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))
Given an Excel table of shape
Col. A Col B Col. C Col. D Col. E
x 2 x 2 3
x 3 y 7
y 7 z -5
x 2
z -5
I want to return the first unique hit in Column B for argument "x" in Column D,
the second unique hit in Column B for argument "x" in Column E and so forth.
The formula I'm currently using in cell D1 for this is
{=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$B$5,MATCH(0,COUNTIF($C1:C1,$B$1:$B$5)+($A$1:$A$5<>$C1),0)),"")}
which is working.
The problem I'm having is that since this is an array formula and since I'm analyzing a decent amount of data computation time for my sheet is too high.
Is there an alternative for this functionality avoiding an array formula?
Thanks!
Haven't got time to test this properly, but if you have Excel 365 you can use a single formula per row and it may be faster:
=TRANSPOSE(UNIQUE(FILTER(B1:B10,A1:A10=C1)))
in D1.
EDIT
To pull the formula down, you need static references as OP has pointed out. Probably should check for empty cells in column C as well, so formula becomes:
=IF(C1="","",TRANSPOSE(UNIQUE(FILTER(B$1:B$10,A$1:A$10=C1))))
So I am trying to understand how to use excel to complete this exercise.
Basically, I have 4 columns (A, B, C, D). Looks like this:
A B C D E
CRT Carrot CRT CR
Apple Apple APL AP
Basically, I need to scan down column A and compare it to columns B & C. If the word in A matched either the full word in B or the three letter word in C, then I need to take the two-letter word in D and write it in column E.
I've managed to Use VLOOKUP to scan column A and column C and then append to E, however, I can't figure out how to have excel scan both B & C and then append D to E. (main issue here is that the input in A sometimes matches B and sometimes matched C).
Thanks!
I don't have a full grasp of your issue but have you tried aggregating the conditions in other columns like
Have column G Boolean check if A matches a word in B
Have column H Boolean check if A matches a three letter word in C
Have column I = G OR H
then have your result column based on I?
For what you are trying to achieve you can do with a nested if statement:
In Cell E1, use this fromula:
=IF(A1=B1,D1,IF(A1=C1,D1,""))
With the cell still selected, on the bottom right of the cell you will see a small square, click on this small square and drag down to auto-fill all the cells as required.
Formula: =IF(IFERROR(MATCH(A1,B1:C1,0),0)>0,D1,"")
Results:
i have 3 columns in excel sheet.Let it be A B C. In A column it contain some values Y,Y,Y,N,N,Y..... similarly in B column it has values like Y,N,Y,Y.....
My aim is to fill column C using condition If A Contains Y and B contains Y then C will be S1,S2. If A Contains Y and B Contains N then C will be S1. If A contains N and B contains Y then c will be s2.
I guess this is what you are looking for:
=IF(A1="Y",IF(B1="Y","S1,S2","S1"),IF(B1="Y","S2",""))
copy this function to C1 and drag the bottom right corner of that tab through the C column till there are entries in A and B!
=IF(AND(A1="y" , B1="y"),S1 & " " &S2,IF(AND(A1="y" , B1="n"),S1,IF(AND(A1="n" , B1="y"),S2 )
change the parameters as required...
hope this helped you!
In Excel 2010: I would like to create a formula which would count values from COLUMN E depending on information in columns B and G of the same row. If, in column B, value is M (male) and in column E is YES, than it would count. I got this far and it works:
=COUNTIFS('2013 Details'!B:B,"Male",'2013 Details'!E:E,"Yes")
BUT, I need it to NOT count it if a third column (G) has "No". So, if column B contains "Male" AND column E has "Yes", count it, UNLESS column G has a "No" then don't count.
Thank you, in advance!
Try this version
=COUNTIFS('2013 Details'!B:B,"Male",'2013 Details'!E:E,"Yes",'2013 Details'!G:G,"<>No")
<> is "not equals to"