Offset question .. better format!
 

Hi,
I noticed that my table got reformatted on posting .. here is a revised
model to explain the spreadsheet structure (I have also attached a small
.xls file to make things clear.

____A__ __B__ __C__ __D__ __E__
1. ______ Aug-06 ____ Sep-06 Oct-06
2. Sales__ £300 _______£400 ___£500
3. Receipts ____________£0 ____£400
4.
5. Credit__ 1 (Months)

**From previous post
I am using the offset function to forecast receipts from sales.
Thus in the above example, in cell E3 (receipts row under october) is
the formula '=OFFSET(E2,0,-$B5)'
The receipts in the month will therefore be determined according to the
number of months credit as entered in cell B5 (next to Credit months).
If the forumla entered in E3 is copied to D3, the incorrect result is
produced as it is picking up the value from cell C2 and not B2, as it
should be.

How can i adapt the formula so that breaks in the date range (eg column
C above) are automatically taken into account.

Or is there a better way of achieving the same result, other than using
the offset function??

Thanks again,

Jag


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If the biggest the gap will ever be is one column you could do this:
=OFFSET(E2,0,IF(D2="",-($B5+1),-$B5))


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Or this if you prefer:
=IF(E2="","",OFFSET(E2,0,IF(D2="",-($B5+1),-$B5)))


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