2012/11/19 Jay Lozier <jsloz...@gmail.com>: > On 11/19/2012 11:00 AM, eddie arni wrote: >> >> First off, disclaimer, I'm not a math guy. >> >> So bear with me. >> >> I'm working on a spreadsheet documenting my expenditures during a recent >> trip to Europe. I've entered my expenses under various headings: food, >> transport, etc., represented by different columns. Dates are represented >> by >> rows. Each expenditure has it's own cell. >> >> I've got amounts filled in five different currencies. >> >> I'd like to convert the amounts in each of the cells to US dollars. >> >> So my questions is, how can I write a formula to multiply each value in >> specific cells by a given factor? >> >> In other words, how do I write a formula converting the amounts entered in >> cells B6 B7 C6 C7 D6 D7 which will show the result in those cells but >> leave >> other cells alone and not multiply them all together? >> >> I followed the directions in the help manual and had no trouble figuring >> out >> how to add and average the values in highlighted cells, but I've been >> working on functions to multiply them individually and thus far no dice. >> >> Sorry for the awkward wording, as I said I'm not a math guy! >> >> any help appreciated! >> >> thanks. >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/libre-office-calc-spreadsheet-function-question-tp4019527.html >> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > First you do not normally calculate and replace in a cell (take data in C5 > do some calculations and put answer back into C5 - this recursion); you > calculate a new value in D5 based on the value in C5 using your formula. > > A couple of tricks; I would put all your conversions in one area with each > one labeled. You can make each conversion factor a single cell named range > but this is more of convenience. > > For a data in C7 and a conversion factor in A4 (called foo) your formula in > D7 is =C7*$A%4 (using absolute reference for A4) or =C7*foo
I suppose you mean =C7*$A$4, right? Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > > -- > Jay Lozier > jsloz...@gmail.com > > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
