most frequently occurring text, breaking ties

lmleone

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  1. 365
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  1. Windows
Hello, I am using the following formula to identify the most frequently occurring text in a column, however, I can't figure out how to adjust this equation to output a specific text string indicating there is a tie.

=INDEX(range, MODE(MATCH(range, range, 0 ))).

Example:

apple
pear
apple
pear

Using this formula ( =INDEX(A1:A4,MODE(MATCH(A1:A4,A1:A4,0))) ) I get the output of "apple", but there is no majority so I would like the output to display "N/A"

Thank you!
 

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C1C1=LET(r, A1:A7, s,COUNTIF(r,r), mx, MAX(s), IF(SUM(--(s=mx))>mx,"#NA", INDEX(r,MATCH(mx,s,0))))
 
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