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    Testing for values that vary within a specific tolerance?

    Hi all

    I'm trying to identify where a set of values 'agree' within a specified tolerance.

    I have a list of scores from different sources, and wish to both average them (easy to do) but also to identify how well they 'agree' by flagging those which have a difference above a specified tolerance. The numbers are all integers, and the tolerance will be an integer.

    To give an example, I might have cells with values (2,3,2,2) and these agree within a tolerance of 1. If I had cells of (2,4,2,2) these wouldn't agree. I'd like to flag (by the creation of an 'X' within a separate column) where these cells do not agree.

    I've done this previously by using chained If and Or statements (e.g. if A1 = D1 or A1 = D1+1 etc etc) but this is laborious and means I have to change logic every time I add a new sample.

    Is there a way of specifying a range of cells (e.g. A1,D1,H1, J1) and seeing if the values of these cells agree to within a stated tolerance? I'm happy to define named cells to specify and argument/attribute.

    Many thanks!

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    Re: Testing for values that vary within a specific tolerance?

    Hi and welcome

    I don't quite see your layout but a possibility would be =max(a1,d1,h1,j1)-min(a1,d1,h1,j1)>your_tolerance

    Perhaps post a small sample sheet ( no pics please)

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    Re: Testing for values that vary within a specific tolerance?

    Hi Pepe

    I've put that into an IF statement as the logical argument and it works nicely.

    Many thanks, much appreciated!

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