I'm trying to get the sum of a set of cells, where the set is
determined by the result of a calculation.
Here's what I want to do:
- If 0 <= a1 < 30, return 0
- If 30 <= a1 < 60, return sum(d2)
- If 60 <= a1 < 90, return sum(c2:d2)
- If 90 <= a1 < 120, return (b2:d2)
- If 120 <=a1 < 150, return (a2:d2)
Of course I can do this with a bunch of nested if statements, but I
wondered if there was a more elegant way to do it.
Thanks.
Dana DeLouis - 23 Sep 2007 14:47 GMT
How about...
=IF(OR(A1<30,A1>=150),0,SUM(OFFSET(D2,0,0,1,-INT(A1/30))))

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> I'm trying to get the sum of a set of cells, where the set is
> determined by the result of a calculation.
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> Thanks.
jg70124@gmail.com - 24 Sep 2007 16:02 GMT
> How about...
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> Dana DeLouis
> Windows XP & Excel 2007
Dana - Excellent.
For some reason the first condition 0 was stumping me - the if
statement is a great solution. And I was using
indirect(address(offset))), so just using the width parameter is
another great tip.
J
Earl Kiosterud - 23 Sep 2007 14:50 GMT
jg,
You can do this with a lookup table, and a VLOOKUP. If you're not using a non-proportional
font like Courier in your newsreader, this table will be skewed.
A B
5 0 0
6 30 =D2
7 60 =SUM(C2:D2)
8 90 =SUM(B2:D2)
9 120 =SUM(A2:D2)
10 150
For the result:
=VLOOKUP(A1,A5:B10,2)

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Bob Phillips - 23 Sep 2007 14:51 GMT
I would think that any other solution would be overly-contrived, due to the
non-linearity of the ranges being summed.

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> I'm trying to get the sum of a set of cells, where the set is
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> Thanks.
Bob Phillips - 23 Sep 2007 15:02 GMT
Oops, there is a linearity, as Dana shows. Oh well.

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>I would think that any other solution would be overly-contrived, due to the
>non-linearity of the ranges being summed.
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