Choose numbers from a list to give a total

Carty

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Hi. Can you give Excel a target to get to when picking from a list of numbers? e.g. if the list is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and the target set is 22 can you get Excel to pick a selection of numbers to give you 22 - 2,5,7 & 8 for example?

Can this be further manipulated to give you the target with a tolerance?

Thanks

Paul
 

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Copy formula down without changing references
If you have =SUM(F2:F49) in F50; type Alt+' in F51 to copy =SUM(F2:F49) to F51, leaving the formula in edit mode. Change SUM to COUNT.

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