Order Of Operations Within A Formula
Aug 16, 2008
I have "bashed into shape" a formula that involves 2 sets of parenthesis. After progressing beyond "#REF! or #NAME errors, Excel's automated Help suggested to add a comma, and the formula functions as wanted, I thought I was "Smart".
Later, when saving the formula to my `Formula Workbook', "Order of Operations" crossed my mind. - I think this formula is backwards, but `Excel Help' only suggested the addition of a comma? Maybe the all inclusive parenthes allowed the order to be understood?
The Formula: =AVERAGE((E56:AH56),COUNTIF(E56:AH56,">0"))
Q: Shouldn't the COUNTIF occur before the AVERAGE? Did the extra Parenthis automate the order of Operation within the Parenthis?
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Mar 5, 2014
I have a formula that looks like this:
=12*NETWORKDAYS(C2,D2)-12+IF(NETWORKDAYS(D2,D2),MEDIAN(MOD(D2,1)*24,6,18),18)-MEDIAN(NETWORKDAYS(C2,C2)*MOD(C2,1)*24,6,18)
This formula calculated the time between two dates (Start date in C2, End Date in C3) between the hours of 06:00 and 18:00 on weekdays. This is so I can work out how long an incident has spend within the group at the time when our service should be operating.
I was given this formula by someone on this forum a while back and i was new to excel and formulas so I just took it at face value since it worked. Now I want to disect it so I can use it in other situations where similar calculations are needed. I want to try to break it up into easier to understand chunks to try to understand what it is I need to change in order to do these related calculations.
NETWORKDAYS(D2,D2)
Is this trying to distinguish if D2 is a weekday?
MOD(D2,1)*24 Is this not the same as (1-D2)*24
NETWORKDAYS(C2,C2)*MOD(C2,1) Is this not the same as: IF(weekday(C2)>5,(C2-1)*7,0)
IF(NETWORKDAYS(D2,D2),....,....) What is the comparison here? if NETWORKDAYS(D2,D2) = 0 or 1?
Is this equivalent?
=12*(
NETWORKDAYS(C2,D2)-12
+IF(NETWORKDAYS(D2,D2),MEDIAN(MOD(D2,1)*24,6,18),18)
-MEDIAN(NETWORKDAYS(C2,C2)*MOD(C2,1)*24,6,18)
)
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Jan 16, 2009
I am trying to write a formula in 2003. The basic premise is below and I'm having problems getting all the senarios to work out.
Cells:
E20 = Calc'ed amount
E22 = Min amount (Sometimes equals zero - No Min)
E23 = Max amount (Sometimes equals zero - No Max)
E24 = Additional amount to add
=IF(AND(E22=0,E23=0),SUM(E20,E24),IF(AND(E220,E230),IF(AND(E20>E22,E20E23,SUM(E23,E24),IF(AND(E20E22),SUM(E20,E24),IF(AND(E20
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Nov 13, 2012
I'm trying to take a vba function and add a second if clause. Here's the function:
VB:
Function getdes(DRng As Range, LURng As Range)
For Each ce In LURng
If ce.Value = DRn Then
holder = holder & ce.Offset(0, 2).Value & vbLf & ""
End If
Next ce
getdes = Left(holder, Len(holder) - 2)
End Function
I want to do something like:
VB:
Function getdes(DRng As Range, LURng As Range)
For Each ce In LURng
If ce.Value = DRn If ce.Offset (0,-02).Value = "y" Then
holder = holder & ce.Offset(0, 2).Value & vbLf & ""
End If
Next ce
getdes = Left(holder, Len(holder) - 2)
End Function
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Jun 17, 2006
Does excel contain a format of : "number of months"?
Example : I have 3 cells
A1 : should contain the number of months (3 months)
A2 : should contain a date with this format (dd/mm/aaaa)
A3 : should contain A1+A2
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Jun 2, 2006
I'm attempting to conditionally alter specific column range values based on the variable 'tagrow'. From the example you can see that if 'tagrow' is 7 or 8, I want to divide the values in column C by 1000 and put them in column D. If tagrow was different, I will use another conditional statement with a different denominator.
In the current code, I get a type mismatch error. I have also tried dividing by an equal size column range full of 1000's, with no luck (matrix math anyone?). All I want to do is manipulate ranges!
'Initializing tagrow so we can test what train we are trending'
tagrow = Cells(12, 2).Value
'Only Propylene flows need adjustment in A and B trains, calculate everything'
If tagrow = 7 Or tagrow = 8 Then
Sheet2.Calculate
Range("D15:D115").Value = Range("C15:C115").Value / 1000
End If
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Mar 7, 2007
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A1 B1 C1 D1 E1
list qty. list price of C1 item formula needed
( lookup)
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Jun 22, 2009
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Jul 28, 2007
I want to copy several separate sections on a worksheet and place these sequentially in an array, then paste these in order into another worksheet.
I have written a macro to copy and paste between the two spreadsheets, however, this is rather basic as it involves straddling between the two and performing multiple alternate copy and paste operations, as only one section can be copied at any one time.
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Oct 17, 2008
I am trying to make things easier for the next user by having one command button run the macros for the other worksheets (so they don't have to switch between worksheet)
However,
I get "Runtime error '1004' Application-defined or object-defined error"
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Mar 30, 2007
I need a macro that will perform a set of oprations on all worksheets in a workbook. The names and number of worksheets will not always be the same. I have found several macros that look like they will do this, but when I try to add my code they don't seem to work.
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Jul 18, 2007
I need to create a spread sheet that in Col A has 3 variables, each of which I need to triger 1)fill of that row, 2)different formula's in different columns within that row. Is this possible in excel?
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Aug 8, 2007
To speed up copy and paste operations in a macro, I've heard that one can replace the following:
Sheet1.Range("A1:A200").Copy
Sheet2.Range("B1").pasteSpecial
with
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The second code should run faster as the clipboard is not used to store the copied info.
When I tried this, though, I didn't notice any improvement in macro running speed.
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Jul 16, 2014
Let's say I have a column A with a list of dates like this:
02/01/14
02/08/14
01/01/14
06/15/14
04/13/14
05/12/14
01/13/14
04/01/14
06/01/14
I'd like to then write a formula in column B that tells me what number order the corresponding date in column A would be if column A were sorted in chronological order, broken out by month.
So the results would look like this:
02/01/14 0201
02/08/14 0202
01/01/14 0101
06/15/14 0602
04/13/14 0402
05/12/14 0501
01/13/14 0102
04/01/14 0401
06/01/14 0601
So the first two numbers of column B are simply the month, and the last two are telling you whether it's the first, second, third etc chronological date of that month, that is found in the entire list.
If column B needs to be a concatenation of a couple columns of formulas to get to that result, that's fine.
The whole idea behind this is to assume that the data in column A can not/will not be sorted by Excel.
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Feb 15, 2012
I would like to create a formula that will select a 7 digit order number that begins with an 8 or a 9. For example in cell "AI3" I have the following:112972/8517223.
I would like cell "AH3" to capture only the number 8517223. Also, instead if that cell had 9000954 if would like "AH3" to have that number as well. In addition, if cell "AI3" was blank, I would like the formula to also search in columns "AJ3", "AK3" and "AL3" for a seven digit number that begins with a 8 or 9.
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Nov 29, 2008
I looked at threads realted to printing but wasn ot able to find something similar to what I need. So here is my problem:
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Idea #1: the printing order would be based on the value in cell L1 that would contain the route number for each store. Stores belonging to the same delivery route will have the same value in L1. So, the macro should first print all sheets with 1 in cell L1, then print all sheets with 2 in cell L1 and so on...
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Basically what I need to do is loop through a series of named ranges and then loop through the names in each, match each name with a name in a master list (with a flag as an image), add an e-mail hyperlink to that flagged name and copy both to a new cell.
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How can i reorder the columns without physically having to cut and paste the columns to match?
I have attached a sample spreadsheet.
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Jan 10, 2007
When building complex and long formulas in excel which can not be auto
filled due to non progressive variables I tend to combine several cells
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E.g. B2=[A1&A2&A3&A4]
where:
A1=[=]
A2=[INDIRECT($A$1&"!"&"S]
A3=[8]
A4=[")]
The result will then look like this: =INDIRECT($A$1&"!"&"S8"), then I
copy all the values created by this method (it could be several
thousand)
and past them into the appropriate worksheet using: past special > past
values.
The problem is that in order for the text string to turn into an active
formula I have to go into each individual cell (F2) and hit Enter. When
I am working with thousand of cells this is not very feasible.
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Aug 23, 2012
creating a formula to rank certain cells in reverse order.
Example
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Oct 18, 2012
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ANSWER to be
Frank $10......Lowest price
Jane $25
George $30
Mary $60
John $70
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Jan 15, 2014
I have a big file here : [URL] .....
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Categories are as followed :
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Obesity prevention -> keywords : weight-loss, fat*, LDL
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To target one keyword, I found this formula :
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What I would like to know is how to add more than one keywords in this formula.
I would also like to know, if it is even possible, how to put every categories in this column, so that i don't have a category per column ... It's hard to explain.
I want to have in front of each line the corresponding column. It means that the formula has to search for every keywords and select one or more appropriate categories.
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May 22, 2006
Does excel contain a format of just : "number of days"??
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Mar 29, 2009
When it is sorted by ascending and next time when they click header I want it to be sorted by descending.
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