duplicate name help please

[Terry]

Hello group

I have a spreadsheet that calculates the players Position, Total score,
Played games, and Number of wins, from a MAIN sheet.

Positions Names Total Scores Played Wins
1st Crossland A. 129 8 2
2nd Phillipson G. 124 9 1
3rd Burgess. E 123 9 1
4th Whitehead. J 113 9 1
5th Hand P. 105 9 0
6th Mawer. A 104 7 0
7th Burman. P 96 6 0
8th Ellis. J. Mr 94 9 0
9th Ellis. J. Mr 94 9 0


I have run into a snag where further down this table in 8th & 9th places it
has created an EXACT duplicate Name and Played games, but correct equal
scores. It is the 9th place that is in error.

I cannot see errors from the used functions below. Can you ??

This is a formula from this group(best 25 scores 13/2/08) on a linked MAIN
sheet: (best 6 scores of a player and summed), in this case I use just 6
score highest.
=IF(AND(ISNUMBER(M16),M16>=6),SUM(LARGE(A16:L16,ROW($A$1:$A$6))),IF(ISNUMBER(M16),"",""))
.... this is entered as an array.

Name of first place:
=INDEX(Main!$A$4:$A$69,MATCH(D11,Main!$P$4:$P$69,0))

Total score for that person:
=LARGE(Main!$P$4:$P$69,ROW(1:1))

Games played:
=LOOKUP(C4,Main!$A$4:$A$69,Main!$M$4:$M$69)

Number of wins:
=LOOKUP(C4,Main!$A$4:$A$69,Main!$O$4:$O$69)

Again I find it difficult to explain fully, so don't be too hard...I will
give further required info as requested.

TIA

Terry

 

[John Bundy]

Whew, thats a lot to look out without seeing the sheet, but from the looks of
it you are using Large to determine place, your problem is that you have 2
equal scores, I'm assuming this is in D11 because you are using it to find a
match here
=INDEX(Main!$A$4:$A$69,MATCH(D11,Main!$P$4:$P$69,0))
It is matching the first one it comes to.
Off the top of my head, matching a combo of the score and name should solve
your issue.

 

[Terry]

Thanks John

I will look up "combo" you mention and report to group if/when solved.

Terry

 

[John Bundy]

Sorry if i confused you with combo. I would write the formula but don't have
all the data right in my mind but this should show you

If match_type is 0, MATCH finds the first value that is exactly equal to
lookup_value. Lookup_array can be in any order.

You are storing 2 score 9's so it is bringing back the first value
associated, the name. If you put a column to the side that combines something
like last name and score on Main, then do your lookup using (cell that last
name is in) & D11.
Hope thats helpful.

 

[Terry]

Sorry...Unsure what you mean John.
Actually the RANK formula I use on the MAIN sheet also produces duplicate
(8)!!!

I understand it must be dificult solving by this method.
Annoying to say, it almost works perfectly apart from that duplicates.

Terry

 

[John Bundy]

You are welcome to email the workbook to me and i can try to take a look.

 

[JP]

Not sure if this would help you, but this page has some formulas that
apply to tie-breaking:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/Rank.aspx


HTH,
JP

 

[Terry]

Thanks JP

Had a good look at it (and saved), but I think the problem with my
spreadsheet involves more that just RANK.
I am sending workbook to John Bundy and will feedback.

I have gone a bit "deep" for me with this sheet but it is nearly A1.

Terry

Not sure if this would help you, but this page has some formulas that
apply to tie-breaking:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/Rank.aspx


HTH,
JP

 

[Terry]

OK John...sending w/book

Terry

You are welcome to email the workbook to me and i can try to take a look.

 

[Terry]

Thanks to John Bundy, who created an "update" code in the spreadsheet to
enable me to get the correct resulting table.

In the process of "testing" now, but initially appears great.

Terry