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I have a spreadsheet (a time sheet) with formulas. To add another touch, I need to have two formulas: one formula that looks at a range of dates (off to the right of the spreadsheet) and if those dates appear in the spreadsheet under the “date” column, will then populate that cell under the “code” column with text (either “HL1” if a Holiday or “AC1” if Admin). Then, in the cell to the right of it (under the “hours” column), I need another formula that looks at the cell to the left of it and populates the number 8 if “HL1” or “AC1” appear in that adjacent cell.
Solved by V. F. in 16 mins
I'm trying to find the a way to get the heading code to be replicated in another column for all the different accounts till a certain point.
Solved by Z. U. in 16 mins
suppose I have 100(Column A) toffies as a stock,I had sold the toffies in part that is 50,40(column B) now suppose the remaining toffies are in the column P(here have applies formula) i.e. =A1-B1,then A2-B2,but in the B2 I have to write(=P1),so I just want to ask every time I had to write the P1,P2,P3 in the B column,I can drag the P1 column and can get the remaining stock,but if there are Toffies,gifts,cards etc stock then how can I get the stock,with dragging it will create the problem
Solved by V. C. in 12 mins
IF i consider A,B, C as my excel column, i am trying to find the cumulative sum in my C column (for example A1+B1 = C1 in first row and then in second row i need A1+A2+B2 =C2) simillarly A1+A2+A3+B3 =C3. how can i do that using excel formula?
Solved by E. Q. in 25 mins
I want to create a scatterplot for 15 people, measuring two variables:Height in inches and second is the length of bent leg from the top of the knee to the ankle. In A column I placed heights in inches and in next column B, I placed lengths from knee to ankle in inches. I selected all data using F5/Special/Current Region, than in Insert I selected: Scatter (First on top left. It is showing only one data. Why?
Solved by O. J. in 22 mins
I have two tabs in Google Sheets, let's call them Tab "A" and "B". Tab "A" is the final overview from information inputted in Tab "B". In tab "B" I have 2 columns, one represents money value as I input them, the other column represents category and has a drop-down list I created from data validation. I want to be able to tally up the whole column that has money value in a specific category I have selected to be shown in Tab A as a final total.
Solved by M. A. in 17 mins
Fourier how to re-create the original time series from the Real-Imaginary data column, the one I get after FFT my original time series? So far I know how to use FFT to decompose my time series to the imaginary numbers column. I know how to extract the Amplitude, the Phase, The magnitude. I even can use the inverse FFT to recreate the original time series. But I want to know how to manually write the COS SIN equations to recreate the original time series only with the most prominent in amplitude components.
Solved by B. W. in 30 mins
I am trying to find the maximum vale in a column and its index.
Solved by I. H. in 29 mins
I have a table with rows 1 to 1,000 and columns 1 to 1,000 (total active cells 1,000,000) Each cell is calculated using a complicated algorithm using other variables and both the corresponding row value and corresponding column value, to produce a unique value for each cell. How do I calculate how many of the cells are above a variable value? The result should display, for example, "165,234 cells greater than $2,000", or, "504,719 cells equal to or greater than $1,250".
Solved by E. D. in 17 mins
I would like to make values in a column equal values in a row
Solved by D. B. in 14 mins