Bob,

Sorry for the delay in replying - had a couple of days off work!

my e-mail is

many thanks for your time on this one!

Cheers,

FS

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Frazier,

I will create a workbook that does it based upon whatever teams are in a
given range, and then you can just plug one set of teams in, generate a
fixture list, then the next and so on. You can do that whenever you are
ready.

Give me your email address and I will mail it on.

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HTH

RP
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"Frazer Snowdon" wrote in message
...
Bob,

That's a very kind offer - won't it take you a long time? As I said, there
are almost 250 teams across 21 leagues, some with different numbers of
teams
in.

I'm not sure which teams are in which league yet because the current
season
hasn't finished just yet. But I may take you up on your offer when it has.
Thanks very much.

What's your e-mail address?

Frazer


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Frazier,

Send me a list of teams, your email address, and I will build you a
working
workbook.

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HTH

RP
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"Frazer Snowdon" wrote in
message
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Thanks, Bob.

I did what you said but it errored, even with the chevrons taken out.
Not
sure which bits to leave in and which to take out.

I think my best bet may be to explore other options/programmes,
because I
have around 250 teams over 21 leagues to sort out and I can't afford
to
get
it wrong.

I'm not doubting what you say, but I can't be coming on here to ask
for
help
every time something goes wrong! It'd take me until next season to
sort
it!

Thanks for your time anyway!

FS


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Yes it is easy.

In a worksheet, hit Alt-F11. This will take you into the VBE.
In the Menu select InsertModule
Copy the code into the pane presented
Then on the worksheet, list the teams in A1:An
Then run the macro, menu ToolsMacro..Macros, select RoundRobin
from
the
list and click Run, you will get fixtures.

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HTH

RP
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"Frazer Snowdon" wrote in
message
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Bob,

Many thanks for your answers, but it means nothing to me. I'm not
a
programmer, and I'm a relative newbie with Excel.

Is it easy for a beginner to do, or will I be best delegating the
job
to
someone else?

cheers,

FS

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Forget a pair of parentheses. Added some comments

Sub RoundRobin()
'Controlling procedure
'Reads the teams into an array, and loops each fixture set
'to get a new team set order and the create a set of fixtures
'from that which are then dumped onto a worksheet area
Dim varr As Variant
Dim varr1(1 To NumTeams \ 2, 1 To 2)
Range("C:D").ClearContents
varr = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:A" & NumTeams)
For i = 1 To (NumTeams - 1) * ((NumTeams \ 2) + 1) Step
(NumTeams \
2) +
1
rotate varr
Split1 varr, varr1
Cells(i, 3).Resize((NumTeams \ 2), 2).Value = varr1
Next
Set rng = Cells(Rows.Count, 3).End(xlUp)(2)
Range(Range("C1"), rng).Copy rng.Offset(1, 1)
Range(Range("D1"), rng.Offset(0, 1)).Copy rng.Offset(1, 0)
End Sub


Sub Split1(arr1, arr2)
'This procedure creates one fixture set by coupling element 1
'of the input array with element n, element 2 with n-1, etc.,
'and returns this as a new array
l = -1
For i = 1 To NumTeams
If i <= (NumTeams \ 2) Then
j = i
ii = i
k = 1
Else
l = l + 1
ii = NumTeams - l
j = i - (NumTeams \ 2)
k = 2
End If
arr2(j, k) = arr1(ii, 1)
Next
End Sub


Sub rotate(arr)
'This procedure shunts all except the first elements of
'the array up by 1 and moves the second element to last
Dim aryRotate
aryRotate = arr
For i = 2 To NumTeams - 1
arr(i, 1) = aryRotate(i + 1, 1)
Next
arr(NumTeams, 1) = aryRotate(2, 1)
End Sub


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HTH

RP
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"Bob Phillips" wrote in
message
...
PS this was for fourteen teams, here is a more generalised
version
for
any
number of teams. It assumes an even number of teams, so if you
have an
odd
number, just add a dummy team then delete their fixtures (I am
sure
that
it
could manage even or odd, but I don't have the inclination
:-))

Const NumTeams As Long = 16

Sub RoundRobin()
Dim varr As Variant
Dim varr1(1 To NumTeams \ 2, 1 To 2)
Range("C:D").ClearContents
varr = Worksheets("sheet1").Range("A1:A" & NumTeams)
For i = 1 To (NumTeams - 1) * (NumTeams \ 2) + 1 Step
(NumTeams \
2) +
1
rotate varr
Split1 varr, varr1
Cells(i, 3).Resize((NumTeams \ 2), 2).Value = varr1
Next
Set rng = Cells(Rows.Count, 3).End(xlUp)(2)
Range(Range("C1"), rng).Copy rng.Offset(1, 1)
Range(Range("D1"), rng.Offset(0, 1)).Copy rng.Offset(1, 0)
End Sub


Sub Split1(arr1, arr2)
l = -1
For i = 1 To NumTeams
If i <= (NumTeams \ 2) Then
j = i
ii = i
k = 1
Else
l = l + 1
ii = NumTeams - l
j = i - (NumTeams \ 2)
k = 2
End If
arr2(j, k) = arr1(ii, 1)
Next
End Sub


Sub rotate(arr)
arr1 = arr
For i = 2 To NumTeams - 1
arr(i, 1) = arr1(i + 1, 1)
Next
arr(NumTeams, 1) = arr1(2, 1)
End Sub

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HTH

RP
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"Bob Phillips" wrote in
message
...
Here is a solution that was previously given by Tom Ogilvy.

Just mix up the combinations and assign dates.

Sub RoundRobin14()
Dim varr As Variant
Dim varr1(1 To 7, 1 To 2)
Range("C:D").ClearContents
varr = Worksheets("sheet1").Range("A1:A14")
For i = 1 To 13 * 8 Step 8
rotate varr
Split1 varr, varr1
Cells(i, 3).Resize(7, 2).Value = varr1
Next
Set rng = Cells(Rows.Count, 3).End(xlUp)(2)
Range(Range("C1"), rng).Copy rng.Offset(1, 1)
Range(Range("D1"), rng.Offset(0, 1)).Copy rng.Offset(1, 0)
End Sub


Sub Split1(arr1, arr2)
l = -1
For i = 1 To 14
If i <= 7 Then
j = i
ii = i
k = 1
Else
l = l + 1
ii = 14 - l
j = i - 7
k = 2
End If
arr2(j, k) = arr1(ii, 1)
Next
End Sub


Sub rotate(arr)
arr1 = arr
For i = 2 To 13
arr(i, 1) = arr1(i + 1, 1)
Next
arr(14, 1) = arr1(2, 1)
End Sub





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HTH

RP
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"Frazer Snowdon"
wrote
in
message
...
Hi,

How can I use Excel to create fixture lists for a sporting
league?

I'm taking over the job from a colleague, but I don't know
how
to
do
it.
I
know that he gives each team a value, and then gets excel
to
automatically
generate the fixtures for the whole season.

Is this easily possible?

FS