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Factorial question
An example of what Im trying to do:
Four cells in the same column A1:A4 with values 1,2,3,4 respectively. Assuming that the value of A4 factorial, so A4!, would be A4*A3*A2*A1, then the function I am trying to insert would be A4!*A3!*A2!*A1!. I want it to be, however, so there is an input cell where I can insert the number of cell's I want included, which in this case was 4. While this is relatively simple if there are just 4 cells involved, ultimately I will be using up to 100 cells. As yet I have not been able to produce an appropriate function to do this, and am not even sure if Excel is able to do this. Any help is appreciated. |
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Hi, why not use the FACT function ? ( =FACT(cell_ref)) M.M;373118 Wrote: An example of what Im trying to do: Four cells in the same column A1:A4 with values 1,2,3,4 respectively. Assuming that the value of A4 factorial, so A4!, would be A4*A3*A2*A1, then the function I am trying to insert would be A4!*A3!*A2!*A1!. I want it to be, however, so there is an input cell where I can insert the number of cell's I want included, which in this case was 4. While this is relatively simple if there are just 4 cells involved, ultimately I will be using up to 100 cells. As yet I have not been able to produce an appropriate function to do this, and am not even sure if Excel is able to do this. Any help is appreciated. -- Pecoflyer Cheers - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pecoflyer's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=104444 |
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On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:03:02 -0700, M.M wrote:
An example of what Im trying to do: Four cells in the same column A1:A4 with values 1,2,3,4 respectively. Assuming that the value of A4 factorial, so A4!, would be A4*A3*A2*A1, then the function I am trying to insert would be A4!*A3!*A2!*A1!. I want it to be, however, so there is an input cell where I can insert the number of cell's I want included, which in this case was 4. While this is relatively simple if there are just 4 cells involved, ultimately I will be using up to 100 cells. As yet I have not been able to produce an appropriate function to do this, and am not even sure if Excel is able to do this. Any help is appreciated. Will not the FACT worksheetfunction do what you require? --ron |
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The FACT worksheet function is useful to find A4!, but I then want to add it
by the factorial of every cell before it i.e A3!+A2!+A1!. Sorry I made a mistake in my original post, I want to add the factorials of each cell, not multiply them. So ultimately I would want A4!+A3!+A2!+A1!. Mathematically I want a Sigma Notation of FACT(AN), with N being the number of cells. Please advise if sigma notations, or any alternative way I can solve this, are possible in excel. "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote: On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:03:02 -0700, M.M wrote: An example of what Im trying to do: Four cells in the same column A1:A4 with values 1,2,3,4 respectively. Assuming that the value of A4 factorial, so A4!, would be A4*A3*A2*A1, then the function I am trying to insert would be A4!*A3!*A2!*A1!. I want it to be, however, so there is an input cell where I can insert the number of cell's I want included, which in this case was 4. While this is relatively simple if there are just 4 cells involved, ultimately I will be using up to 100 cells. As yet I have not been able to produce an appropriate function to do this, and am not even sure if Excel is able to do this. Any help is appreciated. Will not the FACT worksheetfunction do what you require? --ron |
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MM.
Array enter (enter using Ctrl-shift-Enter) =SUM(FACT(ROW(A1:AXXX))) like =SUM(FACT(ROW(A1:A4))) Replace XXX with N..... HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "M.M" wrote in message ... The FACT worksheet function is useful to find A4!, but I then want to add it by the factorial of every cell before it i.e A3!+A2!+A1!. Sorry I made a mistake in my original post, I want to add the factorials of each cell, not multiply them. So ultimately I would want A4!+A3!+A2!+A1!. Mathematically I want a Sigma Notation of FACT(AN), with N being the number of cells. Please advise if sigma notations, or any alternative way I can solve this, are possible in excel. "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote: On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:03:02 -0700, M.M wrote: An example of what Im trying to do: Four cells in the same column A1:A4 with values 1,2,3,4 respectively. Assuming that the value of A4 factorial, so A4!, would be A4*A3*A2*A1, then the function I am trying to insert would be A4!*A3!*A2!*A1!. I want it to be, however, so there is an input cell where I can insert the number of cell's I want included, which in this case was 4. While this is relatively simple if there are just 4 cells involved, ultimately I will be using up to 100 cells. As yet I have not been able to produce an appropriate function to do this, and am not even sure if Excel is able to do this. Any help is appreciated. Will not the FACT worksheetfunction do what you require? --ron |
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Thanks Bernie, helped alot
"Bernie Deitrick" wrote: MM. Array enter (enter using Ctrl-shift-Enter) =SUM(FACT(ROW(A1:AXXX))) like =SUM(FACT(ROW(A1:A4))) Replace XXX with N..... HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "M.M" wrote in message ... The FACT worksheet function is useful to find A4!, but I then want to add it by the factorial of every cell before it i.e A3!+A2!+A1!. Sorry I made a mistake in my original post, I want to add the factorials of each cell, not multiply them. So ultimately I would want A4!+A3!+A2!+A1!. Mathematically I want a Sigma Notation of FACT(AN), with N being the number of cells. Please advise if sigma notations, or any alternative way I can solve this, are possible in excel. "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote: On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:03:02 -0700, M.M wrote: An example of what Im trying to do: Four cells in the same column A1:A4 with values 1,2,3,4 respectively. Assuming that the value of A4 factorial, so A4!, would be A4*A3*A2*A1, then the function I am trying to insert would be A4!*A3!*A2!*A1!. I want it to be, however, so there is an input cell where I can insert the number of cell's I want included, which in this case was 4. While this is relatively simple if there are just 4 cells involved, ultimately I will be using up to 100 cells. As yet I have not been able to produce an appropriate function to do this, and am not even sure if Excel is able to do this. Any help is appreciated. Will not the FACT worksheetfunction do what you require? --ron |
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On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 05:30:00 -0700, M.M wrote: The FACT worksheet function is useful to find A4!, but I then want to add it by the factorial of every cell before it i.e A3!+A2!+A1!. Sorry I made a mistake in my original post, I want to add the factorials of each cell, not multiply them. So ultimately I would want A4!+A3!+A2!+A1!. Mathematically I want a Sigma Notation of FACT(AN), with N being the number of cells. Please advise if sigma notations, or any alternative way I can solve this, are possible in excel. Given n=2: This formula must be **array-entered**: =SUM(FACT(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&n)))) ---------------------------------------- To **array-enter** a formula, after entering the formula into the cell or formula bar, hold down <ctrl<shift while hitting <enter. If you did this correctly, Excel will place braces {...} around the formula. --ron |
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