conditional formatting

I've read most of the similar topic posts but still haven't quite figured out
what to do. I used to teach computer science so I know conditionals, I just
don't know how to put it in Excel ( we're using 2007). What I have is a
workbook set up for time keeping. If someone enters a P in any cell I need
it to Add 1 to the AL column of that row, but if they enter a lower case p it
needs to add only 0.5 to the AL column of the row. For the same cell, if the
value entered was X or x, the AK column of the row is updated by those same
values. Thanks for any responses!

If someone enters a P in any cell

Well, you need to narrow it down from "any cell". An Excel 2007 worksheet
has billions of cells!

Try something like this:

For "P" :

=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A11,"P")))

For "p" :

=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A11,"p")))/2

Follow the same logic for X and x.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"dkstech" wrote in message
...
I've read most of the similar topic posts but still haven't quite figured
out
what to do. I used to teach computer science so I know conditionals, I
just
don't know how to put it in Excel ( we're using 2007). What I have is a
workbook set up for time keeping. If someone enters a P in any cell I
need
it to Add 1 to the AL column of that row, but if they enter a lower case p
it
needs to add only 0.5 to the AL column of the row. For the same cell, if
the
value entered was X or x, the AK column of the row is updated by those
same
values. Thanks for any responses!

Thank you. The reason I said "any cell" is that there are 242 possible
working days in our year, plus we can work on weekends sometimes as well - so
the range of cells that are used are actually in a matrix, not an array and
therefore didn't know how to really say that before.

Thank you for your reply - I'll give that a shot.

"T. Valko" wrote:

If someone enters a P in any cell

Well, you need to narrow it down from "any cell". An Excel 2007 worksheet
has billions of cells!

Try something like this:

For "P" :

=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A11,"P")))

For "p" :

=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A11,"p")))/2

Follow the same logic for X and x.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"dkstech" wrote in message
...
I've read most of the similar topic posts but still haven't quite figured
out
what to do. I used to teach computer science so I know conditionals, I
just
don't know how to put it in Excel ( we're using 2007). What I have is a
workbook set up for time keeping. If someone enters a P in any cell I
need
it to Add 1 to the AL column of that row, but if they enter a lower case p
it
needs to add only 0.5 to the AL column of the row. For the same cell, if
the
value entered was X or x, the AK column of the row is updated by those
same
values. Thanks for any responses!

OK, it'll work on a matrix just as well:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A15,"P")))

=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A15,"p")))/2

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"dkstech" wrote in message
...

Thank you. The reason I said "any cell" is that there are 242 possible
working days in our year, plus we can work on weekends sometimes as well -
so
the range of cells that are used are actually in a matrix, not an array
and
therefore didn't know how to really say that before.

Thank you for your reply - I'll give that a shot.

"T. Valko" wrote:

If someone enters a P in any cell

Well, you need to narrow it down from "any cell". An Excel 2007 worksheet
has billions of cells!

Try something like this:

For "P" :

=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A11,"P")))

For "p" :

=SUMPRODUCT(--(EXACT(A11,"p")))/2

Follow the same logic for X and x.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"dkstech" wrote in message
...
I've read most of the similar topic posts but still haven't quite
figured
out
what to do. I used to teach computer science so I know conditionals, I
just
don't know how to put it in Excel ( we're using 2007). What I have is
a
workbook set up for time keeping. If someone enters a P in any cell I
need
it to Add 1 to the AL column of that row, but if they enter a lower
case p
it
needs to add only 0.5 to the AL column of the row. For the same cell,
if
the
value entered was X or x, the AK column of the row is updated by those
same
values. Thanks for any responses!