Here's the table I'm working with:
First off, how can I separate the string of numbers in column C so that they have a comma and space after every two digits?
I was able to partially finish it, but for some reason I can't grab the last two digits. I used this formula:
=MID(C4,1,2)&", "&MID(C4,3,2)&", "&MID(C4,6,2)&", "&MID(C4,10,2)&", "&MID(C4,13,2)&", "&MID(C4,16,2)
After that I need to somehow format that string to look like the example in column E, that's where I'm really confused. Maybe I don't even need the first step?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
If you already have access to TEXTJOIN formula then it will quickly become your best friend :-)
I assume that your values are in column C (starting from cell C1) and that the column is formatted as text.
Try:
="""stats"":["&TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,MID(C1,ROW($A$1:INDEX(A:A,LEN(C1)/2))*2-1,2))&"]"
If your Office 365 version is not using dynamic arrays yet, try entering the formula with Ctrl+Shift+Enter:
I want to convert the numbers from text format to numbers so tha i can make the average or sum of the whole columns.
I tried all the possible ways asfar as i read in many blogs, but nothing works.
There is no Green mark on the cell nor a quote '
Tried copying an empty cell and select required cells and paste special methods also.
It looks like you are using a French version of Excel. In this case a number should be 6,04 and not 6.04
Do a find and replace of . for , and you should be able to change the format to a number if it is not done automatically.
You can either:
change the values to numbers
use a formula that can handle text-type numeric values
Say we have data in column A that is Text. This formula:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A:A))
can give you the sum without having to convert first:
I have a SpreadSheet with a column with large number represented as text, and when I apply the duplicate operation to check ( I do not use any formula, I am using excel 2010 in-built functionality of "Conditional Formatting" -->"Highlight Cells Rule" --> "Duplicate Values") even distinct values are shown as duplicate values.
For example:
If I just have following values in a column of spread sheet:
26200008004000800000000000000001
26200008004000800000000000000002
26200008004000800000000000000003
It shows as all 3 values being duplicate.
How do I fix this and check for duplicates with these large numbers in excel.
P.S: I know excel has a 15 digit limit to precision, but is there a work around or another application to find duplicates.
It seems that DupUnique property is converting the value to a number. I also note similar behavior with COUNTIF. Accordingly, I would suggest, in this situation, that you use the conditional format option to use a formula. The formula I would suggest (assuming that the range to check for duplicates is A2:A10, would be:
=SUMPRODUCT(--($A2=$A$2:$A$10))>1
I use a helper column in which I concatenate the number with a letter to make it an alphanumeric entry.
=concatenate("a",'large number cell')
or
="a"&'large number cell'
a26200008004000800000000000000001
I hope this works for you.
When pasting the numbers into Excel, put an apostrophe in front of the number to convert the number to text like this
'26200008004000800000000000000001
Thereafter you can do duplicate checks using Data -> Remove Duplicates.
If you already have that kind of data in Excel, it may appear in Exponential values and chances are that Excel chomped it up to 15 digits numeric precision. You may have to re-enter the large data with apostrophe in front of them.
Because of floating point values, I cannot add a string of cells that contain values such as:
0.08178502
0.09262585
0.13261762
0.13016377
0.12302067
0.1136332
0.12176183
0.11430552
0.09971409
0.125285
Even if I try adding the first two through a sum formula or auto sum through selecting them, excel spits out an error. I have googled this like crazy and tried to change number formats. Is there a function that can allow me to add this information ?
Screenshot:
The spreadsheet is available on my Dropbox.
Those numbers are all preceded by a NBSP (Char Code 160). So, in order to sum them, you have to remove that. Many solutions. Here's one:
=SUMPRODUCT(--SUBSTITUTE(A1:A18,CHAR(160),""))
If a formula like:
=A1+A2+A3+A4+A5+A6+A7+A8+A9+A10
produces:
#VALUE!
then your "numbers" cells contain non-visible characters.
They must be removed before the formula will work.
If the cells contain text strings and not actual values you will need to convert the text to numeric values before performing any calculations. The function "=value(cell)" will bring the numeric value.
e.g.: A1 contains "000.12345678" (or some other non-numeric presentation of numerals)
In cell B1 type: =value(a1)
Cell B1 now operates as the real number 0.12345678
Oddly enough, the fact that it said 0.xxxxx in all numbers vs. .xxxxx is what the issue was. I'm just sharing that for folks who google/search and have same issue.
All I had to do was select that whole row and do a search in replace for "0." and make it just "." and now my numbers were usable in equations. For some reason the adjustment of formating as many searches suggested wasn't working
I would like to create a succinct Excel formula that SUMS a column based on a set of AND conditions, plus a set of OR conditions.
My Excel table contains the following data and I used defined names for the columns.
Quote_Value (Worksheet!$A:$A) holds an accounting value.
Days_To_Close (Worksheet!$B:$B) contains a formula that results in a number.
Salesman (Worksheet!$C:$C) contains text and is a name.
Quote_Month (Worksheet!$D:$D) contains a formula (=TEXT(Worksheet!$E:$E,"mmm-yy"))to convert a date/time number from another column into a text based month reference.
I want to SUM Quote_Value if Salesman equals JBloggs and Days_To_Close is equal to or less than 90 and Quote_Month is equal to one of the following (Oct-13, Nov-13, or Dec-13).
At the moment, I've got this to work but it includes a lot of repetition, which I don't think I need.
=SUM(SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,"=Oct-13")+SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,"=Nov-13")+SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,"=Dec-13"))
What I'd like to do is something more like the following but I can't work out the correct syntax:
=SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,OR(Quote_Month="Oct-13",Quote_Month="Nov-13",Quote_Month="Dec-13"))
That formula doesn't error, it just returns a 0 value. Yet if I manually examine the data, that's not correct. I even tried using TRIM(Quote_Month) to make sure that spaces hadn't crept into the data but the fact that my extended SUM formula works indicates that the data is OK and that it's a syntax issue. Can anybody steer me in the right direction?
You can use SUMIFS like this
=SUM(SUMIFS(Quote_Value,Salesman,"JBloggs",Days_To_Close,"<=90",Quote_Month,{"Oct-13","Nov-13","Dec-13"}))
The SUMIFS function will return an "array" of 3 values (one total each for "Oct-13", "Nov-13" and "Dec-13"), so you need SUM to sum that array and give you the final result.
Be careful with this syntax, you can only have at most two criteria within the formula with "OR" conditions...and if there are two then in one you must separate the criteria with commas, in the other with semi-colons.
If you need more you might use SUMPRODUCT with MATCH, e.g. in your case
=SUMPRODUCT(Quote_Value,(Salesman="JBloggs")*(Days_To_Close<=90)*ISNUMBER(MATCH(Quote_Month,{"Oct-13","Nov-13","Dec-13"},0)))
In that version you can add any number of "OR" criteria using ISNUMBER/MATCH
You can use DSUM, which will be more flexible. Like if you want to change the name of Salesman or the Quote Month, you need not change the formula, but only some criteria cells. Please see the link below for details...Even the criteria can be formula to copied from other sheets
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/dsum-function-HP010342460.aspx?CTT=1
You might consider referencing the actual date/time in the source column for Quote_Month, then you could transform your OR into a couple of ANDs, something like (assuing the date's in something I've chosen to call Quote_Date)
=SUMIFS(Quote_Value,"<=90",Quote_Date,">="&DATE(2013,11,1),Quote_Date,"<="&DATE(2013,12,31),Salesman,"=JBloggs",Days_To_Close)
(I moved the interesting conditions to the front).
This approach works here because that "OR" condition is actually specifying a date range - it might not work in other cases.
Quote_Month (Worksheet!$D:$D) contains a formula (=TEXT(Worksheet!$E:$E,"mmm-yy"))to convert a date/time number from another column into a text based month reference.
You can use OR by adding + in Sumproduct. See this
=SUMPRODUCT((Quote_Value)*(Salesman="JBloggs")*(Days_To_Close<=90)*((Quote_Month="Cond1")+(Quote_Month="Cond2")+(Quote_Month="Cond3")))
ScreenShot
Speed
SUMPRODUCT is faster than SUM arrays, i.e. having {} arrays in the SUM function. SUMIFS is 30% faster than SUMPRODUCT.
{SUM(SUMIFS({}))} vs SUMPRODUCT(SUMIFS({})) both works fine, but SUMPRODUCT feels a bit easier to write without the CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER to create the {}.
Preference
I personally prefer writing SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(MATCH(...)))) over SUMPRODUCT(SUMIFS({})) for multiple criteria.
However, if you have a drop-down menu where you want to select specific characteristics or all, SUMPRODUCT(SUMIFS()), is the only way to go. (as for selecting "all", the value should enter in "<>" + "Whatever word you want as long as it's not part of the specific characteristics".
In order to get the formula to work place the cursor inside the formula and press ctr+shift+enter and then it will work!
With the following, it is easy to link the Cell address...
=SUM(SUMIFS(FAGLL03!$I$4:$I$1048576,FAGLL03!$A$4:$A$1048576,">="&INDIRECT("A"&ROW()),FAGLL03!$A$4:$A$1048576,"<="&INDIRECT("B"&ROW()),FAGLL03!$Q$4:$Q$1048576,E$2))
Can use address / substitute / Column functions as required to use Cell addresses in full DYNAMIC.