Sum help please...
 

I have searched and searched but cannot find anything to assist, so I
decided to start my own thread. I hope this is OK.

I need to sum the total of the first 3 populated cells from 5.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2 3.1
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A2+A3. However it may not always be so simple, as some cells
may be blank.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A3+A4.

Is it possible to sum UNTIL 3 cells have been summed? Will I need to
work along a row instead of down a column?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Sum help please...
 

Try this...

=A1+A2+A3+IF(COUNT(A1:A3)<3,A4,0) +IF(COUNT(A1:A4)<3,A5,0)

The values of A4 and A5 are only included if there are less than three
numbers in the cells above them.

Hope this helps.


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mrice Wrote:
Try this...

=A1+A2+A3+IF(COUNT(A1:A3)<3,A4,0) +IF(COUNT(A1:A4)<3,A5,0)

The values of A4 and A5 are only included if there are less than three
numbers in the cells above them.

Hope this helps.

A great help, many thanks. Quite straight forward when it is spelt out
for you, but I'd been pulling my hair out for hours...!!!


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It's a little brute force, but how about something like:

"=IF(COUNTA(A1:A3)=3,SUM(A1:A3),IF(COUNTA(A1:A4)=3 ,SUM(A1:A4),SUM(A1:A5)))"

If there aren't 3 numbers in the 5 this will give you the sum of what's
there (or you can modify it to do something else).

Will

"boof bonk boosh" wrote:


I have searched and searched but cannot find anything to assist, so I
decided to start my own thread. I hope this is OK.

I need to sum the total of the first 3 populated cells from 5.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2 3.1
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A2+A3. However it may not always be so simple, as some cells
may be blank.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A3+A4.

Is it possible to sum UNTIL 3 cells have been summed? Will I need to
work along a row instead of down a column?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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The following UDF will sum the first 3 numbers it finds in a range of cells.
Press Alt+F11 to open the VBE, click INSERT in the menu and click MODULE.
You can paste the code in as is:

Function SumThree(CellRange As Range) As Double

Dim r As Range
Dim i As Integer
Dim intCounter As Integer
Dim varVal As Variant
Dim dblSum As Double

Set r = CellRange
Application.Volatile

For i = 1 To r.Cells.Count
varVal = r.Cells(i)
If varVal < "" Then
If IsNumeric(varVal) Then
dblSum = dblSum + CDbl(varVal)
intCounter = intCounter + 1
If intCounter = 3 Then Exit For
End If
End If
Next i

Set r = Nothing
SumThree = dblSum
Exit Function

End Function

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"boof bonk boosh" wrote:


I have searched and searched but cannot find anything to assist, so I
decided to start my own thread. I hope this is OK.

I need to sum the total of the first 3 populated cells from 5.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2 3.1
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A2+A3. However it may not always be so simple, as some cells
may be blank.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A3+A4.

Is it possible to sum UNTIL 3 cells have been summed? Will I need to
work along a row instead of down a column?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Thanks very much guys. You've been a great help..!!!


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Sum help please...
 

try this ARRAY formula which must be entered using crtl+shift+enter
=SUM(OFFSET($B$2,0,0,SMALL(IF(B2:B15<"",ROW(B2:B1 5)),3)-1,1))

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"boof bonk boosh"
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message news:boof.bonk.boosh.291t2m_1149711001.5001@excelf orum-nospam.com...

I have searched and searched but cannot find anything to assist, so I
decided to start my own thread. I hope this is OK.

I need to sum the total of the first 3 populated cells from 5.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2 3.1
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A2+A3. However it may not always be so simple, as some cells
may be blank.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A3+A4.

Is it possible to sum UNTIL 3 cells have been summed? Will I need to
work along a row instead of down a column?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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change to this. Again, this is an array formula
=SUM(OFFSET($B$2,0,0,SMALL(IF(ISNUMBER($B$2:$B$15) ,ROW($B$2:$B$15)),3)-1,1))

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"Don Guillett" wrote in message
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try this ARRAY formula which must be entered using crtl+shift+enter
=SUM(OFFSET($B$2,0,0,SMALL(IF(B2:B15<"",ROW(B2:B1 5)),3)-1,1))

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I have searched and searched but cannot find anything to assist, so I
decided to start my own thread. I hope this is OK.

I need to sum the total of the first 3 populated cells from 5.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2 3.1
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A2+A3. However it may not always be so simple, as some cells
may be blank.

ie.

A1 3.5
A2
A3 2.6
A4 1.9
A5 5

I need A1+A3+A4.

Is it possible to sum UNTIL 3 cells have been summed? Will I need to
work along a row instead of down a column?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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