I have an Excel spreadsheet in the usual fashion. That is to say, rows and columns. So if there are seven rows, each column has seven values. I want to take one of these columns and make it extend down across the whole spreadsheet. TRANSFORMATION (LOGIC) used to have seven values, now it has one. How do I do this? EDIT: By "down across", I mean the column should have just one cell.
In order to achieve the merging of your cells, select the desired cell range on your sheet and then you will click the "Merge" button found on the Home tab in Excel.
Note that if the content is already in the cells it will take the value from the first cell which has content in it already, so best to copy your values and such out first if you would like to preserve them.
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In addition to a single cell, Excel allows you to select multiple unconnected cells independently by pressing ctrl when clicking the cells.
I use this feature to insert a row between each existing row, which is my ultimate goal. You can do this by independently selecting one cell in each row and then right-clicking and inserting rows.
This process works fine for tens of rows, but in some cases, I need to independently select 1000+ cells in a column to insert a row between each row in a large sheet. To be clear, I'm not talking about ranges. Instead of A1:A1000, I mean to select A1,A2,A3...A1000.
Is this possible without manually clicking each cell?
Insert a helper column with even numbers this way
type the value 2 into the first row
type the value 4 into the second row
select the two cells and double click the fill handle to fill down to the last row of your data or drag to the desired point.
Below your data, in the same column, enter odd numbers 1,3,5,etc, using a similar technique.
Next, sort your data by the new column.
Viola! Blank rows between all rows of data.
Example:
Data:
Excel by default if I merge columns by row
Desired outcome
Above is an example, the amount of data I am working with involves a lot of columns, so it is not practical to merge and sum individually.
Am looking for a way to essentially combine 2 columns into one, and SUM those values up individually for each row.
I would do a helper column with the sum, then copy pastespecial values in that helper column. Delete the original columns leaving the result.
You can utilize copy and paste special method.
Select B1:B3 and copy. For your real case select desired cells.
Select A1:A3 and right click.
Then select paste special and tick Add option.
Hit OK
I have a spreadsheet full of data (simplified example below) that I would like to extract the number in the well underneath of "Gimme the number" and paste it into a new column on a separate sheet (i.e. if "Gimme the number" is in G6, I would like to retrieve the value for G7). I do not have access to Excel VBA and have not used macros in the past. I found some examples linked below, but, from what I understand, they would return "Gimme the number", or "Gimme" not 19, 20, and 21. I am not sure if a pivot table is appropriate, because I only want information from a single column. I will only have up to 11 values to extract at any given time, so I think a formula would do it. I am just having a hard time coming up with one that works. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Search for a text string and return multiple adjacent values
Return multiple matches with wildcard vlookup
I am not sure I get the question well, but I try.
First add a column right of the column with "Gimme..." values. Name it e.g. "Next_value" in the first row. Put in the formula referencing previous column next row. If "Gimme..." is in the cell (for instance) E6, than your formula in the cell F6 is =E7. Copy that formula into the whole Next_value column.
Than select area of these two columns (Label, Next_value) and apply the filter from the Data toolbar. Use the small buttons with triangles at the top of the column Label to adjust the filter so only "Gimme..." rows are filtered.
Now, copy values of Next_value column where you like. If you want just the references, use Paste special function from the Home toolbar and click Paste link button.
I have a worksheet with two columns of data. Column A contains thousands of records, and Column B contains only a few records. I wish to identify which values in Column B do not exist in Column A, and display these in Column D. What is the quickest way to achieve this? Happy to use formulas, or otherwise.
I would use conditional formatting and filters:
Formula being:
=ISERROR(MATCH(A1,B:B,0))
I'd then filter on highlighted cells, select the cells in column A and use Alt+; to select only the visible cells, then paste in D.
Last, I'd clear all the conditional formatting and clean up anything left.
Using formulae would be a little more complex; usually the most of the time would be spent designing it, and it's an array formula (invoked correctly only with Ctrl+Shift+Enter):
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$1:$A$27,SMALL(IF(COUNTIF($B$2:$B$6,$A$2:$A$27)=0,ROW($A$2:$A$27),9^99),ROW(D1))),"")
The formula can also take some time to calculate for larger datasets.
I have columns of data, each cell is a formula referencing data from several rows on another sheet (based on a dropdown box).
I now need to update many columns at once and simply copying the formula down into the next cell in the column, Excel tries to match the 'wrong' cells - the column is going down, the rows are going across, meaning I'd have to type in the correct cells manually every time I copy down this formula.
The rows are updated daily with pulled data/VBA and I can't touch the formatting of the columns either.
Not sure how to do this quickly. I have dates placed down each row/column, if that could be used somehow.
Shown: 2 different sheets, example of 2 rows a single cell will reference. There are many of these rows and columns. This is the formula:
=IF($B$7=1,'xx'!L619,IF($B$7=2,'xx'!M619,IF($B$7=3,'xx'!N619,IF($B$7=4,'xx'!Q619,IF($B$7=5,'xx'!Q619,0)))))
When copying the cells down, the formula updates L619, M619... with L620, M620... when instead I'd need P619, Q619...
This may help if you adapt it to your situation:
You can use the OFFSET or INDEX functions to set your spreadsheet up in such a way to transpose a horizontal row of data into a vertical column of data (and be able to drag the formula).
The trick is, you need a column (you can even hide it) with your increments in the cells i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7...n
For example:
A1:A101 are where my increment values from 0 to 100 are.
my horizontal data starts at E15, and continues on with F15, G15, H15, etc.
This is my formula:
= OFFSET($E$15,0,$A1)
When I drag this down in a column, it corresponds exactly to the horizontal rows of data. The same thing can be done using INDEX.
Your situation sounds a little more complicated, but you might be able to build on this to suit your needs.