviously easily changed to any range.

    =IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(OFFSET($A$1:$A$4,0,0,ROWS($A$1:$A$4)-1,1)=OFFSET($A$1:$A$4,1,0,ROWS($A$1:$A$4)-1,1)))=ROWS($A$1:$A$4)-1,TRUE(),FALSE())

    • roirraWedorehT says:

      All of the individual non-array formulas (didn't test the array ones) have one flaw or another - mostly specifically if all the columns are blank, the result would still be false.

      Another formula in the comments worked for these but didn't work for when all columns had "0.00" in them. My solution was to OR the two. If H3 through H149 have your values, then this is what worked for me:

      =IF(OR(COUNTIF(H3:H149,H3)=COUNTA(H3:H149),SUMIFS(H3:H149,H3:H149,1)=COUNT(H3:H149)),IF(H3="","Blank",H3),"")

      This solution puts "Blank" if all the rows are blank, otherwise, it puts whatever the value that's in all of the rows - "0.00" or whatever.

      Thanks for all the answers!

  59. Allan R says:

    I used a nested if statement which also showed, via the false message, the first instance of cells which were not equal for the cells a1 to a5.

    =IF(A1=A2, IF(A2=A3, IF(A3=A4, IF(A4 = A5, "True","False A4"), "False A3"), "False A2"))

  60. Shailesh says:

    Hi,

    First, let me begin by saying, I am a big fan of all your posts and read your emails, mostly on the same day as you send them. I have not replied as much as I wanted to.

    This is my first attempt at answering a question on your post

    I came up with a simple check which will test if all values in a range A1:An are same or not

    Assuming range you want to check is A1:A10,
    In Cell B1, insert the formula 

    =IF(COUNTIFS(A1:A10,A1)=COUNTA(A1:A10),"All cells are same","All cells are not same") 

    The idea I applied is counting total number of non-blank cells and then counting the number of cells which match cell A1. If these are same, then it means
    a) all cells have the same value! (All can be blank, then both counts will be zero)

    I am working on finding the range automatically 🙂

    Can extend this into VBA and use InputBox etc to generate some user interaction

    Thanks
    Shailesh 

  61. Chirag says:

    =IF(COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1)=COUNT(A1:A4),TRUE,FALSE)

  62. Rafaqat Ali says:

    For homework & Bonus Question 3

    =IF(AND(A1=A2,A2=A3,A3=A4),1,0)

       
      

  63. Christopher A says:

    =IF(SUMIFS(A12:A15,A12:A15,1)=COUNT(A12:A15),1,0)

  64. Sanjeev Sawal says:

    One possible solution could be =+IF(COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1)-COUNT(A1:A4)=0,1,0)
    where A1:A4 is data range which can be a dynamic range and the formula can be modified accordingly. 
    Rgds,
    Sanjeev Sawal

  65. I got the right result with this one:

    =IF(A1=B1;IF(C1=D1;IF(B1=C1;1;0);0);0) 

  66. SIVAKUMAR R says:

    =and(a1=a2,a1=a2,a1=a3)
     

  67. SIVAKUMAR R says:

    ANSWER FOR bONUS 1

    =MAX(A1:A10)-MIN(A1:A10) 

  68. VaraK says:

    =AND(A1:A3=A2:A4)..Confirm with Ctrl+Shift+Enter (As as array formula). Works well for Text values and large range of values as well.

  69. Istiyak says:

    suppose cells contain 2 values ==== Yes | no

    formula :
    1
    =counta(a1:a4)=countif(a1:a4,"yes")
    It will return True or False.

    2
    =IF((COUNTA(A1:A4)=COUNTIF(A1:A4,"yes")),"Same value","Mis-match")
    it will return Same Value OR Mis-match.

    Hope you like it.

    Regards
    Istiyak

  70. Suraj Nair says:

    Also can use this formula
    =IF(AND(A1=A2,A1=A3,A1=A4),"1","0")

  71. Antonio says:

    Let say the values are in the range $B$1:$E$1, then the formula is:

    If(sumproduct(--($B$1:$E$1=$B$1))=CountA($B$1:$E$1);1;0)

    Please check that:
    * $B$1 was used as pivot value and could be randomly selected
    * It works well if parenthesis is omitted for values "1" and "0"
    * This formula applies also to "n-values" and non-numeric values (text, logical, etc.)

    Regards,

  72. Jorrie says:

    Hi, first time trying to solve a probleme.
    New at this but really enjoying Chardoo.org

    Think the following will work in all 3 questions

    {=IF(SUM(IF(A1=$A:$A,1,0))=COUNTA($A:$A),TRUE,FALSE)}

    Regards

    Jorrie
         

  73. Ashok Variyani says:

    use below formula for to get True / False

    =COUNTA(A1:A4)=COUNT(A1:A4)

    and use below formula for to get {1/0} or {match / Mismatch}

    =IF(COUNTA(A1:A4)=COUNT(A1:A4),{1,0} or {match,Mismatch})

  74. [...] Last week in Write a formula to check few cells have same value [Homework], [...]

  75. Cristian says:

    Hi, sorry if it's repeated, this array formula works well with numbers or text, the range can easily be dynamic: {=AND(A1:An=A1)} Now, after three days, I understand a lot more about array formulae, thanks?

  76. Adam says:

    =IF(AND(A1=A2,A2=A3,A3=A4),"TRUE","FALSE")

    • Yani says:

      What if there are not only four cells to compare but An?
      how will I determine if there is one cell that is not equal from any other cells?

  77. Netaji Bhopale says:

    =IF(COUNTA(A1:A4)=COUNT(A1:A4),1,0)
    =IF(COUNTA(A1:A4)=COUNT(A1:A4),”Match”,”Mismatch”)+
    =IF(AND(A1=A2,A2=A3,A3=A4),”TRUE”,”FALSE”)

  78. Aniket says:

    =iF(AND(EXACT(C15,D15),EXACT(E15,F15)),"Match","Mis-match")

  79. frank says:

    how this formula works in excel (B4+E4)/50*20
     

  80. Jerome says:

    I'm a little late to the party, but I figured I'd post anyways.

    For numbers only:
    =NOT(VAR.P(A1:An)) 

  81. nazmul_muneer says:

    The formula given below will fulfill the all criteria including bonus questions

    =IF(COUNTA(A:A)=COUNTIF(A:A,A1),"True","False")

    REGARDS 

  82. venkat says:

    =IF(MATCH(A1,A2:A4,0),TRUE,FALSE)
     

  83. Naveen Kumar says:

    =IF(COUNTIF($A$1:$A$4,A1)>1,"true","false")
    =IF(COUNTIF(A:A,A1)>1,"true","false")
     

    • Hui... says:

      @Naveen
       
      You can simplify your formulas as below:
      =COUNTIF($A$1:$A$4,A1)>1
      =COUNTIF(A:A,A1)>1
      Excel will return True or False without the need for the If() function

  84. Raghavendra says:

    Hi ,
     
    This question is similar to the one in the post.
    I have Text values in cell A1 and A2. 
    If A1 = A2, update 10 in cell A3 , else 0.
    Is there any formula for this. I am new to VB and hence do not have much knowledge. Eager to learn!!
     
    Thanks in advance !!!

  85. sandeep sharma says:

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

  86. sandeep sharma says:

    also =IF(AND(A1:A4=A1),TRUE,FALSE)

  87. Akshay says:

    One can use "IF, AND" formula.

    =IF(AND(A1=A2,A2=A3,A3=A1),"True","False")

  88. Cards says:

    =COUNTIF(A:A,A1)=COUNTA(A:A)

  89. Ritesh says:

    Enter array formula like, = IF($B$16:$B$21=$B$17:$B$22,"Yes","No")

  90. sunil gupta says:

    =IF(AND($E$5=$E$6,$E$6=$E$7,$E$7=$E$8),"true","flase")
    it can work try this one

  91. Andy Gore says:

    A question for you
    sheet 1 table A1:C10

    What formula in sheet 2 A1 will give me what is entered in the table sheet 1 A1:C10
    There is usually only one entry made in the table but if you can supply the answer to 1 or 2 entries I would be grateful

  92. Duncan says:

    =max(A:A)=min(A:A)

  93. Eduardo says:

    FOR TEXT DATA
    =COUNTIF(A1:A5,a1)=COUNTIF(A1:A5,"*?")

    FOR VALUE DATA
    =COUNTIF(A1:A5,A1)=COUNTA(A1:A5)

    Both Return TRUE or FALSE

  94. kaushik says:

    =if({sum(1/countif($A$1:$A$n,A1:An)}=1,"All Same","Not All Same")

  95. manish gupta says:

    I use formula A1=B1 and get value of TRUE / FALSE in C1. I had dragged this formula for 10 rows. Now in cell D2 i tried to put formula..

    =if(and(c1="False", c2="true"), "conflict", "no conflict")

    but even when the condition is true i am still getting no conflict.

    Can you please advice?
    thanks,
    Manish

    • Hui... says:

      @Manish
      Remove the " from around True and False
      =if(and(c1=False, c2=True), "conflict", "no conflict")

      In C1 and C2 you have a Boolean expression and it evaluates as True/False
      These are not text, although they do appear as Text, they are not 1/0 although they sometimes behave as 1/0, they are in fact Boolean values True/False

      So in your example you can simplify it as
      =If( And( Not(C1), C2), "conflict", "no conflict")

  96. Mohammed says:

    =SUMPRODUCT(MATCH(A1:A4,A1:A4,0))=COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1)

  97. adivyom says:

    Answer to both bonus questions 2 and 3:

    =COUNTIF(A1:An,A1)=COUNT(A1:An)

  98. Yves S says:

    answer to all questions:
    ={IF(ISERROR(MATCH(FALSE,((A1:An)=$A$1),0)),"same","different")}

    this works with numeric, non-numeric, and blanks:

    COUNT will not count numeric
    COUNTA will count blanks as one

  99. cnestg8r says:

    =SUMPRODUCT(1/COUNTIF(B1:J1,B1:J1))

    This will tell you how many unique values exist in the selected range. Text or numeric mixed.

  100. RAJIV SIROHI says:

    {=IF(AND(A1:A9=A2:A10),"EQUAL","NOT EQUAL")}

    this is an array formula, insert it with CSE.

  101. Anonymous Coward says:

    COUNTA/UNIQUE

  102. Tiago Couto says:

    =SUMPRODUCT(A:A)/A1=COUNT(A:A)

  103. Gabe says:

    =COUNTIF(A1:A4,A1) = COUNTA(A1:A4)

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