Offset and match functions

[AELLC]

I am trying to devise a method to input a reaction load and several other variables, and the output would be a type of support hanger.

This seems to be getting a bit too cumbersome because of all the variables, and I was looking for a more efficient (but non-VBA) formula.

In the attached Excel file, cell D16 is a copy of the actual formula (still not complete).

Cell D9 is a simplified formula with 2 "IF" statements to illustrate what I am trying to accomplish. I am looking to reduce it to only one "IF" statement, but am stymied.

i.e., depending on whether cell D5=1 or cell D5=2, need to go to match array I8:I13 or J8:J13, respectively.

 

[electricpete]

thread770-281108

Switch function was described in above thread. I have found it sometimes helps simplify nested if logic. I haven’t studied your particular formula enough to figure out if it will help. But it’s a good tool to have in your belt imo.


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(2B)+(2B)' ?

 

[AELLC]

LOL, this has been frustrating me for 3 days, but posting it here seems to have jarred the brain cells.

I didn't realize until now that in the MATCH function, array can be a formula i.e. IF(D5=1,I8:I13,J8:J13

since D5 is data-validated and the only possible values are 1 and 2.

 

[IDS]

Pete - thanks for the reminder of the Switch function, I'd forgotten about it (both the VBA version, and your UDF).

I've just posted an example on my blog:

http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/the-switch-function-vba-and-udf/

Doug Jenkins
Interactive Design Services

http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/