Working with the MAXIF() and LARGEIF() functions
Oh, Wait! Excel doesn’t have those functions. We’ll have to roll our own. We’re going to use the Double Unary tip found here. In Excel, 1*TRUE = 1, 0+TRUE = 1, TRUE^1 = 1, and minus-minus TRUE (–TRUE,...
View ArticleHandicap History
Back in 2005, I created a spreadsheet to calculate my USGA handicap and I’ve been using it ever since (175 scores posted). It calculates my current handicap but doesn’t give me any historical...
View ArticleAveraging Best 4 of 5 Golf Scores
Here’s part of a spreadsheet for a golf league. The formula in AA is just an AVERAGE(), but the one in AB is a little more interesting. It looks like this:...
View ArticleIs Patience a Virtue?
If you follow Nebraska football (and let’s be honest, who doesn’t?), then you know that Bo Pelini has been on and off the proverbial hot seat all year. Not surprisingly, Nebraska fans can’t see past...
View ArticleSumming Times with a Floor
I have a list of times. Some of those times are less than 15 minutes and some are more. My billing floor is 15 minutes. That means that if a task takes me 4 minutes, I still bill 15. In column C, I...
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