Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Norman Frederick wrote:Thanks, John Machin for reply. What I am trying to do is: Column C and D are dates. Column D and F are dollar numbers. Column G is less than one year - 365 days. Column H is greater than one year - 365 days.
Fred, you really need to make up your mind whether you need "a 365-day period" or a "year, allowing for leap years".
The operation I want to perform is: IF datedif is less than 365 G =sum(Dn - Fn) else H=sum(Dn - Fn) Can this be done?
Of course.
Will it require a formula or an executable script(which I do not yet know how to write)?
Two trivial formulas.
Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I will learn!
Get yourself a tutorial book on using spreadsheet programs.
Fred
First of all, you have column D being both a date and a dollar amount. So let's assume that you meant that column E is the dollar amount.If C and D are both in date format then you should be able to do it like this:In cell Gn: =if(Dn-Cn<365,sum(En-Fn),) In cell Hn: =if(Dn-Cn<365,,sum(En-Fn))
Firstly, this would imply that Fred's columns C to F are headed something like:
buy date / sell date / sell amt / buy amt which is not a logical/sensible order. Secondly, you don't need sum(En-Fn) ... just En-Fn is enough.