Slope??? help please!!!

[beto]

------> I have 4 columns : <---------

COLUMN A: Dates (ex. 1/15/2009)
COLUMN B: Time (ex. 1:35:24 AM)
COLUMN C: Dates and Time added and shown in the format †dd/mm/yyyy hh/mm "
and converted to a number gives: (ex. 40035.01 ) this would be the "X-axis
data"
COLUMN D: " Y-Axis Data "

-----> Excell sheet "1" <------

A B C D
1/15/2009 1:35:24 AM 40035.01 1234
1/15/2009 2:15:20 AM 40035.11 2345
1/15/2009 3:24:31 AM 40035.26 2456
1/16/2009 1:15:20 AM 40036.01 3456
1/16/2009 7:30:23 AM 40036.13 4567
1/17/2009 9:24:23 AM 40037.19 5678
1/18/2009 3:35:23 AM 40038.25 6789
1/19/2009 3:37:23 AM 40039.25 6789

------------> Excel sheet "2" <----------
I want to create an array that automatically takes the values that
correspond from the date 1/16/2009 to 1/18/2009 and give me the slopes from
the values located on "COLUMN D (Y-axis )" and " COLUMN C (X- axis )" from
the desire range of dates.



I Tried the following:

---------> worksheet "2" <-----------
Cell A1: 1/16/2009
Cell A2: 1/18/2009

Using as range A1 to A2 (1/16/2009, 1/17/2009, 1/18/2009)

Cell “B2†:
=Slope(IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(1!$C$5:$C$45000,2!A1:A2,0)),1!$d$5:$d$45000))

That function is the one I am trying to use but it doesn't work, maybe the
slope can not be combined with other functions, but to be honest I do not
know how to do it.

Thanks! I hope someone can help..... ????????

 

[Jarek Kujawa]

1. first off you're missing the second argument of SLOPE function
which is "known_x's" i.e. 1!$d$5:$d$45000

2. this array-entered (with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER instead of simply using
ENTER, if the array-formula is entered correctly you will see it in
curly braces: { before + sign and } in the end) formula gives me a
numeric result:

=SLOPE(IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(DATE(YEAR('1'!$C$5:$C$12),MONTH('1'!$C$5:$C
$12),DAY('1'!$C$5:$C$12)),'2'!A1:A2,0)),'1'!$D$5:$D$12),'1'!$C$5:$C
$12)

although I'm not sure if this is the desired one