Hi,

I am Using Office XP and i am writing a function in Excel that is giving me
an error "The formula you type contains an error...."

here is my function

=IF(B20="Semiprecious",VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAND()*100,0) ,semiprecious,2),IF(B20="Fancy",VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAND ()*100,0),fancy,2),IF(B20="Precious",VLOOKUP(ROUND (RAND()*100,0),precious,2),IF(B20="Gems",VLOOKUP(R OUND(RAND()*100,0),gem,2),IF(B20="Jewels",VLOOKUP( ROUND(RAND()*100,0),jewel,2),IF(B20="Ornamental",V LOOKUP(ROUND(RAND()*100,0),ornamental,2)))))))


The problem seem to be the last round(rand... function.
If i remove the last ROUND it work fine but when i put it in i am getting
the error. Is there a limitation with the number of function you can have in
a single cell ?


Any help greatly appreciated


Martin

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:06:56 -0400, "Martin" wrote:

Hi,

I am Using Office XP and i am writing a function in Excel that is giving me
an error "The formula you type contains an error...."

here is my function

=IF(B20="Semiprecious",VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAND()*100,0 ),semiprecious,2),IF(B20="Fancy",VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAN D()*100,0),fancy,2),IF(B20="Precious",VLOOKUP(ROUN D(RAND()*100,0),precious,2),IF(B20="Gems",VLOOKUP( ROUND(RAND()*100,0),gem,2),IF(B20="Jewels",VLOOKUP (ROUND(RAND()*100,0),jewel,2),IF(B20="Ornamental", VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAND()*100,0),ornamental,2)))))))


The problem seem to be the last round(rand... function.
If i remove the last ROUND it work fine but when i put it in i am getting
the error. Is there a limitation with the number of function you can have in
a single cell ?





--ron

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:06:56 -0400, "Martin" wrote:

Hi,

I am Using Office XP and i am writing a function in Excel that is giving me
an error "The formula you type contains an error...."

here is my function

=IF(B20="Semiprecious",VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAND()*100,0 ),semiprecious,2),IF(B20="Fancy",VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAN D()*100,0),fancy,2),IF(B20="Precious",VLOOKUP(ROUN D(RAND()*100,0),precious,2),IF(B20="Gems",VLOOKUP( ROUND(RAND()*100,0),gem,2),IF(B20="Jewels",VLOOKUP (ROUND(RAND()*100,0),jewel,2),IF(B20="Ornamental", VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAND()*100,0),ornamental,2)))))))


The problem seem to be the last round(rand... function.
If i remove the last ROUND it work fine but when i put it in i am getting
the error. Is there a limitation with the number of function you can have in
a single cell ?


Any help greatly appreciated


Martin


You may find all of the limits by typing 'specifications' into the HELP box.

In your case, the RAND() function exceeds the seven limit number of nested
functions.


--ron

I replied to your posting in the misc newsgroup. Please don't cross-post or
multi-post. The people who answer questions here ordinarily read all of the
groups.

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:06:56 -0400, "Martin" wrote:

Hi,

I am Using Office XP and i am writing a function in Excel that is giving me
an error "The formula you type contains an error...."

here is my function

=IF(B20="Semiprecious",VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAND()*100,0 ),semiprecious,2),IF(B20="Fancy",VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAN D()*100,0),fancy,2),IF(B20="Precious",VLOOKUP(ROUN D(RAND()*100,0),precious,2),IF(B20="Gems",VLOOKUP( ROUND(RAND()*100,0),gem,2),IF(B20="Jewels",VLOOKUP (ROUND(RAND()*100,0),jewel,2),IF(B20="Ornamental", VLOOKUP(ROUND(RAND()*100,0),ornamental,2)))))))


The problem seem to be the last round(rand... function.
If i remove the last ROUND it work fine but when i put it in i am getting
the error. Is there a limitation with the number of function you can have in
a single cell ?


Any help greatly appreciated


Martin