Max ifs with field not equal to list of values

[mikey1987]

Hello Excel gosu's,

I have a pickle with an excel formula, and I can't seem to find an answer anywhere.
My data looks vaguely like the data below

[TABLE="width: 192"]
<colgroup><col width="64" span="3" style="width:48pt"> </colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]student[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]class[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]marks[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Let's say I want the maximum 'marks' of student B but NOT for class A & B. (let's assume there are thousands of records)
I know I can fix this by hardcoding A, B in the MAXIFS function, but I want to read these values from a list or table.

excludeClass is a named range containing {"A";"B"}
In my head the function looks like this: {=MAXIFS(marks,student,"A",class,"<>"&excludeClass)}
That doesn't work (it says 7 instead of 4).

I then tried converting 'class' to a ones and zeroes like this
=MAXIFS(marks,student,"A",IF(ISERROR(MATCH(class,excludeClass,0)),1,0),1)
That function returns {0;0;0;0;0;0;1;1} which I wanted to filter on 1, but apparantly that doesn't work either
It gives me an embarassing #VALUE

Does anyone have a clue ?

Cheers!

 

[Eric W]

Try this:

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
student	class	marks	Student	Exclude	Max Score
A	Math	A	Math
B	Math	English
A	English
B	English
A	History
B	History
A	Spanish
B	Spanish

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>

Sheet2​

[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Array Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<thead>[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]
[TH="width: 10px"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]G2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]{=MAX(IF(A2:A9=E2,IF(ISERROR(MATCH(B2:B9,F2:F5,0)),C2:C9)))}[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



I get an answer of 3. If you really mean 4, please explain how you get that value.

 

[mikey1987]

Brilliant
I indeed meant 3, you're right
Easy and simple, thanks!

 

[Eric W]

Happy to help!