some of the numbers in a list = a total
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- Subject: [mg34992] some of the numbers in a list = a total
- From: bugman <bugman at optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 02:48:34 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi I've inherited a spreadsheet that has the number of hours billed for certain enchantments. Some of the enchantments are for mainframe projects and some for desktop. My predecessor (not available) came up with a total of the mainframe projects. I don't know how he arrived at that exact number. So what I have is a list of 100 or so numbers. A certain combination of those numbers equals my totals. I am a complete newbie to Mathematica. Tried it in Excel but ran out of Stack space. Is this the right tool? If so, what function/equation would I use to do this? did I mention I'm new at this? Thanks