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    Making a gambling spreadsheet

    I'm making a boxing spreadsheet to keep track of picks with a "fantasy stake". I need help with just 1 expression.

    It needs to :

    =the amount above it (total) +/- the cell above 1 and to the left 1 (win$ or lose$ amount)


    Can anyone help with this? The total is in K:K and the win/lose $ is in J:J

    Thanks!

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    I dont fully understand your request. Can you provide an example of sample data, outlining what you would like to do?

    With that said, generally speaking, i think the OFFSET function can help you out.

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    Hey... thanks...

    it's Total=Total+$ lost or won on the bet



    I want to make it so, what I type in the $ won or lost in one column and make it automatically add to the running table in the next column as shown:


    Win/Loss$ Total
    20--------5000
    -50-------5020
    800-------4970
    30--------5770
    -500------5800
    -----------5300
    Last edited by damian5000; 09-05-2007 at 05:57 PM.

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    I think this is what you want. If not come back. With your $5000.00 figure in cell K1, place this formula in K2 and copy down.

    =IF(J2="","",K1+J2)

    Then just plug your -50 or 100 or whatever in J2, J3, J4, etc.

    Is that what you want?

    Dean

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    Actually this is exactly what I wanted! Only problem is I have some other equations involving the K column and in place of the equation I get "#VALUE!" now. Which makes sense because K is blank until the total gets there.

    I've got one more hard one, that's not too important. The sheet is functional as is now But I had to make 2 columns because there are 2 equations depending on if my pick is the favorite or the underdog. American odds are posted like this:

    These equations show me what my winnings would be if I won the bet.

    G:G=wager C:C=odds

    Favorite---Fighter A : -250 G:G*-1*(100/C:C)
    Underdog--Fighter B : +160 G:G*(C:C/100)




    Is there some way to have one expression that says something to the effect of "if number in C:C is positive then use G:G*(C:C/100)... if number in C:C is negative use G:G*-1*(100/C:C) so I don't have to have 2 columns?
    Last edited by damian5000; 09-05-2007 at 09:30 PM.

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    damian5000,

    Glad that worked for you.

    It might be easier to envision what's going on with your project, if you could post a small zipped sample of your data. Then I, or someone else may be better able to help you.

    Dean

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