On Fri, 23 May 2008 09:43:43 -0400
Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have a spreadsheet whose depth depends on an actuarial table. So, for
> an example I have a sheet that extends for 10 years, with each row
> representing a month:
> Row   Date    period  time
> 11    5/23/2008       1               0
> 12    6/23/2008       1               2
> 122   5/23/2008       11              120
> 
> So, lets say in cell A1, I have the number of years. Is there a
> programmatic way that if the value in cell A1 changes, the spreadsheet
> can be extended or contracted. So, in a very simple pseudocode:
>       calculate last row based on A1;         If A1 contains 15, the
>       last row would be 182.
>       copy row 12. 
>       paste into rows 13 through 182. 
> 
> The reason I ask is that the existing spreadsheet currently has about
> 80 columns in use. Certainly there needs to be a bit more
> intelligence, such as deleting the contents of rows in the case of
> reducing the number in A1. But, I'm just looking for some ideas. I'm
> good at C++ code, but a novice on spreadsheets even though I bought my
> first Visicalc directly from Dan Bricklin.

One addition to this is that we can set up a maximum of 150 years. 
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