Quote Originally Posted by Paul_Hossler
Me too.


The way I look at array formulas, is like a VBA For/Next loop: (rightly or wrongly)

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At least that's the way I look at it

Maybe someone can come up with a clever formula so you won't need to test each case with a seperate SUMPRODUCT

Paul
Thanks. That makes sense after walking through your examples. That seems to be precisely what is happening. Hopefully there is away to avoid having to test each <> condition separately.