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JenL Aug 2011 10:20pm, 30 Aug 2011 19,320 posts	Quote Pin JenL I quite like the idea of learning to operate a whizzy thing that allows me to put numbers in little boxes so it can turn them into other numbers. But it just looks like a rather colourless version of a fruit machine to me. Occasionally, I think I should try to learn what the cells are for but then I remember an interesting bit of syntax and go and do that instead.
MissChappo Aug 2011 10:21pm, 30 Aug 2011 10,312 posts	Quote Pin MissChappo I expect she's now gone to bed early!
MissChappo Aug 2011 10:21pm, 30 Aug 2011 10,313 posts	Quote Pin MissChappo I can operate Excel but in a very non-maths way.
JenL Aug 2011 10:23pm, 30 Aug 2011 19,321 posts	Quote Pin JenL It always looks so like something that could solve all your problems. I think part of what makes me not investigate is fear of being disappointed.
Stander Aug 2011 10:24pm, 30 Aug 2011 4,656 posts	Quote Pin Stander Isn't that exactly the same description you ladies used for us men?
JenL Aug 2011 10:26pm, 30 Aug 2011 19,323 posts	Quote Pin JenL :: snaps fingers I KNEW it reminded me of something
John66 Aug 2011 7:34am, 31 Aug 2011 20,407 posts	Quote Pin John66 Stander - got your email - brilliant, thanks. Took me an hour or two to work out how the formulae worked (nested if statements aren't my favourites) but got it all sorted now. Many thanks.
flanker Aug 2011 9:05am, 31 Aug 2011 13,403 posts	Quote Pin flanker John, can you post another problem the same time tomorrow pls. Working this out made my run fly by. Shame I forgot to post the answer
JenL Aug 2011 9:08am, 31 Aug 2011 19,328 posts	Quote Pin JenL "...nested if statements"??? This is sounded more like my kind of thing. Perhaps there's more connection between the black magic of the spreadsheet and syntax than I suspected?
GregP Aug 2011 9:11am, 31 Aug 2011 51,694 posts	Quote Pin GregP When I was a young programmer, there was a 'C puzzle book' that was absurdly popular. Sure there's a market for an Excel one. Or a daily excel puzzle desk calendar.