Thread: formula bar deception

I have a nested formula that I am trying to enter into a cell. When I enter
it into the formula bar, the 'Formula Result' is as I expect but when I hit
'OK', the number displaying in the cell is different and apparently random.
I've tried recalculating, retyping, simplifying (nested IF functions), all to
no avail. The formula bar always looks right and the cell displays wrong.
(It's not a rounding error, I'm trying to get a specific single-digit number
and I get a different single-digit number.)

Help me please!

....and your formula is....what?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Stephanie" wrote:

> I have a nested formula that I am trying to enter into a cell. When I enter
> it into the formula bar, the 'Formula Result' is as I expect but when I hit
> 'OK', the number displaying in the cell is different and apparently random.
> I've tried recalculating, retyping, simplifying (nested IF functions), all to
> no avail. The formula bar always looks right and the cell displays wrong.
> (It's not a rounding error, I'm trying to get a specific single-digit number
> and I get a different single-digit number.)
>
> Help me please!

Hi Stephanie

Post your formula, and what the contents of the cells being compared
with your If statements, then maybe we can help you.

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Regards

Roger Govier


"Stephanie" <Stephanie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A092488A-0D65-4E5D-A11D-A3117B5F955C@microsoft.com...
>I have a nested formula that I am trying to enter into a cell. When I
>enter
> it into the formula bar, the 'Formula Result' is as I expect but when
> I hit
> 'OK', the number displaying in the cell is different and apparently
> random.
> I've tried recalculating, retyping, simplifying (nested IF functions),
> all to
> no avail. The formula bar always looks right and the cell displays
> wrong.
> (It's not a rounding error, I'm trying to get a specific single-digit
> number
> and I get a different single-digit number.)
>
> Help me please!

=SUM(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$D$6:$D$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!$A8,(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$E$6:$E$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!C$7,1,0)),0))

I am trying to match office location and title from the Personnel-Summary to
fields in the Personnel-Breakdown tab and count the number of matches. As I
said earlier, I get the correct total in the formula bar but a different
number appears when I click 'OK'.

"Stephanie" wrote:

> I have a nested formula that I am trying to enter into a cell. When I enter
> it into the formula bar, the 'Formula Result' is as I expect but when I hit
> 'OK', the number displaying in the cell is different and apparently random.
> I've tried recalculating, retyping, simplifying (nested IF functions), all to
> no avail. The formula bar always looks right and the cell displays wrong.
> (It's not a rounding error, I'm trying to get a specific single-digit number
> and I get a different single-digit number.)
>
> Help me please!

Regarding:
=SUM(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$D$6:$D$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!$A8,(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$E$6:$E$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!C$7,1,0)),0))

I believe that is an ARRAY FORMULA. Consequently, you need to hold down the
[ctrl] and [shift] keys when you press [enter], instead of just pressing
[enter].

Alternatively, you might want to consider a SUMPRODUCT, non-array approach:
=SUMPRODUCT(('Personnel-Summary'!$D$6:$D$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!$A8)*('Personnel-Summary'!$E$6:$E$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!C$7))

(Just press [enter] for that one)

Is that something you can work with?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Stephanie" wrote:

> =SUM(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$D$6:$D$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!$A8,(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$E$6:$E$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!C$7,1,0)),0))
>
> I am trying to match office location and title from the Personnel-Summary to
> fields in the Personnel-Breakdown tab and count the number of matches. As I
> said earlier, I get the correct total in the formula bar but a different
> number appears when I click 'OK'.
>
> "Stephanie" wrote:
>
> > I have a nested formula that I am trying to enter into a cell. When I enter
> > it into the formula bar, the 'Formula Result' is as I expect but when I hit
> > 'OK', the number displaying in the cell is different and apparently random.
> > I've tried recalculating, retyping, simplifying (nested IF functions), all to
> > no avail. The formula bar always looks right and the cell displays wrong.
> > (It's not a rounding error, I'm trying to get a specific single-digit number
> > and I get a different single-digit number.)
> >
> > Help me please!

YOU ARE AWESOME!

I completely forgot about the array feature. Holding the extra keys did the
trick. Also, I've never used the SUMPRODUCT function, so I'll have to check
that one out.

Thanks so much for your time!
-Stephanie


"Ron Coderre" wrote:

> Regarding:
> =SUM(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$D$6:$D$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!$A8,(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$E$6:$E$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!C$7,1,0)),0))
>
> I believe that is an ARRAY FORMULA. Consequently, you need to hold down the
> [ctrl] and [shift] keys when you press [enter], instead of just pressing
> [enter].
>
> Alternatively, you might want to consider a SUMPRODUCT, non-array approach:
> =SUMPRODUCT(('Personnel-Summary'!$D$6:$D$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!$A8)*('Personnel-Summary'!$E$6:$E$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!C$7))
>
> (Just press [enter] for that one)
>
> Is that something you can work with?
> ***********
> Regards,
> Ron
>
> XL2002, WinXP
>
>
> "Stephanie" wrote:
>
> > =SUM(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$D$6:$D$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!$A8,(IF('Personnel-Summary'!$E$6:$E$101='Personnel-Breakdown'!C$7,1,0)),0))
> >
> > I am trying to match office location and title from the Personnel-Summary to
> > fields in the Personnel-Breakdown tab and count the number of matches. As I
> > said earlier, I get the correct total in the formula bar but a different
> > number appears when I click 'OK'.
> >
> > "Stephanie" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a nested formula that I am trying to enter into a cell. When I enter
> > > it into the formula bar, the 'Formula Result' is as I expect but when I hit
> > > 'OK', the number displaying in the cell is different and apparently random.
> > > I've tried recalculating, retyping, simplifying (nested IF functions), all to
> > > no avail. The formula bar always looks right and the cell displays wrong.
> > > (It's not a rounding error, I'm trying to get a specific single-digit number
> > > and I get a different single-digit number.)
> > >
> > > Help me please!