SUMXMY2 takes two arguments, array_x and array_y. Array_x is the first range or array or range of numbers, and array_y is the second range or array of numbers. Both arguments can be provided as an array constant or as a range.
Examples
In the example shown above, the formula in E5 is: which returns 28 as a result.
Equation
The equation used to calculate the sum of squares is: This formula can be created manually in Excel with the exponentiation operator (^) like this: With the example as shown, the formula below will return the same result as SUMX2MY2:
Notes
Arguments can be a mix of constants, names, arrays, or references that contain numbers. Text values are ignored, but cells with zero values are included. SUMXMY2 returns #N/A if the arrays contain different numbers of cells.
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