Franz, works, but if I add a row at the top of the data (for a heading)
The formula changes to have 2:51 for the rows !

Might be clearer to have ROW($1:$50), to indicate that its just a
shorthand for the numbers 1 to 50

but it still changes when I add a row
irratating :)

Steve


On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:56:18 +0100, Franz Verga wrote:

Les Golf wrote:
I am using Excel to get results of a competition where there are 100
results of which the top 50 count for each player.
Need the Total of the column to only add the best 50 scores.


Hi Les,

try with this formula:

=SUM(LARGE($A$1:$A$100,ROW($A$1:$A$50)))

array-entered, i.e. you have to press CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER instead of
just
ENTER.

Where the results I assume are in $A$1:$A$100, but you can change this
range.