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JenL Aug 2011 10:20pm, 30 Aug 2011 19,320 posts	0 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	0 MissChappo I expect she's now gone to bed early!
MissChappo Aug 2011 10:21pm, 30 Aug 2011 10,313 posts	0 MissChappo I can operate Excel but in a very non-maths way.
JenL Aug 2011 10:23pm, 30 Aug 2011 19,321 posts	0 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	0 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	0 JenL :: snaps fingers I KNEW it reminded me of something
John66 Aug 2011 7:34am, 31 Aug 2011 20,407 posts	0 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	0 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	0 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	0 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.