[mso] Re: Excel Question

  • From: "Chuck H" <chawsey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:25:18 -0500

Well, I'm not at work now, but was the reason it was coming up with a date
instead of a number the fact that I had the cell formatted incorrectly?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:25 PM
Subject: [mso] Re: Excel Question


> If your cells where you put the dates is A1:A33, in A34 put
=COUNTA(A1:A33)
>
> In P45, put =G45/A34
>
> Or, you don't even need to use A34, just use =G45/(COUNTA(A1:A33))
>
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> Of Chuck H
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:11 PM
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> Subject: [mso] Re: Excel Question
>
> Christine,
> I don't think I explained my problem correctly and I have no idea where
the
> 3D part of that formula came from.  Anyway, here it is:  I have column A
> where I will input a date each day for a month.  At the bottom of column
A,
> say it is cell A34, I want a total of the number of dates I have entered
up
> to that date.  When I try to total the dates I have entered in cell A34,
it
> does not come out with a number.  First, what do I use for the formula in
> cell A34 so it will give me the number of dates I have entered in column A
> up to that point.  In other words, after I have entered only 7 dates, I
> would want the total in A34 to show the number 7, after 20 dates, I would
> want the number in A34 to be 20, etc.  I have a cell G45 where I have a
> total number obtained from numbers entered in several other cells.  Each
> day, I want cell P45 to give me a number obtained by taking the number in
> G45 and dividing it by whatever number is in cell A34.  For some reason, I
> can't make it work.  Is it just a case of formatting the cells?  Can you
> give me the exact formula that should be in cell A34?  If I can get that,
> then I assume that the formula in cell P45 should be G45/A34, correct?  Or
> should I be able to use the formula G45/COUNTA(A34) in cell P45?  Is this
> clear as mud?  Thanks.
>
>
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