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The Countif bug (and how to avoid it)
The Countif function counts the number of cells in a range that match some criterion. If we enter 1,2,3 in cells A1:A3 and enter =COUNTIF($A$1:$A$3,A1) somewhere else, it will return 1: But if we enter three text strings with 16 … Continue reading
Posted in Computing - general, Excel
Tagged bug, CHAR(173), COUNTIF, Excel, Sum, Sumproduct
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A very un-useful “feature”
A recent post in the Engineering Spreadsheets forum at Eng-Tips draws attention to a potentially dangerous Excel “feature”. The feature is called “Extend data range formats and formulas” and can be found under Options-Advanced (click on the multi-coloured button in the … Continue reading