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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #780 on: January 29, 2017, 05:36:59 PM »
You want that the empty cells should be filled with zeros in all the sheets? Just do an IF formula, something like
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=IF(Sheet1!A1="","",Sheet1!A1)

I get what you're saying, but I mean to copy the value from the formula directly as a value, instead after I insert it I copy and past the value and it populates throughout the sheets.

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #781 on: January 29, 2017, 05:42:50 PM »
I get what you're saying, but I mean to copy the value from the formula directly as a value, instead after I insert it I copy and past the value and it populates throughout the sheets.
Not sure what you mean. I think you should explain exactly what you want to do and preferably with an example file.

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #782 on: January 29, 2017, 05:55:31 PM »
OK, I have another one:

Trying to calculating interest into the loan amount (Hard money), I can't figure how to do it correctly.

Say I take a $1,000 loan at 15% annually, for 2 years.
8% to be paid monthly, and (7*2)% to be paid as a balloon after 2 years.

Here is the question: I want to add the monthly 8% to the $1,000 upfront and escrow it, so that I don't need to make any payments on the loan over the life of the loan, only the balloon at the end.
But I can't just add $1000*8%*2 to the 1000, as the loan will charge 15% on the additional 8% as well...

Thanks!
I still need help with this...

Can't figure it out how much the initial amount needs to be to cover it's own interest.. is that even possible?

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #783 on: January 29, 2017, 06:03:15 PM »
I still need help with this...

Can't figure it out how much the initial amount needs to be to cover it's own interest.. is that even possible?
Maybe explain in greater detail how the loan is structured, and what you're trying to change'accomplish.

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #784 on: January 29, 2017, 06:04:32 PM »
Maybe explain in greater detail how the loan is structured, and what you're trying to change'accomplish.
I may have got it.
I'll elaborate in a bit

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #785 on: January 29, 2017, 06:04:45 PM »
I still need help with this...

Can't figure it out how much the initial amount needs to be to cover it's own interest.. is that even possible?
You need to google to find a good free template

https://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/excel-amortization-spreadsheet.html
These are good

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #786 on: February 10, 2017, 11:30:27 AM »
I have an excel sheet that in the same column there are names, addresses and phone numbers. I would like to have them in separate columns. I tried a text to columns but there seems to be no way of splitting it when it hits a numerical value. ( The beginning of the address )

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #787 on: February 10, 2017, 11:46:11 AM »
I have an excel sheet that in the same column there are names, addresses and phone numbers. I would like to have them in separate columns. I tried a text to columns but there seems to be no way of splitting it when it hits a numerical value. ( The beginning of the address )
you can do this in google sheets with regexextract. If you post one or two sample cells I can give you the formula to use.
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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #788 on: February 10, 2017, 11:59:58 AM »
I have an excel sheet that in the same column there are names, addresses and phone numbers. I would like to have them in separate columns. I tried a text to columns but there seems to be no way of splitting it when it hits a numerical value. ( The beginning of the address )

Text to columns with the delimiter being a space doesn't help either?
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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #789 on: February 10, 2017, 12:03:36 PM »
I have mostly had success with similar things using this workaround

I use replace all to replace " 1" with ";1" and repeat for other numbers and use the same idea for each item (" NY" to ";NY")
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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #790 on: February 10, 2017, 12:05:00 PM »
I have mostly had success with similar things using this workaround

I use replace all to replace " 1" with ";1" and repeat for other numbers and use the same idea
time to learn regex then :)
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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #791 on: February 10, 2017, 12:05:36 PM »
time to learn regex then :)
Probably, but it doesn't happen that often.
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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #792 on: February 10, 2017, 12:17:15 PM »
Text to columns with the delimiter being a space doesn't help either?
There are other spaces
I have mostly had success with similar things using this workaround

I use replace all to replace " 1" with ";1" and repeat for other numbers and use the same idea for each item (" NY" to ";NY")
Not all addresses start with a 1

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #793 on: February 10, 2017, 12:19:58 PM »
There are other spacesNot all addresses start with a 1
It is tedious but you can repeat with other numbers
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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #794 on: February 10, 2017, 12:45:29 PM »
If you put a few examples, I can try to come up with a formula that will cover most of them..

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #795 on: February 10, 2017, 01:15:01 PM »
First step is to separate the names from the addresses/phone numbers. Assuming your text is in column A , the first formula gives you the name in one column by itself, and the second gives you the address and phone number together.

=LEFT(A1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789")))
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789"))+1)

Separating out the pieces of the second formula will depend on how it's set up. You might be able to use text to columns there (like if the phone numbers start with a parenthesis).

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #796 on: February 10, 2017, 02:21:59 PM »
I have an excel sheet that in the same column there are names, addresses and phone numbers. I would like to have them in separate columns. I tried a text to columns but there seems to be no way of splitting it when it hits a numerical value. ( The beginning of the address )
If you have Excel 2016, not sure if 2013 too, you can do this with Flash Fill. Just do yourself a few examples and he'll usually be able to finish the rest.

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #797 on: February 12, 2017, 12:19:52 PM »
If you have Excel 2016, not sure if 2013 too, you can do this with Flash Fill. Just do yourself a few examples and he'll usually be able to finish the rest.
2013 has it too. Sometimes it's awesome, and sometimes it just can't figure it out.

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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #798 on: February 14, 2017, 05:06:58 PM »
How to subtract a group of cells from a fixed number?
My n00b attempt: =15000 - (B3:B10)
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Re: Excel Problem
« Reply #799 on: February 14, 2017, 05:18:17 PM »
How to subtract a group of cells from a fixed number?
My n00b attempt: =15000 - (B3:B10)
Do you want to first total B3:B10, and then subtract that from 15000?
If so:
=15000-SUM(B3:B10)

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