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michael_Korn1979
Aug 24, 2022Copper Contributor
Simple math formula returning multiple values (It should not)
 Hi.        I have a simple work sheet setup it has 7 columns.   I am doing a formula =(B2*C2)+(D3:J3).   Excel keeps on wanting to return multiple results, using up 7 columns for the answer.       In...
PeterBartholomew1
Aug 24, 2022Silver Contributor
It should. If you specify
=(D3:J3)
you have referenced 7 cells and Excel will return 7 results. That said, the behaviour is new in Excel 365 and 2021. Older versions of Excel did something rather strange and picked a single value from the range or, sometimes, returned an error.