He was banging away at excel for a while trying to come up with a way to do it, and he probably would have hit on something sooner or later but wanted something

He was banging away at excel for a while trying to come up with a way to do it, and he probably would have hit on something sooner or later but wanted something for the next day, so I figured I'd give him a hand. I figure, as programming is able to become more abstract and high level, "practical programming" will become a lot easier.