Using “INDIRECT” function in the “SUMPRODUCT” formula for True/False Cell Reference

Question

This is the formula that I am currently using:

=SUMPRODUCT((INDIRECT(\"A2\"):INDIRECT(\"A\"&(ROW()-1))=A359)*1)

It works great, but I would

Answer 1

Try this one:

=SUMPRODUCT((($A$2:INDEX($A:$A,ROW()-1))=INDEX($A:$A,ROW()))*1)

it gives you the same result.

But above formula is volatile. Instead I would use next one, say in B3 :

=SUMPRODUCT((($A$2:$A2)=$A3)*1)