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    Okay, I am very new at any Forums, so if I am doing this wrong, I apologize in advance.

    I am not new to Excel, but am just now discovering the vast number of uses it actually has, and am a bit overwhelmed.

    My current project seemed simple at first, but I have become stumped.

    I have two columns of data: Hits and Wins (column A and Column B).

    ie:

    Hits Wins
    6 Name(2), Name2(3)
    5 Name(1), Name2(4)
    4 Name(3), Name2(1)
    3 Name(1), Name2(2)

    This is the results of, obviously, a random generated game (Keno, to be specific). The 'Hits' column is how many numbers out of 20 that a player guesses correctly. The 'Wins' column is a summary of the player's name, and how many times they have 'hit' each number combination (ie: 3/20, 4/20, etc), in a 20 game run.

    My file returns the information thusly:

    Name Hits Wins
    Bear11 6 Bear11 ( 1 )
    Bear11 5 Bear11 ( 2 )
    boogies3 5 boogies3 ( 2 )
    bamkay 4 bamkay ( 4 )
    Bear11 4 Bear11 ( 3 )
    boogies3 4 boogies3 ( 1 )
    Ndisguise 4 Ndisguise ( 2 )
    wiffle 4 wiffle ( 2 )
    bamkay 3 bamkay ( 3 )
    Bear11 3 Bear11 ( 3 )
    boogies3 3 boogies3 ( 3 )
    Ndisguise 3 Ndisguise ( 7 )
    wiffle 3 wiffle ( 7 )

    The problem is, each time I run a game, the number of hits changes, and so does the corresponding number of wins. And I need to create a separation such as this:

    3/10 amusinsky(6), AngelDust53(6), BADCOMPANY(11), bamkay(4)
    Bonnie(3), boogies3(5), chris216(3), DaleJr88(4), Darter(3),
    Dolores(7), EC300(7), Fire39skid(7), fire39swife(7), Florence36(9)
    fricknnuts(4), GoodVinnie(4), ibBubbles(3), iBChami(6), jay12148(3)
    kidddkoala(4), linnie121(5), MAinLA(5), mamabearvp(5), mamap1(5)
    Muffinplus(4), nightowl67(8), Pen(7), PolarIce(6), pollydoodle(3)
    Sallylo2(4), shady69(8), SingleMom(2), steveamus(7), Tncute(7)
    WheresMyLeppies(4)

    4/10 amusinsky(4), AngelDust53(4), BADCOMPANY(3), bamkay(5),
    Bonnie(2), boogies3(1), chris216(2), DaleJr88(6), Darter(4),
    Dolores(3), EC300(3), Fire39skid(4), Florence36(2), fricknnuts(2)
    GoodVinnie(2), ibBubbles(1), iBChami(1), jay12148(5), kidddkoala(4)
    linnie121(3), MAinLA(4), mamabearvp(5), mamap1(5), Muffinplus(3),
    nightowl67(2), Pen(1), PolarIce(4), pollydoodle(4), Sallylo2(4),
    shady69(2), SingleMom(8), steveamus(1), Tncute(3),
    WheresMyLeppies(5)

    Thereby showing the breakdown by number of hits per game.

    I have tried using the concatenate formula to no consistent success, due to the limits imposed on the number of items that can be combined. And I am not ashamed to admit that I would not know where to start trying to do this using VBA. And I am totally lost trying to use a pivot table (it keeps totaling when I need a list, LOL)

    Any suggestions, pointers, tips or directions to similar problem in forums would be greatly appreciated. Pointed in the right direction, I am fairly capable of hashing out the fine tuning.

    Thanks in advance,

    bamkay
    Last edited by VBA Noob; 11-14-2008 at 09:30 AM.

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