Background
This is a followup question to my previous finding a straight in a cribbage hand question and Counting Pairs in Cribbage Hand
Objective
Count the number of ways cards can be combined to a total of 15, then score 2 points for each pair. Ace worth 1, and J,Q,K are worth 10.
What I have Tried
So my first poke at a solution required 26 different formulas. Basically I checked each possible way to combine cards to see if the total was 15. 1 way to add 5 cards, 5 ways to add 4 cards, 10 ways to add 3 cards, and 10 ways to add 2 cards. I thought I had this licked until I realized I was only looking at combinations, I had not considered the fact that I had to cap the value of cards 11, 12, and 13 to 10. I initially tried an array formula something along the lines of:
MIN(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)+1,10)
But the problem with this is that MIN takes the minimum value of all results not the individual results compared to 10.
I then tried it with an IF function, which worked, but involved the use of CSE formula even wehen being used with SUMPRODUCT which is something I try to avoid when I can
IF(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)+1<11,MOD(B1:F1-1,13)+1,10)
Then I stumble on an answer to a question in code golf which I modified to lead me to this formula, which I kind of like for some strange reason, but its a bit long in repetitive use:
--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2)
My current working formulas are:
5 card check
=(SUMPRODUCT(--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2))=15)*2
4 card checks
=(SUM(AGGREGATE(15,6,--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2),{1,2,3,4}))=15)*2
=(SUM(AGGREGATE(15,6,--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2),{1,2,3,5}))=15)*2
=(SUM(AGGREGATE(15,6,--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2),{1,2,4,5}))=15)*2
=(SUM(AGGREGATE(15,6,--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2),{1,3,4,5}))=15)*2
=(SUM(AGGREGATE(15,6,--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2),{2,3,4,5}))=15)*2
3 card checks
same as 4 card checks using all combinations for 3 cards in the {1,2,3}.
There are 10 different combinations, so 10 different formulas.
The 2 card check was based on the solution by Tom in Counting Pairs in Cribbage Hand and all two cards are checked with a single formula. (yes it is CSE)
2 card check
{=SUM(--(--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2)+TRANSPOSE(--MID("01020304050607080910101010",1+(MOD(B1:F1-1,13)*2),2))=15))}
Question
Can the 3 and 4 card combination sum check be brought into a single formula similar to the 2 card check?
Is there a better way to convert cards 11,12,13 to a value of 10?
Sample Data
| B | C | D | E | F | POINTS
+----+----+----+----+----+
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 31 | <= 2 (all 5 add to 15)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 32 | <= 2 (Last 4 add to 15)
| 11 | 18 | 31 | 44 | 5 | <= 16 ( 4x(J+5), 4X(5+5+5) )
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 52 | <= 4 (6+9, 7+8)
| 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 52 | <= 2 (7+8)
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 52 | <= 2 (2+3+K)
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 52 | <= 0 (nothing add to 15)
Excel Version
Excel 2013
For 5:
=(SUMPRODUCT(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10))=15)*2
For 4:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(MMULT(INDEX(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)*ROW($1:$10)^0,ROW($1:$5),{1,2,3,4;1,2,3,5;1,2,4,5;1,3,4,5;2,3,4,5}),ROW($1:$4)^0)=15))*2
For 3
=SUMPRODUCT(--(MMULT(INDEX(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)*ROW($1:$10)^0,ROW($1:$10),{1,2,3;1,2,4;1,2,5;1,3,4;1,3,5;1,4,5;2,3,4;2,3,5;2,4,5;3,4,5}),ROW($1:$3)^0)=15))*2
For 2:
SUMPRODUCT(--((CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10))+(TRANSPOSE(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)))=15))
All together:
=(SUMPRODUCT(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10))=15)*2+
SUMPRODUCT(--(MMULT(INDEX(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)*ROW($1:$10)^0,ROW($1:$5),{1,2,3,4;1,2,3,5;1,2,4,5;1,3,4,5;2,3,4,5}),ROW($1:$4)^0)=15))*2+
SUMPRODUCT(--(MMULT(INDEX(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)*ROW($1:$10)^0,ROW($1:$10),{1,2,3;1,2,4;1,2,5;1,3,4;1,3,5;1,4,5;2,3,4;2,3,5;2,4,5;3,4,5}),ROW($1:$3)^0)=15))*2+
SUMPRODUCT(--((CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10))+(TRANSPOSE(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)))=15))
For older versions we need to "trick" INDEX into accepting the arrays as Row and Column References:
We do that by using N(IF({1},[thearray]))
=(SUMPRODUCT(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10))=15)*2+
SUMPRODUCT(--(MMULT(INDEX(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)*ROW($1:$10)^0,N(IF({1},ROW($1:$5))),N(IF({1},{1,2,3,4;1,2,3,5;1,2,4,5;1,3,4,5;2,3,4,5}))),ROW($1:$4)^0)=15))*2+
SUMPRODUCT(--(MMULT(INDEX(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)*ROW($1:$10)^0,N(IF({1},ROW($1:$10))),N(IF({1},{1,2,3;1,2,4;1,2,5;1,3,4;1,3,5;1,4,5;2,3,4;2,3,5;2,4,5;3,4,5}))),ROW($1:$3)^0)=15))*2+
SUMPRODUCT(--((CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10))+(TRANSPOSE(CHOOSE(MOD(A1:E1-1,13)+1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10,10,10)))=15))
This is a CSE That must be confirmed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter instead of Enter when exiting edit mode.
I have a table of people with points. The more points, the higher your position. If you have the same points you are equal first, second etc.
| A | B | C
1 | name | position | points
2 | person1 | 1 | 10
3 | person2 | 2 | 9
4 | person3 | 2 | 9
5 | person4 | 2 | 9
6 | person5 | 5 | 8
7 | person6 | 6 | 7
Using an Excel formula, how can I automatically determine the position? I'm currently using an IF statement that works fine for 5 or 6 matching positions, but I can't add 30+ if statements because there's a limit to the formula.
=IF(C7=C2,B2,IF(C7=C3,B2+5,IF(C7=C4,B3+4,....
So if the points column is the same as the position above then it's the same position value. If the points are less than above then it drops a position so the previous row position +1. But if the row above that is the same then it's the previous position +2 and so on.
You could also use the RANK function
=RANK(C2,$C$2:$C$7,0)
It would return data like your example:
| A | B | C
1 | name | position | points
2 | person1 | 1 | 10
3 | person2 | 2 | 9
4 | person3 | 2 | 9
5 | person4 | 2 | 9
6 | person5 | 5 | 8
7 | person6 | 6 | 7
The 'Points' column needs to be sorted into descending order.
Type this to B3, and then pull it to the rest of the rows:
=IF(C3=C2,B2,B2+COUNTIF($C$1:$C3,C2))
What it does is:
If my points equals the previous points, I have the same position.
Othewise count the players with the same score as the previous one, and add their numbers to the previous player's position.
You can use the RANK function in Excel without necessarily sorting the data. Type =RANK(C2,$C$2:$C$7). Excel will find the relative position of the data in C2 and display the answer. Copy the formula through to C7 by dragging the small node at the right end of the cell cursor.
Try this in your forth column
=COUNTIF(B:B; ">" & B2) + 1
Replace B2 with B3 for next row and so on.
What this does is it counts how many records have more points then current one and then this adds current record position (+1 part).
If your C-column is sorted, you can check whether the current row is equal to your last row. If not, use the current row number as the ranking-position, otherwise use the value from above (value for b3):
=IF(C3=C2, B2, ROW()-1)
You can use the LARGE function to get the n-th highest value in case your C-column is not sorted:
=LARGE(C2:C7,3)
The way I've done this, which is a bit convoluted, is as follows:
Sort rows by the points in descending order
Create an additional column (D) starting at D2 with numbers 1,2,3,... total number of positions
In the cell for the actual positions (D2) use the formula if(C2=C1), D2, C1). This checks if the points in this row are the same as the points in the previous row. If it is it gives you the position of the previous row, otherwise it uses the value from column D and thus handle people with equal positions.
Copy this formula down the entire column
Copy the positions column(C), then paste special >> values to overwrite the formula with positions
Resort the rows to their original order
That's worked for me! If there's a better way I'd love to know it!