Selecting the max with a condition in excel

Question

I have a range in excel with dates and values

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I want to sele

Answer 1

There are three options available.

My preferred option is to create a pivot table without a helper column.

• Option 1: Use a pivot table

Create a pivot table of your data.

Set the row to the date field and group it by year. Alternately a 'Year' helper column could be used by adding a column with this formula.

=YEAR(A2)

Set the data items value portion of the pivot table to be the MAX of your 'High' field

• Option 2: Use the DMAX function

Add a helper column titled year with the formula

=YEAR(A2)

Then add a formula for each year

=DMAX(A1:C21,"High",F13:F14)

• Option 3: Use an array formula

Enter an array formula for each year using the Ctrl-Shift-Enter keys.

{=MAX(IF(YEAR(A2:A21)=2008,B2:B21))}