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Divide a quantity as whole number among multiple cells
Hello,
Any suggestion for an excel formula to derive A2, B2, C2, D2 values.
Eg:
| Category | Income | A | B | C | D |
| Sal1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
if we divide 11 among 4 columns, 2.75 will result in the 4 cells
But I need the excel formula to get the whole number, next integer(3 for 2.75) in all cells.
Any response will be helpful. Thanks
=MIN(IF(COLUMN()=3,$B2,$B2-SUM($C2:OFFSET(C2,0,-1))), ROUNDUP($B2/(SUMPRODUCT(NOT($1:$1=0)*1)-2),0))
This is what I guess you want
=ROUNDUP(IF(B2=$B2,$B2,$B2-SUM($C2:OFFSET(C2,0,-1)))/(SUMPRODUCT(NOT($1:$1=0)*1)-COLUMN(B2)),0)
Assume that you enter the formula at C2, and copy & paste the formula to the cells you need it. If later on, you want E, F, G etc., you just need to add the headers and paste the formula.
Eg:
Category Income A B C D something 6 2 2 1 1 another thing 5 2 1 1 1 Thank you Willy for the response, Sorry if I didn't articulate my problem clearly;
The cells in which I require values are C2,D2,E2,F2
its not required to have values in all cells, if we take 5 as example:
C2 has to take 2
D2 has to take 2
E2 has to take 1
D2 can be blank
- Willy,
It’s a while since you posted this solution - I’ve successfully used your formula, but would there be a way of adjusting it to set a maximum permissible value? I.e. in your example A, B, C etc could be no greater than 8.
Cheers
Remya,
your cell references (A2, B2, ...) can't be correct.
I assume "Category" is in A1 and "2" is in F2.
=IF(COLUMN()=6,$B2-SUM($C2:$E2),ROUNDUP($B2/4,0))
Hello Detlef,
Sorry I didn't explain it right!
I look for auto population of values in C2,D2,E2 and F2 cells.
and if we the quantity to divide is 5,
I need to get
C2=2
D2=2
E2=1
F2=0(blank)
=MIN(IF(COLUMN()=3,$B2,$B2-SUM($C2:OFFSET(C2,0,-1))), ROUNDUP($B2/(SUMPRODUCT(NOT($1:$1=0)*1)-2),0))
I need a similar thing with a couple of differences. I need to do the same derive values across variable columns from a number entered into the first column, but i also need to be able to manually override the formula in some cells but have the other cells adjust to the variable.
Example: A1=50, B1:F1 = 10, but if I manually adjust C1 to equal 0, the other 4 cells should auto-adjust to 12.5
The formula should be variable to be copied across 2 cells or 20.
Thoughts?
Allain
allainm@gmail.com
I've been looking all over the internet trying to find a solution to my problem and this post seems to be on the right track but does not quite get to the necessary answer I am looking for.
I need to divide a whole number into 5 columns with a maximum of 3 in each column apart from column 5 which can be the remaining number of whole numbers,
Example: The whole number is 20
Column A 3
Column B 3
Column C 3
Column D 3
Column E 8
Is there a formula that can help me achieve this?
I would be sincerely grateful for any assistance.
