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Zab

group (add) numbers without exceeding 168" the best possible way.
 
hello i am triing to group these numbers below, but i do not want the total
to exceed 168. i need to know how many pieces that are 168 in length it will
take. i would imagine it will take some vba to conduct this and i am fine
with this.

23.5
23.5
30.883
30.883
30.883
30.883
37.383
37.383
43.411
43.411
47
48
49.876
50.646
50.883
50.883
50.883
50.883
50.883
50.883
50.883
50.883
55.383
55.383
59.5
90


below i have manually grouped the numbers together with their totals to the
right.
50.883 50.883 50.883 = 152.649
50.883 50.883 50.883 = 152.649
48 43.411 30.883 30.883 = 153.177
55.383 50.883 50.883 = 157.149
50.646 47 43.411 23.5 = 164.557
59.5 55.383 49.876 = 164.759
90 37.383 37.383 = 164.766

30.883 30.883 23.5 = 85.266


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Thank You in advance, Zab


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