i'm trying to work with a 100M + s/sheet but excel (2003) keeps having nervous break-downs (and not reposnding). i'm about to respond to the screen in an ultimately futile and destructive manner ... is there something i can do, short of splitting the file up ... maybe something with PC settings, memory settings ?
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i'll look into that ...
is there a "clever" way to see how many times a number occurs in a string (of 41000+ numbers) ? i'm doing it my "dumb" way, which is to look at each number in turn and if it is the number, put 1 in the cell, if not " ", then sum the column.
is there a "clever" way to see how many times a number occurs in a string (of 41000+ numbers) ? i'm doing it my "dumb" way, which is to look at each number in turn and if it is the number, put 1 in the cell, if not " ", then sum the column.
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work computer ... so option 1 won't happen untill either ...
a) after i retire,
b) after the default CPU has moved onto a 128bit processor,
c) long after i need it, or
d) after the Eagles retire, really ...
i'll look into the VBA route ... that's where i thought i'd have to go ...
a) after i retire,
b) after the default CPU has moved onto a 128bit processor,
c) long after i need it, or
d) after the Eagles retire, really ...
i'll look into the VBA route ... that's where i thought i'd have to go ...
I'm sure there is a clever way to do what you need to do.
Unfortunately I don't know what it is that you want to do.
Why don't you start a new thread to ask.
Keeping in mind that "strings" and "numbers" and "cells" and "columns" and such have specific meanings in excel.
Unfortunately I don't know what it is that you want to do.
Why don't you start a new thread to ask.
Keeping in mind that "strings" and "numbers" and "cells" and "columns" and such have specific meanings in excel.
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COUNTIF will count how many times X occurs in a range of data.
If memory is a problem, try the following:
1. Change your windows background to a blank screen.
2. Close all other programs before opening Excel.
3. Turn off Autocalc
Ways of Consolidating your spreadsheet:
1. Look to see if there are cells that can be combined. For example, look and see if there are multiple logic statements that can be combined into one.
2. Also, a number in a cell takes up less space than an equation. You may see significant space savings if you use a macro to do the logic/calculations and pasting the value in the cells than having the equations in all of the cells.
If possible, see about posting a portion of your spreadsheet & we'll try to see what can be done to modify it.
If memory is a problem, try the following:
1. Change your windows background to a blank screen.
2. Close all other programs before opening Excel.
3. Turn off Autocalc
Ways of Consolidating your spreadsheet:
1. Look to see if there are cells that can be combined. For example, look and see if there are multiple logic statements that can be combined into one.
2. Also, a number in a cell takes up less space than an equation. You may see significant space savings if you use a macro to do the logic/calculations and pasting the value in the cells than having the equations in all of the cells.
If possible, see about posting a portion of your spreadsheet & we'll try to see what can be done to modify it.
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Excessive cell formatting can really bloat a spreadsheet. Select all and get rid of borders, fill, fonts, etc.
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Feel free to quote it. It comes straight from a Windoze 7 error message. If you have any older programs that were created using the standard Windoze (3/95/me/nt/2000/etc.) help system you will get that marvelous error message when you try use help in the old program.
It just strikes me as ironic that Mr. Bill thought it was a good idea to create a proprietary help system, require software companies to use it and then drop support for it in a few years time. Obviously in Redmond every piece of software should be rewritten or replaced on a 3 year cycle of obsolescence.
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The Help for this program was created in Windows Help format, which depends on a feature that isn't included in this version of Windows.
Feel free to quote it. It comes straight from a Windoze 7 error message. If you have any older programs that were created using the standard Windoze (3/95/me/nt/2000/etc.) help system you will get that marvelous error message when you try use help in the old program.
It just strikes me as ironic that Mr. Bill thought it was a good idea to create a proprietary help system, require software companies to use it and then drop support for it in a few years time. Obviously in Redmond every piece of software should be rewritten or replaced on a 3 year cycle of obsolescence.
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