Find Largest Number In Array And Give Result As Column Heading
Aug 9, 2013
I'm trying to find the largest number in a row and then have the column heading (text) as the result. I can find the largest number by using =max(numb1, numb2 ....) but then how do I get the heading of the column as the result. An example of what I want to happen is below
Red
Green
Blue
Orange
Yellow
Result
2
4
3
6
1
[code]...
I anticipate an issue where 2 columns have the same largest number and not sure how to over come this either with multiple answers
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VB:
Dim wsMaster As Worksheet, wbDATA As Workbook Dim NextRow As Long, LastRow As Long
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- which of course is not accepted by Excel
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Or
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They following 4 posts were based on wrong informations by me.
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12
123
234
12346
2345
[code].....
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I've tried using INDEX MATCH but can't figure this out.
