Excel: Using Discontinuous Ranges in a Function

Last reviewed: November 29, 1994
Article ID: Q46505

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 1.x, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0

SUMMARY

To use discontinuous ranges in Microsoft Excel functions, you must enter the range in parentheses. For example, a discontinuous range in the IRR() function appears as follows:

   =IRR(($A$1:$A$4,$A$7,$A$9:$A$15),10%)

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Additional words: 1.0 1.00 1.03 1.04 1.06 1.5 1.50 2.2 2.20
3.0 3.00 4.0 4.00 discontiguous noncontiguous noncontinuous connected

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Last reviewed: November 29, 1994
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