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YEARFRAC question part duex

I have the results of this formula =YEARFRAC(I683,K683,1)*12*SIGN(I683-K683)
and the results are like 1, -2, -6, 4.
What I need to do is:
Count the occurence of each number i.e. there are 40 4s, 29 -4s, etc.
Sum the total of the number of negative numbers and positive numbers (102 positive #s, 68 negatives.

barry houdini

Is the first just a step to calculate the second?

You can count negative numbers in a range with

=COUNTIF(A:A,"<0")

and similarly positive numbers with

=COUNTIF(A:A,">0")

regards, barry

barry houdini

Here's one way to do it.....

Assume you have the YEARFRAC results in A2:A100 then in C2 use this formula

=MIN(A$2:A$100)

and then in C3 copied down as far as you need and further

=IF(C2="","",IFERROR(SMALL(A$2:A$100,COUNTIF(A$2:A$100,"<="&C2)+1),""))

Column C is now a list of all the [different] results returned by YEARFRAC, in ascending order

Now to get the count of each use this formula in D2 copied down

=IF(C2="","",COUNTIF(A$2:A$100,C2))

see attached where I have generated random numbers in A2:A100. Hit F9 key to re-generate. Change ranges as required for your setup......

I also use COUNTIF formulas as suggested above to give the total of positive, negative and zeroes....
regards, barry
26892508.xlsx

singleton2787

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Mr. Houdini, I am getting some odd results....I've uploaded the spreadsheet, can you see what I am doing wrong?
Also, I keep thinking a pivot table would do the same thing? Just curious, no big deal.
Book1.xlsx

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singleton2787

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Once again...he's the man!