I am trying to get values from other column, based on some logic, crossed logic, but I didn't get any result with the only thing I know: IF or VLOOKUP.
The table is in this way:
So basically there are groups divided by blank row, and in column D I want to add the value from column B, but according with other letter that the one from the row ( C is from Credit, D is from Debtor). So in first D5 I have C on the same row in A5, so I need to take value from D, which is 2, according to B6.
So sorry if this question is too easy or stupid, but I don't know much about excel formulas, other that the basic one.
I'd say the fastest way with formula takes two columns. The first one (let's say column C) will use this formula to define the blocks:
=IF(A5="",C4+1,IFERROR(C4+0,0))
It's meant for cell C5.
The second column will give back the actual result:
=SUMIFS(B:B,A:A,IF(A5="C","D",IF(A5="D","C","")),C:C,C5)
It's meant for cell D5.
Place them accordingly and drag them down to cover your list.
Then again: if you are looking just for the number and not for its sum (and therefore assuming all numbers are equal for each letter in each block), just use this one in cell D5 instead of the previous one:
=SUMIFS(B:B,A:A,IF(A5="C","D",IF(A5="D","C","")),C:C,C5)/COUNTIFS(A:A,IF(A5="C","D",IF(A5="D","C","")),C:C,C5)
Now if you were to use only IF and VLOOKUP functions, a possible solution could be this one:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Block index
0
What to search
What is
Value
Result
C
1
=IF(A5="",C4+1,C4)
=IF(A5="",C4+1,C4)&SE(A5="C","D",SE(A5="D","C",""))
=C5&A5
=B5
=IF(VLOOKUP(D5,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D5,E:F,2,FALSO))
D
2
=IF(A6="",C5+1,C5)
=IF(A6="",C5+1,C5)&SE(A6="C","D",SE(A6="D","C",""))
=C6&A6
=B6
=IF(VLOOKUP(D6,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D6,E:F,2,FALSO))
D
2
=IF(A7="",C6+1,C6)
=IF(A7="",C6+1,C6)&SE(A7="C","D",SE(A7="D","C",""))
=C7&A7
=B7
=IF(VLOOKUP(D7,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D7,E:F,2,FALSO))
=IF(A8="",C7+1,C7)
=IF(A8="",C7+1,C7)&SE(A8="C","D",SE(A8="D","C",""))
=C8&A8
=B8
=IF(VLOOKUP(D8,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D8,E:F,2,FALSO))
D
3
=IF(A9="",C8+1,C8)
=IF(A9="",C8+1,C8)&SE(A9="C","D",SE(A9="D","C",""))
=C9&A9
=B9
=IF(VLOOKUP(D9,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D9,E:F,2,FALSO))
C
4
=IF(A10="",C9+1,C9)
=IF(A10="",C9+1,C9)&SE(A10="C","D",SE(A10="D","C",""))
=C10&A10
=B10
=IF(VLOOKUP(D10,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D10,E:F,2,FALSO))
=IF(A11="",C10+1,C10)
=IF(A11="",C10+1,C10)&SE(A11="C","D",SE(A11="D","C",""))
=C11&A11
=B11
=IF(VLOOKUP(D11,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D11,E:F,2,FALSO))
D
2
=IF(A12="",C11+1,C11)
=IF(A12="",C11+1,C11)&SE(A12="C","D",SE(A12="D","C",""))
=C12&A12
=B12
=IF(VLOOKUP(D12,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D12,E:F,2,FALSO))
C
5
=IF(A13="",C12+1,C12)
=IF(A13="",C12+1,C12)&SE(A13="C","D",SE(A13="D","C",""))
=C13&A13
=B13
=IF(VLOOKUP(D13,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D13,E:F,2,FALSO))
C
5
=IF(A14="",C13+1,C13)
=IF(A14="",C13+1,C13)&SE(A14="C","D",SE(A14="D","C",""))
=C14&A14
=B14
=IF(VLOOKUP(D14,E:F,2,FALSO)=0,"",VLOOKUP(D14,E:F,2,FALSO))
how can I merge two columns of data into one like the following:
Col1 Col2 Col3
========================
A 1 A
B 2 1
C 3 B
2
C
3
You can use the following formula in column D as per my example. Keep in mind to increase the $A$1:$B$6 range according to your data.
=INDEX($A$1:$B$6,INT((ROWS(D$2:D2)-1)/2)+1,MOD(ROWS(D$2:D2)-1,2)+1)
Result:
Thank you to #Koby Douek for the answer. Just an addition--if you are using Open Office Calc, you replace the commas with semi-colons.
=INDEX($A$1:$B$6;INT((ROWS(D$2:D2)-1)/2)+1;MOD(ROWS(D$2:D2)-1;2)+1)
Expanding #koby Douek's answer to more columns and explaining some of the terms
Original Code for 2 columns to 1 alternating
=INDEX($A$1:$B$6,INT((ROWS(D$2:D2)-1)/2)+1,MOD(ROWS(D$2:D2)-1,2)+1)
$A$1:$B$6 Defines the columns and rows to source the final set of data from, the $s are only present to keep the formula from changing the columns and rows selects if it is copied and pasted or dragged.
To extend to work on any values you dump into the columns instead of having to expand the range every time it should be amended to $A:$B or A:B so you can easily copy it to other sets of columns and create new merges, but it will also give the 1st value in every column as one of the alternating values so if you instead have headers you would be able to do this by instead using a large number so $A$1:$B$99999 or A$1:B$99999 if you want to past and move the columns ymmv which is better by situation.
lets assume you are fine including the values in the 1st row
This changes the formula to
=INDEX($A:$B,INT((ROWS(D$2:D2)-1)/2)+1,MOD(ROWS(D$2:D2)-1,2)+1)
Now on to D$2:D2
This is the row that is being used to calculate the difference between the current row the formula is in (D2) and the reference row (D$2) The important thing to make sure you do is to set the reference row number to the 1st row you will be putting values in, so if your 1st row is a header in the sort column you will use the 2nd row as the reference, if your values in the combined column D begin on the 3rd row then the reference row would be D$3
Since I like the more general form where the 1st row isn't a header row I'll use D$1:D1 but you could still mix source rows without headers into a combined row with a header of as many rows as you like just by incrementing that reference row number to be the 1st row where your values should begin.
This changes the formula to
=INDEX($A:$B,INT((ROWS(D$1:D1)-1)/2)+1,MOD(ROWS(D$1:D1)-1,2)+1)
Now INT((ROWS(D$1:D1)-1)/2)+1 and MOD(ROWS(D$1:D1)-1,2)+1
INT returns an integer value so any decimal places are dropped, it essentially functions like rounding down to the nearest whole number
MOD functions by returning the remainder of a division, it's result will be a whole number between 0 and n-1 where n is the number we are dividing by. (eg: 0/3=0; 1/3=1; 2/3=2; 3/3=0; 4/3=1 ... etc)
So -1)/2)+1 and -1,2)+1
the first value is again the difference between the current row and the reference row. but D$1:D1 is going to be the count of the rows, which is 1 so we have to correct for the rows count starting at 1 instead of 0 which would throw off our calculations, so both are using the -1 to reduce the count of the rows by 1
in the case of /2 and ,2 both are because we are dividing by 2 in the first statement it's a normal division by 2 /2 in the modulus statement it's an argument of the Mod function so ,2
finally we need to add 1 using +1 to correct for the index's need to have a value series which begins at 1.
INT((ROWS(D$2:D2)-1)/2)+1 is finding the row number to select the value from.
MOD(ROWS(D$1:D1)-1,2)+1 is finding the column number to select the value from
Thus we can change /2 and ,2 to /3 and ,3 to do this with 3 columns
This yields:
=INDEX($A:$B,INT((ROWS(D$1:D1)-1)/3)+1,MOD(ROWS(D$1:D1)-1,3)+1)
So maybe that's the confusing way to look at it but it's closer to how my mind works on it. Here is an alternative view:
=INDEX([RANGE],[ROW_#],[COLUMN_#]) returns the value from a range of rows and columns
Using the example:
=INDEX($A:$B,INT((ROWS(D$1:D1)-1)/3)+1,MOD(ROWS(D$1:D1)-1,3)+1)
[RANGE] = $A:$B this is the range of source columns.
[ROW_#] = INT((ROWS(D$1:D1)-1)/3)+1
INT([VALUE_A])+1 returns an integer value so any decimal places are dropped. Then adds one to it. we add one to the value because the result of the next steps will be 1 less than the value we need.
[Value_A] = (ROWS(D$1:D1)-1)/3
ROWS(D$1:D1) returns the number of rows in the Range to the current row in the results column, we use D$1 to designate the row number where the values in the results column begin. D1 is the current row in the results column giving us a range from the source row, allowing us to count the rows. we have to subtract 1 from this value using -1 to get the difference between the source and current. This is then divided by /3 because we have three columns we want to look through in this example so we only change rows when the result is divisible by 3. the INT drops any decimal places as mentioned so it only increments when cleanly divisible by 3.
[COLUMN_#] = MOD(ROWS(D$1:D1)-1,3)+1
MOD([VALUE],[Divisor])+1 returns the remainder of the value when divided by the divisor.
Using the example:
MOD(ROWS(D$1:D1)-1,3)+1
In this case we still divide by 3 but it's an argument to the MOD function, we still need to count the number of rows and subtract 1 before dividing it, this will return a 0, 1, or 2 for the column, but as above we are shifted backwards by 1 as the column numbers begin with the number 1, so as before we must add 1
And here we add column A and D
two different formulas depending on if you add the formula to an odd row or an even row.
https://1drv.ms/x/s!AncAhUkdErOkguUaToQkVkl5Qw-l_g?e=5d9gVM
Odd Start row
=INDEX($A$2:$D$9;ROUND(ROW(A1)/2;0);IF(MOD(ROW()-ROW($A$2);2)=1;4;1))
Even Start row
=INDEX($A$2:$D$9;ROUND(ROW(A1)/2;0);IF(MOD(ROW()-ROW($A$1);2)=1;4;1))
What is A1 in the picture is the cell directly above your first data cell.
If you want to place it on a different sheet you just add the sheet name:
=INDEX(MySheet!$A$2:$D$9;ROUND(ROW(MySheet!A1)/2;0);IF(MOD(ROW()-ROW(MySheet!$A$2);2)=1;4;1))
=INDEX(MySheet!$A$2:$D$9;ROUND(ROW(MySheet!A1)/2;0);IF(MOD(ROW()-ROW(MySheet!$A$1);2)=1;4;1))
I'm sorry if the title is confusing, but a visual should hopefully help:
Here's what my sheet looks like:
A B C D
1 x y z t
2 q w e r
3 y u i o
I need to generate a separate sheet wherein:
A B C
1 x y t
2 x z t
3 q w r
4 q e r
...
Basically, I need the middle two columns of the original sheet to be transposed and the adjacent columns to it pulled into my new sheet as well (as duplicate rows).
I have the transpose working correctly, and when I pull the adjacent columns that works too. The issue is, I can't autofill the sheet. When I try to drag & autofill, instead of autofilling using row 2 from the original sheet, the new sheet will autofill using row 3 (which is the same row # in the new sheet).
Please let me know if this isn't making sense, I'll try to explain better! I'm not very well versed in the Google Spreadsheets scripts - I've tried before but they seem rather cumbersome. But I'm happy to try that as well.
I'm not sure where a transpose operation would come into play but a little conditional maths and the INDEX function¹ should suffice.
=INDEX($A$1:$D$3,(ROW(1:1)-1)/2+1,IF(COLUMN(A:A)=3,4,IF(AND(ISEVEN(ROW(1:1)),COLUMN(A:A)=2),3,COLUMN(A:A))))
The documentation I've linked to is Excel but the syntax is identical for these purposes.
Addendum for more columns
By adjusting the condition for the offset after the third column, more columns can be readily accounted for.
=INDEX($A$1:$J$3,(ROW(1:1)-1)/2+1,IF(COLUMN(A:A)>=3,COLUMN(A:A)+1,IF(AND(ISEVEN(ROW(1:1)),COLUMN(A:A)=2),3,COLUMN(A:A))))
The above collects 10 columns from the source matrix but should be auto-adjusting for pretty much any number of columns.
¹ The INDEX function accepts parameters for both row number and column number. Although typically only one of these is used, there is no restriction against supplying both against a 2D range of cells.
Put the row_number calculation, =(ROW(1:1)-1)/2+1 into a cell and fill down. You will receive 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, etc. This supplies the repeating row number from the A1:D3 range.
Put the column_number calculation, =IF(COLUMN(A:A)=3,4,IF(AND(ISEVEN(ROW(1:1)),COLUMN(A:A)=2),3,COLUMN(A:A))) into a cell and fill right and down. You will receive 1, 2, 4 for the first row and 1, 3, 4 for the second. This pattern repeats itself for subsequent rows and supplies the offset column numbers from the A1:D3 range.
You can do this with 3 single arrayformulas that are dynamic to work with any number of rows of data:
Here is an image to demonstrate:
The three formulas are:
CELL A1:
=TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(JOIN(";",ARRAYFORMULA(REPT(Sheet1!A1:A&";",2))),";"))
CELL B1:
=TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(JOIN(";",ARRAYFORMULA(Sheet1!B1:B&";"&Sheet1!C1:C)),";"))
CELL C1:
=TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(JOIN(";",ARRAYFORMULA(REPT(Sheet1!D1:D&";",2))),";"))
I have a spreadsheet that contains users in each column. Below each user lists groups that they are in.
I want to highlight values that are not in every column.
If a user is part of a group that everyone is a part of, that group would not be highlighted.
If there was even one person who wasn't part of that group as well, that group would be highlighted.
Example.
Say there are 3 columns: A, B, C.
Column A has values 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 listed below it. Each number in a different row
Column B has values 1, 2 ,4, 5 listed below it.
Column C has values 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 listed below it.
In this example
In Column A, 3 and 5 would be highlighted.
In Column B, 5 would be highlighted.
In Column C, 6 and 7 would be highlighted.
Because each of those numbers are not listed every column.
So, you can do this using Conditional Formatting using the following logic:
Just for the sake of example, suppose your data is in the range A1:H20 with, as you said, each column being a new user and the first row A1:H1 being user names.
What this tells us:
COUNTA($A$1:$H$1) = Number of users
COUNTIF($A$1:$H$20,A2) = Number of times the value in A2 appears in your dataset
Therefore if COUNTIF($A$1:$H$20,A2) < COUNTA($A$1:$H$1), that means the value in A2 does not appear in each column (otherwise they woud be equal). (Also note that this is based on the assumption that you can't have a value appearing twice in a given column!).
At this point, it's a simple conditional formula.
Hope this explains it well enough.
I am trying to compare two columns in excel, A and B. Column A contains a complete list of customer numbers. Column B contains an incomplete list of the same customer numbers. So if a customer number is in A, but not in B then output that number to column C.
I'd use the MATCH function in combination with ISNA.
If I have the following table
A B C
1 4
2 3
3 1
4 7
5 2 5
6 6
7
I put in column 'A' the full customer list, and in column B is a random ordered partial list. I then put the function in C1 (and the rest of column C):
=IF(ISNA(MATCH(A1,B:B,0)),A1, "")
Now I see the values '5' and '6' only in column C, because those are the only two numbers that don't appear in column B.
In Cel C1 =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A1,$B$1:$B$10,1,FALSE)),A1,"")
Adjust for row counts and fill down against column A.
I think you're looking for something like this:
=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A1,B1,0)),A1,"")
Propegate that formula along your new column and it'll reprint the populated Column A when Column B is a no match.
Reference URL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/213367
(I believe I read the original question wrong, and am going on the assumption that column A and B are already sorted where the values will line up.)