Posts by Paddyd

    FWIW, you can achieve a similar result using data validation. search the site for 'dynamic lists' or something similar - as I recal, Dave has an example workbook describing a technique...

    although clearly formulas of the form:


    =SUM(E1,E2,E3,E4,E5,E6,E7,E8,E9,E10,E11,E12,E13,E14,E15,E16,E17,E18,E19,E20,E21,E22,E23,E24,E25,E26,E27,E28,E29,E30,E31)


    are to be avoided, whether they work or not! Better is to exploit some regularity about the distribution of the cells, assuming they're non-contiguous. Absent any regularity, other approaches are available. So, the question is - how are these cells distributed...?

    Hi.


    This should be straightforward, but need to know more about your data:


    How are your call times entered? in what range? does the entry include the date? if not, where is the date recorded? what cells are the rates in? what output do you want - simple cost per call? why is the duration of the call example you gave - "starting on Thursday 17:00 and ending on Friday 19:00" - only 2 hours, not 26?


    more details please...

    "The problem is that you do not have an Excel recognizable date entered into column D. "


    2 solutions:


    1) use a formula that coerces the text formatted date into a recognised data value, then embed this in the calculation. Given the posted data:


    =(TEXT(D2,"DDMMMYYYY")+0)-TODAY()


    ...which assumes that data like Sep-04 can be interpreted as 01/09/04. also note that given dates both before & after today, datedif is not appropriate because of it's sytntax of datedif(earlydate, latedate,period)


    2) coerce the text formatted date values to proper dates using text to columns -
    highlight column | go to data | text to columns | hit next twice | select DMY from the date format options| hit finish.

    see the example:


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href="#javascript:void(0)"&gt;<U&gt;A</U&gt;bout</A&gt;</TD&gt;<TD vAlign=center align=right&gt;<FORM name=formCb118219&gt;<INPUT onclick='window.clipboardData.setData("Text",document.formFb130085.sltNb782009.value);' type=button value="Copy Formula" name=btCb047069&gt;</FORM&gt;</TD&gt;</TR&gt;</TBODY&gt;</TABLE&gt;</TD&gt;</TR&gt;<TR&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid" bgColor=white colSpan=6&gt;<TABLE border=0&gt;<TBODY&gt;<TR&gt;<FORM name=formFb130085&gt;<TD style="WIDTH: 60px" align=middle bgColor=white&gt;<SELECT onchange="document.formFb130085.txbFb216056.value = document.formFb130085.sltNb782009.value" name=sltNb782009&gt;<OPTION value==SUMPRODUCT((MONTH(A2:A6)=MONTH(E1))*(B2:B6)) selected&gt;E2<OPTION value==SUMPRODUCT((MONTH(A2:A6)=MONTH(E1)),(B2:B6))&gt;E3<OPTION value==SUMPRODUCT((MONTH(A2:A6)=MONTH(E1))+0,(B2:B6))&gt;E4</OPTION&gt;</SELECT&gt;</TD&gt;<TD align=right width="3%" bgColor=#d4d0c8&gt;<B>=</B&gt;</TD&gt;<TD align=left bgColor=white&gt;<INPUT size=80 value==SUMPRODUCT((MONTH(A2:A6)=MONTH(E1))*(B2:B6)) name=txbFb216056&gt;</TD&gt;</FORM&gt;</TR&gt;</TBODY&gt;</TABLE&gt;</TD&gt;</TR&gt;<TR&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle width="2%"&gt;<BR&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle&gt;<CENTER&gt;A</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle&gt;<CENTER&gt;B</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle&gt;<CENTER&gt;C</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle&gt;<CENTER&gt;D</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle&gt;<CENTER&gt;E</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;</TR&gt;<TR&gt;<TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle width="2%"&gt;<CENTER&gt;1</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;Date</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;Hours</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;&nbsp;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;Month</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;1/01/2002</TD&gt;</TR&gt;<TR&gt;<TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle width="2%"&gt;<CENTER&gt;2</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;1/01/2002</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;5</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;&nbsp;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;Total&nbsp;1</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;<A onclick="document.formFb130085.sltNb782009.options[0].selected=true; document.formFb130085.txbFb216056.value = document.formFb130085.sltNb782009.value;" href="#javascript:void(0);"&gt;#VALUE!</FONT&gt;</A&gt;</TD&gt;</TR&gt;<TR&gt;<TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle width="2%"&gt;<CENTER&gt;3</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;1/01/2002</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;5</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;&nbsp;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;Total&nbsp;2</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;<A onclick="document.formFb130085.sltNb782009.options[1].selected=true; document.formFb130085.txbFb216056.value = document.formFb130085.sltNb782009.value;" href="#javascript:void(0);"&gt;0</FONT&gt;</A&gt;</TD&gt;</TR&gt;<TR&gt;<TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; 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BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;<A onclick="document.formFb130085.sltNb782009.options[2].selected=true; document.formFb130085.txbFb216056.value = document.formFb130085.sltNb782009.value;" href="#javascript:void(0);"&gt;15</FONT&gt;</A&gt;</TD&gt;</TR&gt;<TR&gt;<TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: menu; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d4d0c8" align=middle width="2%"&gt;<CENTER&gt;5</CENTER&gt;</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0.5pt solid; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;1/01/2002</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;5</TD&gt;<TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8 0.5pt solid; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; 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    ...which includes 3 sumproduct() formulas as examples.


    Total 1:


    =SUMPRODUCT((MONTH(A2:A6)=MONTH(E1))*(B2:B6))


    attempts to multiply directly a series of true / false returns with a series of numbers. because there is a text value in the number range, you get the value error - examination of formula components shows that there's only a single array involved - i.e. the results of the multiplication - and that the array fed into the sumproduct is:


    {5;5;#value!;5;0}


    ...hence the error.


    Total 2:


    =SUMPRODUCT((MONTH(A2:A6)=MONTH(E1)),(B2:B6))


    Rather than doing the array multiplication directly, this version returns 2 arrays that are then fed into the sumproduct. Investigation shows the arrays to be:


    {TRUE;TRUE;TRUE;TRUE;FALSE}
    and
    {5;5;"H";5;5}


    however, the formula returns 0 because sumproduct will not treat the logicals as 1 + 0...


    so:


    Total 3:


    =SUMPRODUCT((MONTH(A2:A6)=MONTH(E1))+0,(B2:B6))


    uses the +0 to coerce the logicals into numbers (1 & 0), which are then fed into the sumproduct to return the expected results. the arrays in this case are:


    {1;1;1;1;0}
    and
    {5;5;"h";5;5}


    ...which gives us the result we need.


    So - the moral is don't do the array multiplications directly if there are likely to be text values in numeric ranges.


    paddy

    "Working with dates is a real hassle..."



    Shouldn't be, as long as you keep one thing in mind:


    If you don't enter a genuine date value to represent a date, your life will become hell later.


    For example, if 09/06/2003 is a Monday & you want to display the date as Monday, just enter the full date & apply the appropriate format (ddd in this case). having entered a date value, you can still do all the standard calculations - enter Mon as text & about all you can know is that it's a text string of lenght 3.


    Always enter a full date value


    paddy

    "so a date of 4/15/91 goes in ata number like that but if i can make the date read April 15, 1991 it will transfer in"


    sorry - misread your post. you need the format for the transfer to the other program!


    as you posted, the text() function can be used to return a formatted text string. If you have a propre date value in the cells, then simply:


    =text(a1,"ddd dd/mm/yy")


    or whatever should suffice.

    Hi - welcome to the board.


    Your post's not entirely clear, so forgive me if I've mis-interpreted your problems...


    Quote


    Have looked at the help documentation for joining text and values but still don't understand the spacing for a long string of text with as many as 10 values to be interspersed in the text.


    the ampersand is the concatenation operator, so sometihng like:


    ="text "&a1&" "&B1&" "&C1&" more text"


    ...etc


    Quote


    The next issue is the example allows a conversion of a number to a different value ie TEXT("4/15/91", "mmmm dd, yyyy")
    which results in the date April 15, 1991


    the text() function allows you to apply custom number formats to values. It returns a text string. If you want to use the date in further calculations, don't use the text() function, or at least don't refer to the results of the text() funciton in the calculations - use the original date.



    Quote


    What I want to do is bring the date in to the formula from another cell



    as above - just use the original date value, not the text version.


    HTH


    paddy

    One, inelegant, method:


    1) highlight the column, go to data | text to columns - hit next twice
    2) select DMY as the column data format, hit finish.
    3) 16:05 will now be held as 16/05/2000
    4) convert this into values you want:


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OTHEWISE, ERROR OF JavaScript OCCUR.</FONT&gt;</CENTER&gt;


    the formula is:


    =IF(ISNUMBER(A2),TEXT(DATE(YEAR(A2)+3,MONTH(A2),DAY(A2)),"ddd"),A2)