In the final stage of my parsing project--the last step I am having trouble with. What I am trying to do is as follows:
I want the procedures to VLOOKUP the value "Total" in column "A". When the proc finds a line containing the word "Total", I went the proc to place a formula in column E of the same line that subtracts the department "<900" total from the column "A" total.
It's probably easier to look at the problem--I have a "before" and "after" spreadsheet attached.
Any help very much welcome.
Thanks,
Reb
Last edited by Rebel_42MDx; 03-17-2010 at 02:13 AM.
=IF(AND(A2<>"Grand Total",ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Total",A2))),D2-LOOKUP(2,1/(B$1:B1="<900 Total"),D$1:D1),"")
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I'm sorry--this formula doesn't work... Is there a way to do this as a procedure instead of a formula?
Many thanks for the help--I'm slowly starting to learn VBA--I think!
Thanks,
Rebel
I can't help you with your VBA request but I wanted to show you that the formula does work for your data.. see column F in the attached compared to your column E
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Yes, it does work! For some reason it returned an error when I tried to paste the formula--I copied to same column you did then deleted the column to the left and it works like a charm.
Nice formula--thanks again for the help!
R
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