How to Use AGGREGATE instead of SUBTOTAL in MS Excel 2010

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The functions are:

AVERAGE -- find the mean of a data set in a column.

COUNT -- count the number of numbers in a column.

COUNTA -- count the number of non-empty cells in a column.

MAX -- find the max of a data set in a column

MIN -- find the minimum value in a data set in a column

PRODUCT -- Multiply all the values in a column.

STDEV.S -- standard deviation of a sample set

STDEV.P-- standard deviation of a population

SUM -- add values in a column

VAR.S -- variance for a sample data set.

VAR.P-- variance for the population.

MEDIAN -- median value positionally in the middle.

MODE.SNGL -- New Excel 2010 MODE function -- the one that occurs most frequenctly.

LARGE -- find the 2nd, or 3rd, etc. Largest value in a data set.

SMALL -- find the 2nd, or 3rd, etc. smallest value in a data set.

PERCENTILE.INC -- Percentile the old Excel method (inclusive)

QUARTILE.INC -- Quartile the old Excel method (inclusive)

PERCENTILE.EXC -- Percentile the new Excel method (exclusive)

QUARTILE.EXC -- Quartile the new Excel method (exclusive)