Formula fill with absolute ($) referenced cells

RyanH002

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Hello all,

I have a fantasy golf game with my friends and I have a formula to work out the points (I know it's long, haven't worked out how to use my lookup). There's a part of the formula that requires to count the number of cells using the countif function and then work out the result from there.

I made it an absolute cell reference which works fine. My question is the following:

How do I fill the formula down to the next player and have the countif reference move too?

Fantasy Golf V3.xlsm
ABCDEGHI
31Richard HodgeSpieth2512113006100
4Wallace2510032250
5Woodland2515062625
6Burns25200MC-75
72Jonathan BonnerWoods256023600752
8D. Johnson301414252
9Thomas5535MC-100
10
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Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G7:G9,G3:G5G3=VLOOKUP(C3,'Golfers List'!$C$2:$D$37,2)
H3:H6H3=IF(G3=1,F3+1000,IF(AND(G3=2),F3*95%,IF(AND(G3=3),F3*90%,IF(AND(G3=4),F3*85%,IF(AND(G3=5),F3*80%,IF(AND(G3>5,G3<11),F3*70%,IF(AND(G3>10,G3<21),F3*60%,IF(AND(G3>20,G3<31),F3*40%,IF(AND(G3>30,G3<41),F3*20%,IF(AND(G3>40,G3<51),F3*10%,IF(AND(G3>50,G3<100),0,IF(G3="MC",-300/COUNTIF($G$3:$G$6,"<>"),IF(G3="WD",0)))))))))))))
A3,A7A3=RANK(I3,$I$3:$I$10)
H7:H9H7=IF(G7=1,F7+1000,IF(AND(G7=2),F7*95%,IF(AND(G7=3),F7*90%,IF(AND(G7=4),F7*85%,IF(AND(G7=5),F7*80%,IF(AND(G7>5,G7<11),F7*70%,IF(AND(G7>10,G7<21),F7*60%,IF(AND(G7>20,G7<31),F7*40%,IF(AND(G7>30,G7<41),F7*20%,IF(AND(G7>40,G7<51),F7*10%,IF(AND(G7>50,G7<100),0,IF(G7="MC",-300/COUNTIF($G$7:$G$10,"<>"),IF(G7="WD",0)))))))))))))
I3,I7I3=SUM(H3:H6)
Cells with Data Validation
CellAllowCriteria
C3:C10List='Golfers List'!$A$2:$A$322
 
Hi,

So I've come across an error in here that I don't understand...

Cell H43 should read -300 as there is only 1 data value within the 4 value range. However, if I put a MC in to cell H44, then the value in H39 changes...

I am open to unmerging column A and at last resort B if this helps with matters?

Fantasy Golf V3.xlsm
ABCDEGHI
310Richard HodgeCasey2035477074
4Koepka5028MC-75
5Thomas20116154
6Kuchar1090MC-75
73Jonathan BonnerMatsuyama25456787.52292.5
8Oosthuizen256640330
9Wallace2511040550
10Woodland2512532625
111AdzyZ 4000
12Lowry100100214000
13Z 
14Z 
152Ryan RozanskiMacIntyre251602116002330
16Fitzpatrick254521450
17Thomas25116192.5
18Casey25354787.5
195James WadeThomas301162311536
20Fitzpatrick204521360
21Hovland253317495
22Morikawa253013450
238Glenn TaylorSpieth30114280.5274.5
24Rahm301221144
25Koepka2028MC-75
26Westwood2040MC-75
276Marcus LeeCasey3035471051056
28Smith303513630
29Schauffele302212396
30Frittelli10150MC-75
319Julian RollRahm251221120120
32Simpson253540175
33McIlroy2518MC-75
34Smith253513525
354Ian ThomsonIm2535MC-1002077.5
36Casey25354787.5
37Kim2511061925
38Reed253332165
397Andrew KempGarcia5050MC-150750
40 
41Fitzpatrick504521900
42 
4312Mark MclaughlinMcIlroy10018MC-150-150
44
45
46
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Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G43,G41,G15:G39,G12,G3:G10G3=VLOOKUP(C3,'Golfers List'!$C$2:$D$101,2)
H3:H43H3=IF(C3="","",IF(G3=1,F3+1000,IF(AND(G3=2),F3*95%,IF(AND(G3=3),F3*90%,IF(AND(G3=4),F3*85%,IF(AND(G3=5),F3*80%,IF(AND(G3>5,G3<11),F3*70%,IF(AND(G3>10,G3<21),F3*60%,IF(AND(G3>20,G3<31),F3*40%,IF(AND(G3>30,G3<41),F3*20%,IF(AND(G3>40,G3<51),F3*10%,IF(AND(G3>50,G3<100),0,IF(G3="MC",-300/COUNTIF(INDEX($G:$G,MATCH("zzz",B$3:B7)):INDEX($G:$G,MATCH("zzz",B$3:B7)+3),"<>"),IF(G3="WD",0))))))))))))))
A3,A43,A39,A35,A31,A27,A23,A19,A15,A11,A7A3=RANK(I3,$I$3:$I$58)
I3,I43,I39,I35,I27,I23,I19,I15,I11,I7I3=SUM(H3:H6)
I31I31=SUM(H31)
Cells with Data Validation
CellAllowCriteria
C3:C46List='Golfers List'!$A$2:$A$500
 
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The match range is extending too far down the column, the range for the formula in H3 should be either B$1:B3, or B$3:B3 (doesn't matter which), the main point is that bot match ranges must end at the row with the formula, not be extended to the end of the block. The +3 on the second one is there for that.

As you have just discovered, using the wrong range gives wrong results.

Also, this would work much better if you used @jtakw's shorter formula, the one that you have is messy, making errors much harder to find.
 
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I see I had the $ on the wrong cell. All sorted now and thank you for your help. Very much appreciated.

I have also managed to update the formula to
=IF(G3=1,F3+1000,IFERROR(F3*LOOKUP(G3,{2,3,4,5,6,11,21,31,41,51},{0.95,0.9,0.85,0.8,0.7,0.6,0.4,0.2,0.1,0}),IF(G3="MC",-300/COUNTIF(INDEX($G:$G,MATCH("zzz",B$1:B3)):INDEX($G:$G,MATCH("zzz",B$1:B3)+3),"<>"),IF(G3="WD",0))))
 
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Glad you worked it all out.

Just a note, by adding IF(G3="WD",0) at the end of my formula, instead of just 0 (zero) like in my version, if G3 is Blank or something other than a number or MC, you'll get FALSE as a result.
In my formula, that last part is just 0 (zero), cause I figured, if G3 is Not a number, Not MC, then return 0, is that not your intention?
 
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Yes a FALSE is good for me as it's an instant indication that there is a cell missing data. But thank you for bringing it up.

You've been awesome with all your help and most of all patience! Thank you!
 
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Ok, all good, thanks for the feedback.
 
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