dividing a number up evenly into a year
"jxbeeman" wrote:
I've been trying to make a formula that divides any whole number up into a
year based on the current month.
Try the following in B2 and copy down through B13:
=MAX(0,ROUND($A$1*A2/12-SUM($B$1:B1),0))
That assumes that the number to be divided (e.g. 17) is in A1, and the month
numbers are in A2:A13. That also assumes that B1 is empty or text. If you
cannot count on that, B2 must have a different formula, namely:
=ROUND($A$1/12,0).
Note that this assumes an even weighting of 1/12 (about 8.3%) in each month,
as you requested. With 17, that produces only the numbers 1 and 2, never 3.
If you want a different (uneven) distribution, that can be accommodated by
putting the weighting factors in a parallel column. Post back for details,
if necessary.
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"jxbeeman" wrote in message
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Hi,
I've been trying to make a formula that divides any whole number up into a
year based on the current month. Let me explain with an example.
Number to divide 17
Result:
month-- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12
Divided number-- 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2
so the divided number still sums up to 17 but is evenly distributed
through
the year even though it is an odd #. Any help/Ideas would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Josh
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