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Conditional Formula Words
Okay here we go.
I need to create a Conditional Formula that 1. Identifies the words i.e. Single Adult or Single Adult + 1 Child and then returns the number 1 or 2. This is so I can count the people. With me so far. Here is the issue I have 50 Different Family Compliments (Single Adult) to do this on and need a formula that can handle it. HELP - I can e-mail the spreadsheet if you need it. |
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Conditional Formula Words
Use a Lookup table
http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/lookup-table.htm -- Regards Dave Hawley www.ozgrid.com "Fab" wrote in message ... Okay here we go. I need to create a Conditional Formula that 1. Identifies the words i.e. Single Adult or Single Adult + 1 Child and then returns the number 1 or 2. This is so I can count the people. With me so far. Here is the issue I have 50 Different Family Compliments (Single Adult) to do this on and need a formula that can handle it. HELP - I can e-mail the spreadsheet if you need it. |
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Conditional Formula Words
Okay let me clarify a bit there needs to be 50 arguements in this formula as
there are 50 different types of Family Compliments ranging from: Single Adult - which would equal 1 through to Couple + 10 Children - which would equal 12 "ozgrid.com" wrote: Use a Lookup table http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/lookup-table.htm -- Regards Dave Hawley www.ozgrid.com "Fab" wrote in message ... Okay here we go. I need to create a Conditional Formula that 1. Identifies the words i.e. Single Adult or Single Adult + 1 Child and then returns the number 1 or 2. This is so I can count the people. With me so far. Here is the issue I have 50 Different Family Compliments (Single Adult) to do this on and need a formula that can handle it. HELP - I can e-mail the spreadsheet if you need it. |
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Conditional Formula Words
Personally, I would still use the lookup table. You have to type the 50
entries only once. However, if for some reason you insist on another solution, it won't be easy. You can scan for "Adult" and "Couple" pretty easily (using Countif for example). For "Children", you need to do a Find to determine whether it's in the cell, then back up one or two characters from that position to determine the number. Regards, Fred "Fab" wrote in message news Okay let me clarify a bit there needs to be 50 arguements in this formula as there are 50 different types of Family Compliments ranging from: Single Adult - which would equal 1 through to Couple + 10 Children - which would equal 12 "ozgrid.com" wrote: Use a Lookup table http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/lookup-table.htm -- Regards Dave Hawley www.ozgrid.com "Fab" wrote in message ... Okay here we go. I need to create a Conditional Formula that 1. Identifies the words i.e. Single Adult or Single Adult + 1 Child and then returns the number 1 or 2. This is so I can count the people. With me so far. Here is the issue I have 50 Different Family Compliments (Single Adult) to do this on and need a formula that can handle it. HELP - I can e-mail the spreadsheet if you need it. |
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Conditional Formula Words
I concur with all the above: use a lookup table. It doesn't have to be on
the same sheet with the data you're working with. Phrases in column A, # people equivalent in column B. If you're family 'phrase' is in column X on a sheet, then a formula like: =VLOOKUP(X2,'Table Sheet Name'!$A$1:$B$50,2,FALSE) will return the people equivalent values. No way are you going to nest 50 IF() statements and make any sense of it all later. And until Excel 2007 you're limited to 7 levels of nesting anyhow. "Fab" wrote: Okay let me clarify a bit there needs to be 50 arguements in this formula as there are 50 different types of Family Compliments ranging from: Single Adult - which would equal 1 through to Couple + 10 Children - which would equal 12 "ozgrid.com" wrote: Use a Lookup table http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/lookup-table.htm -- Regards Dave Hawley www.ozgrid.com "Fab" wrote in message ... Okay here we go. I need to create a Conditional Formula that 1. Identifies the words i.e. Single Adult or Single Adult + 1 Child and then returns the number 1 or 2. This is so I can count the people. With me so far. Here is the issue I have 50 Different Family Compliments (Single Adult) to do this on and need a formula that can handle it. HELP - I can e-mail the spreadsheet if you need it. |
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