Count Max Consecutive duplicate column values, ignoring blank cells

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Example: Count the max consecutive number of "S" entries in the following data which is stored in column A:

F
F
S
F
F

S
S
S
F
S
F
S
S

S
S
F

I tried using the following function, but it returns a 3 for the example data and I am expecting a 4..

=MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(A1:A100="S",ROW(1:100)),IF(A1:A100<>"S",ROW(1:100))))

Can someone help show how to ignore the blank cells??

Thank you,

Todd.
 

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Hello Todd, welcome to MrExcel,

Do you only have "F", "S" and blanks in the data? If so try changing to

=MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(A1:A100="S",ROW(1:100)),IF(A1:A100="F",ROW(1:100))))
 
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Hi Todd
Welcome to the board

You can also add the test to the empty cells in your formula:

=MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(A1:A100="S",ROW(1:100)),IF(A1:A100<>"S",IF(A1:A100<>"",ROW(1:100)))))
 
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