Helpful New Functions: ALL and ANY

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I'd really like Excel to have an All(range, criteria) function, as used in a
number of programming languages. For instance:

A B C D
1 y y y n
2
3


=ALL(A1:C1, "y") --> TRUE
=ALL(A1:D1, "y") --> FALSE

In a similar vein, the ANY function would be quite handy:

=ANY(A1:C1, "y") --> TRUE
=ANY(A1:C1, "n") --> TRUE
=ANY(A1:C1, "o") --> FALSE

Anyone else think so?

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Think ..
=ALL(A1:C1, "y") --> TRUE
=ALL(A1:D1, "y") --> FALSE
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would be the same as using:
=COUNTIF(A1:C1,"y")=COLUMNS(A1:C1)
=COUNTIF(A1:D1,"y")=COLUMNS(A1:D1)

and ..
=ANY(A1:C1, "y") --> TRUE
=ANY(A1:C1, "n") --> TRUE
=ANY(A1:C1, "o") --> FALSE
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would be the same as using:
=COUNTIF(A1:C1,"y")>0
=COUNTIF(A1:C1,"n")>0
=COUNTIF(A1:C1,"o")>0

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See your previous post.

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Bob Phillips

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Atreides said:
I'd really like Excel to have an All(range, criteria) function, as used in a
number of programming languages. For instance:

A B C D
1 y y y n
2
3


=ALL(A1:C1, "y") --> TRUE
=ALL(A1:D1, "y") --> FALSE

In a similar vein, the ANY function would be quite handy:

=ANY(A1:C1, "y") --> TRUE
=ANY(A1:C1, "n") --> TRUE
=ANY(A1:C1, "o") --> FALSE

Anyone else think so?

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...dg=microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
 
I'd really like Excel to have an All(range, criteria) function, as used in a
number of programming languages. For instance:

A B C D
1 y y y n
2
3


=ALL(A1:C1, "y") --> TRUE
=ALL(A1:D1, "y") --> FALSE

In a similar vein, the ANY function would be quite handy:

=ANY(A1:C1, "y") --> TRUE
=ANY(A1:C1, "n") --> TRUE
=ANY(A1:C1, "o") --> FALSE

Anyone else think so?
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You could always use the array entered formulas:

=AND(rng="y") for ALL

and

=OR(rng="y") for ANY


--ron
 
Atreides said:
I'd really like Excel to have an All(range, criteria) function, as used in
a
number of programming languages. For instance:
Click to expand...


Just out of curiosity, can you tell me a programming language other than SQL
that has an ALL or ANY function?
 
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