Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula (SOLVED)

[Pertti Rönnberg]

Hi,
Bruce, Remy, Brian and Jim
Thank you for your kindness and answers.

Tonight while following the election on TV I'll have a lot to do when 
giving the VLOOKUP() a new try according to your advice.

I must have done bad thinking -- perhaps getting old.
Anyway I again learn a lot.
Best regards
Pertti


On 8.11.2016 11.58, James E Lang wrote:

Correction: replace 25 with 0.


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Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula

Try this.

=IF(B1="","",OFFSET($Z$20,MATCH(B1,$B$20:$B$35,0)-1,25))

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Sent: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 8:00
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula

Best Spreadsheet Experts,
May I ask for help having a more elegant formula in LOCalc (v.5.0.3; 
win10)


Description
I try to get a little extra to my pension savings by experimenting on
the share market and follow up the results using Calc (not a database).
I have a spreadsheet with two ranges – range(1) directly above range(2).

r(1) specifies per row every specific purchase/sell event (date, company
name, amount, etc).
To calculate the actual "to-day"-result for this specific event (row) we
need the "to-day"-value for this company's share (in e.g. column X),
which value is taken from respective company's row in col.Z in r(2).
r(1) has yearly 100-130 rows (events)

Range(2) lists each company named in the above Range(1) and has in col.Z
the corresponding share's "to-day"-value. These inserted share values
varies from one day to the next.
There are now 10-15 companies (rows) listed in r(2) – not in alphabetic
order.
r(2) sums the up-to-date result per company and the total result.

Problem
The belowe example simplified to 5 events concerning 3 companies may
clearify the problem with the formula in X1 copied down col.X:
=if(B1=$B$20;$Z$20;if(B1=$B$21;$Z$21;(ifB1=$B$22;$Z$22;0)))

As you can see: with 15 (or more) companies (and >100 events) the
formula will grow and become very long and sensitive for mistakes.
VLOOKUP does not seem to be an option, at least it requires a completely
new setup of the page.

Range(1) - events
A   B C…. X
1. nokia   5,o
2. kone 41,o
3. nokia   5,o
4. fiskars 12,o
5. kone41,o

Range(2) - companies
A B C... Z
20 nokia   5,o
21 fiskars   12,o
22 kone 41,o

Any suggestion will be very interesting.
Thank you in advance
Pertti Rönnberg/Finland


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula

[James E. Lang]

Try this.

=IF(B1="","",OFFSET($Z$20,MATCH(B1,$B$20:$B$35,0)-1,25))

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From: "Pertti Rönnberg" <p...@elisanet.fi>
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Cc: "Pertti Rönnberg" <p...@elisanet.fi>
Sent: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 8:00
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula

Best Spreadsheet Experts,
May I ask for help having a more elegant formula in LOCalc (v.5.0.3; win10)

Description
I try to get a little extra to my pension savings by experimenting on 
the share market and follow up the results using Calc (not a database).
I have a spreadsheet with two ranges – range(1) directly above range(2).

r(1) specifies per row every specific purchase/sell event (date, company 
name, amount, etc).
To calculate the actual "to-day"-result for this specific event (row) we 
need the "to-day"-value for this company's share (in e.g. column X), 
which value is taken from respective company's row in col.Z in r(2).
r(1) has yearly 100-130 rows (events)

Range(2) lists each company named in the above Range(1) and has in col.Z 
the corresponding share's "to-day"-value. These inserted share values 
varies from one day to the next.
There are now 10-15 companies (rows) listed in r(2) – not in alphabetic 
order.
r(2) sums the up-to-date result per company and the total result.

Problem
The belowe example simplified to 5 events concerning 3 companies may 
clearify the problem with the formula in X1 copied down col.X:
=if(B1=$B$20;$Z$20;if(B1=$B$21;$Z$21;(ifB1=$B$22;$Z$22;0)))

As you can see: with 15 (or more) companies (and >100 events) the 
formula will grow and become very long and sensitive for mistakes.
VLOOKUP does not seem to be an option, at least it requires a completely 
new setup of the page.

Range(1) - events
A   B C…. X
1. nokia   5,o
2. kone 41,o
3. nokia   5,o
4. fiskars 12,o
5. kone41,o

Range(2) - companies
A B C... Z
20 nokia   5,o
21 fiskars   12,o
22 kone 41,o

Any suggestion will be very interesting.
Thank you in advance
Pertti Rönnberg/Finland


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula

[Brian Barker]

At 17:58 07/11/2016 +0200, Pertti Rönnberg wrote:
I have a spreadsheet with two ranges ­ range(1) 
directly above range(2). r(1) specifies per row 
every specific purchase/sell event (date, 
company name, amount, etc). To calculate the 
actual "to-day"-result for this specific event 
(row) we need the "to-day"-value for this 
company's share (in e.g. column X), which value 
is taken from respective company's row in col.Z 
in r(2). r(1) has yearly 100-130 rows (events) 
Range(2) lists each company named in the above 
Range(1) and has in col.Z the corresponding 
share's "to-day"-value. These inserted share 
values varies from one day to the next. There 
are now 10-15 companies (rows) listed in r(2) 
--  not in alphabetic order. r(2) sums the 
up-to-date result per company and the total 
result. Problem The below example simplified to 
5 events concerning 3 companies may clarify the 
problem with the formula in X1 copied down 
col.X: 
=if(B1=$B$20;$Z$20;if(B1=$B$21;$Z$21;(ifB1=$B$22;$Z$22;0))) 
As you can see: with 15 (or more) companies 
(and >100 events) the formula will grow and 
become very long and sensitive for mistakes. 
VLOOKUP does not seem to be an option, at least 
it requires a completely new setup of the page.


Range(1) - events
A   B C…. X
1. nokia   5,o
2. kone 41,o
3. nokia   5,o
4. fiskars 12,o
5. kone41,o

Range(2) - companies
A B C... Z
20 nokia   5,o
21 fiskars   12,o
22 kone 41,o


Sorry, but why do you think that VLOOKUP() is not 
an option? As has already been suggested, it is 
exactly what you need. Are you perhaps concerned 
that column Z in your company table is so far 
away from column B? That does not matter. For the 
formulae in column X of your events table, you 
retrieve the required value from the company 
table using VLOOKUP(). Its first parameter is the 
company name in the events table, Bn or whatever. 
The second parameter is the range that contains 
the company names and values, so B$20:Z$22 (if 
you see what I mean). The third parameter is the 
column in that range containing the required 
value; if the range really does span columns B to 
Z, that will be 25. The fourth parameter should 
be FALSE (or zero), to indicate that the company 
names in column B of the company table are not sorted.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula

[Remy Gauthier]

Le lundi 07 novembre 2016 à 17:58 +0200, Pertti Rönnberg a écrit :
> > r(1) specifies per row every specific purchase/sell event (date,
company 
> name, amount, etc).
> > To calculate the actual "to-day"-result for this specific event (row)
we 
> need the "to-day"-value for this company's share (in e.g. column X), 
> which value is taken from respective company's row in col.Z in r(2).
> r(1) has yearly 100-130 rows (events)
> 
> > Range(2) lists each company named in the above Range(1) and has in
col.Z 
> > the corresponding share's "to-day"-value. These inserted share
values 
> varies from one day to the next.
> > There are now 10-15 companies (rows) listed in r(2) – not in
alphabetic 
> order.
> r(2) sums the up-to-date result per company and the total result.
> 
> Problem
> The belowe example simplified to 5 events concerning 3 companies may 
> clearify the problem with the formula in X1 copied down col.X:
> =if(B1=$B$20;$Z$20;if(B1=$B$21;$Z$21;(ifB1=$B$22;$Z$22;0)))
> 
Unless there is something I do not understand, VLOOKUP() would probably
be a good option for you. I would enter the formula as follows (based
on your example) in X1:

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(B1;B$20:Z$22;25;FALSE());0)

The "IFERROR()" is used to return a value of zero in case the lookup
fails, which corresponds to the last selection when false in the string
of nested IF() functions you listed.

You can also re-write the formula like this:

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(B1;OFFSET(B$20;0;0;;25);25;FALSE())
;0)

where  is replaced by a formula that counts the
number of entries you have in r(2). This way, as you add entries, the
formula dynamically adjusts itself to the correct count of values and
you can drag this formula with little risk of error; depending on what
you are counting COUNT() or COUNTA() would work for you. Additionally,
you could assign a name to cell $B$20 and use that name in the formula
instead of an explicit reference to the cell.

Alternatively, you could use the MATCH() function to locate on which
row the company name is and then use INDIRECT(ADDRESS()) to retrieve
the value you are looking for. This is slightly more complex and in my
mind does not really perform better than VLOOKUP() in this case, but it
remains an alternative.

I hope this helps.

Rgds,

Rémy Gauthier.


> Any suggestion will be very interesting.
Thank you in advance
Pertti Rönnberg/Finland



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Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula

[Bruce Hohl]

I think VLOOKUP might work. In cell X1 try this:  =VLOOKUP(B1,B$20:C$22,2,0)
Copy down as needed; Adjust 2nd parameter (B$20:C$22) as needed.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Pertti Rönnberg  wrote:

> Best Spreadsheet Experts,
> May I ask for help having a more elegant formula in LOCalc (v.5.0.3; win10)
>
> Description
> I try to get a little extra to my pension savings by experimenting on the
> share market and follow up the results using Calc (not a database).
> I have a spreadsheet with two ranges – range(1) directly above range(2).
>
> r(1) specifies per row every specific purchase/sell event (date, company
> name, amount, etc).
> To calculate the actual "to-day"-result for this specific event (row) we
> need the "to-day"-value for this company's share (in e.g. column X), which
> value is taken from respective company's row in col.Z in r(2).
> r(1) has yearly 100-130 rows (events)
>
> Range(2) lists each company named in the above Range(1) and has in col.Z
> the corresponding share's "to-day"-value. These inserted share values
> varies from one day to the next.
> There are now 10-15 companies (rows) listed in r(2) – not in alphabetic
> order.
> r(2) sums the up-to-date result per company and the total result.
>
> Problem
> The belowe example simplified to 5 events concerning 3 companies may
> clearify the problem with the formula in X1 copied down col.X:
> =if(B1=$B$20;$Z$20;if(B1=$B$21;$Z$21;(ifB1=$B$22;$Z$22;0)))
>
> As you can see: with 15 (or more) companies (and >100 events) the formula
> will grow and become very long and sensitive for mistakes.
> VLOOKUP does not seem to be an option, at least it requires a completely
> new setup of the page.
>
> Range(1) - events
> A   B C…. X
> 1. nokia   5,o
> 2. kone 41,o
> 3. nokia   5,o
> 4. fiskars 12,o
> 5. kone41,o
>
> Range(2) - companies
> A B C... Z
> 20 nokia   5,o
> 21 fiskars   12,o
> 22 kone 41,o
>
> Any suggestion will be very interesting.
> Thank you in advance
> Pertti Rönnberg/Finland
>
>
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[libreoffice-users] Help with LOCalc formula

[Pertti Rönnberg]

Best Spreadsheet Experts,
May I ask for help having a more elegant formula in LOCalc (v.5.0.3; win10)

Description
I try to get a little extra to my pension savings by experimenting on 
the share market and follow up the results using Calc (not a database).

I have a spreadsheet with two ranges – range(1) directly above range(2).

r(1) specifies per row every specific purchase/sell event (date, company 
name, amount, etc).
To calculate the actual "to-day"-result for this specific event (row) we 
need the "to-day"-value for this company's share (in e.g. column X), 
which value is taken from respective company's row in col.Z in r(2).

r(1) has yearly 100-130 rows (events)

Range(2) lists each company named in the above Range(1) and has in col.Z 
the corresponding share's "to-day"-value. These inserted share values 
varies from one day to the next.
There are now 10-15 companies (rows) listed in r(2) – not in alphabetic 
order.

r(2) sums the up-to-date result per company and the total result.

Problem
The belowe example simplified to 5 events concerning 3 companies may 
clearify the problem with the formula in X1 copied down col.X:

=if(B1=$B$20;$Z$20;if(B1=$B$21;$Z$21;(ifB1=$B$22;$Z$22;0)))

As you can see: with 15 (or more) companies (and >100 events) the 
formula will grow and become very long and sensitive for mistakes.
VLOOKUP does not seem to be an option, at least it requires a completely 
new setup of the page.


Range(1) - events
A   B C…. X
1. nokia   5,o
2. kone 41,o
3. nokia   5,o
4. fiskars 12,o
5. kone41,o

Range(2) - companies
A B C... Z
20 nokia   5,o
21 fiskars   12,o
22 kone 41,o

Any suggestion will be very interesting.
Thank you in advance
Pertti Rönnberg/Finland


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