how do i use lbs and ounces in excel

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Model-man - 26 Jan 2006 11:07 GMT

Can someone tell me how to use i.e. sum for pounds and ounces.
Also how you could remove two minimum figures from a list.

I would like to use Excel for this.

Regards
Greg

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Tom Ogilvy - 26 Jan 2006 12:45 GMT

at some point, you would have to convert your answer to pounds, do the sum
and convert back to pounds and ounces. Or put in a formula that adds the
ounces, extracts any whole pounds, and adds those to the sum of the pounds.
If is unclear how your data is stored and what you are adding.

You can use the Small function to determine the two lowest value from a sum
with something like

=sum(A1:A10)-Small(A1:A10,1)-Small(A1:A10,2)

or

=sum(A1:A10)-Sum(small(A1:A10,{1,2}))

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

> Can someone tell me how to use i.e. sum for pounds and ounces.
> Also how you could remove two minimum figures from a list.
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> Regards
> Greg

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Model-man - 26 Jan 2006 17:02 GMT

Hi Tom

That answers my questions perfectly.
Thanks very much for your help.

Regards
Greg Phillips

> at some point, you would have to convert your answer to pounds, do the sum
> and convert back to pounds and ounces. Or put in a formula that adds the
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> > Regards
> > Greg

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