Hi Paul. This works quite well. Such a solution with well explanation! Thank you!
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Paul Schreiner <schreiner_p...@att.net> wrote: > > I used this formula in Cell E2: > > =IF(OR((COLUMN()-4)=$C3,MOD((COLUMN()-4)-$C3,$D3)=0),$B3,"") > > then copied it to the other cells. > > Basically, it uses two concepts: > the "Data" portion occupies (4) cells. A:D, so > the column for year 1 is in column E. > so, column() - 4 gives the "Year Number" of 1 for E, 2 for F, and so on. > > So, if the (column()-4) = the "Initial Year", then it inserts the value > from B. > =IF((COLUMN()-4)=$C3,$B3,"") > Now, if to find if a given year is a multiple of the frequency offset by > the initial year, I used: > > =IF(MOD((COLUMN()-4)-$C3,$D3)=0,$B3,"") > This uses the same "column offset" calculation: Column()-4 > then subtracts the initial year value -$C3 > This basically gives you the number of years since the initial value. > > the MOD() function basically takes this value and divides it by the > frequency and returns the number left over. > that is: for the first item, the initial year is 1 and the frequency is 2. > > So, looking at year #6 in column J, the column number is 10 > column()-4 = 6 > 6-Initial Year (1) = 5 > mod(5,2) is the same as 5/2 which is 2 with a remainder of 1, so mod(5,2) > = 1 > I test to see if it =0 (mod is EXACTLY a multiple of the frequency from > the initial year) > Since it is not, nothing is entered. > but if we look at year number 7, > the column number is 11 > 11-4 = 7 > 7-1 = 6 > mod 6,2 = 0 > so the value for item A WOULD appear in year 7. > > > I then combined: > COLUMN()-4)=$C3 > MOD((COLUMN()-4)-$C3,$D3)=0 > > within an OR() statement: > OR((COLUMN()-4)=$C3, MOD((COLUMN()-4)-$C3,$D3)=0) > > and used THAT as the conditional statement of the IF() function. > > give it a try and see if it works for you. > > *Paul* > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > *“Do all the good you can,By all the means you can,In all the ways you > can,In all the places you can,At all the times you can,To all the people > you can,As long as ever you can.” - John Wesley* > ----------------------------------------- > > *From:* Huard <rentonche...@gmail.com> > *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:02 AM > *Subject:* $$Excel-Macros$$ VBA to populate cells based on cirteria > > Dear experts, I need your help to populate the cells in the attached > spreadsheet. > > > -- > Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? 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