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    Hello all,
    I am trying you complete a class assignment in Excel dealing with a specific formula that the book wants to use. However, when I use the formula as stated in the book, I keep getting a spill error as attached to this post. Thoughts? Excel Help.PNG

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    Re: Keep Getting #SPILL! Error for my Formula

    Your formula should be using an @ in front of the field names as it's in a table and you want to refer to the specific row the formula is in.
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    Re: Keep Getting #SPILL! Error for my Formula

    Thank you very much for the help. I can't believe that my textbook wouldn't have the correct way to do this.

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    Re: Keep Getting #SPILL! Error for my Formula

    The book was probably written for an older version of Excel. Your profile isn’t clear - are you running 365 or 2019, or another version?
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    Re: Keep Getting #SPILL! Error for my Formula

    My book is for Office 2019 but they school is offering the Office 365 suite which I am currently using.

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    Re: Keep Getting #SPILL! Error for my Formula

    Then the book predates the dynamic array formulas. The formula would have worked as written in 2019 (though I still wouldn't have written it that way).

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    Re: Keep Getting #SPILL! Error for my Formula

    Please update your user profile with the version name you are using. Thanks.

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    Re: Keep Getting #SPILL! Error for my Formula

    Quote Originally Posted by rorya View Post
    . . . (though I still wouldn't have written it that way)
    Such a tease!

    Would you have included the @s in older Excel version table formulas?

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