in need of a formula

[boufant]

hi,
i'm running a 'world cup' competition at work and need some help.
here is my first prob.
i have one worksheet with all the world cup fixtures on it which wil
be used as a master to enter the results as they happen(sheet nam
'group results master')
each person taking part will have thier own predictions sheet in whic
they will enter thier predictions for each match(sheet name ' pred
bloggs')
on the prediction sheets i have 2 columns, one for 'match result', an
one for 'correct score'.
what i would like if possible is:
when i enter a result for a game on the 'master', the cell in 'matc
result' column
looks at the prediction, and then checks the master to see if correct
and to return a value of 2, if correct and 0, if incorrect.
i need a simular thing to happen in the 'correct score' column, bu
this one will have to check to see if the score on the master is th
same as the score on the prediction sheet, and then return a value o
5, if correct and 0, if incorrect.(all the scores for teams will b
placed in individual cells)

i hope someone can understand what i'm trying to do here, and help m
out.

many thanks,

Mark

 

[Pete_UK]

It might be easier once you have your master sheet with all the
fixtures on it to just copy this sheet to make a "master predictions
sheet" which once fully set up can then be copied for each of your
participants. That way, if the first game's result is in cell D6, for
example, it will be in the same cell on all the other sheets, so it
will make it easier to construct formulae to compare the prediction
with the actual.

You could print this out to act as a Data Capture document for your
friends to fill in - it will make it easier to record each player's
predictions.

You only need to enter the score for both teams - the result can be
worked out from this and return codes such as H, A or D for Home win
(first team listed being the home team), Away win or Draw. The same
formula can be included in the predictions sheets (based on the
predicted score), so again this is easier to compare with the actual
result - your players would thus put in a predicted score only.

I think you will need one summary sheet which will list all the
participants and report on the (game) scores from their individual
sheet.

Quite a nice little project - hope these comments help.

Pete

 

[boufant]

hi pete,
thanks for taking time out to try and help.
i think i know what your getting at, it's simular to a program iv'e got
regarding a golf society i'm in, which works out scores and handicaps
etc.

thanks again

mark.