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knoydart

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#110657 13-Oct-2012 12:40
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Hi,

struggling with this small problem with a spreadsheet and wondered if anyone can nudge me in the right direction.

I have spreadsheet with column a having instances of ¨1¨ indicating an event or count should occur. I wish in a further column  to keep a count of the 1´s but when the count reaches 12, I´d like to reset the count to 0 again. I´ve managed to get so far as using an OR inside an IF function which tests the value of the count and will set the value to 0 but I´d like to restart the count again. 

Do I need to look towards a COUNTIF function, else where of can I use some logic inside of an IF formula to just go up to 12 and reset.

Thanks

Knoydart.  

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  #700617 13-Oct-2012 13:07
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Just use the modulo function to return the remainder after dividing by 12. So if your 1's are in column A then:
=mod(sum(A:A),12)



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  #700628 13-Oct-2012 13:12
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And this to make the 12 display as 12 and not 0

=IF(MOD(Sum(A:A,12)=0,12,MOD(Sum(A:A,12))




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#700634 13-Oct-2012 13:28
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Thanks both of you for your swift response and help.

Works like a treat. Another EXCEL formula in to abuse

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