In column B I've got the list of values of which some occur multiple times.
What I am trying to achieve is to list unique values of such list in column E. For cell E3 I use the array formula like this:
{=IFERROR(INDEX($B$3:$B$20,MATCH(0,COUNTIF($E$2:E2, $B$3:$B$20), 1)),"")}
but I'm not sure how to add another layer to this formula which would drop all blank cells from B. Now the formula treat blanks as the zero value and returns zero in the first row.
Paste this into D3 and copy down to the cells below to get a unique list of non-blanks value that are in B3:B20:
=LOOKUP(2, 1/((COUNTIF($D$2:D2, $B$3:$B$20)=0)*($B$3:$B$20<>"")), $B$3:$B$20)
You can just enter this normally since it is not an array formula.
It you copy the formula into more cells than there are unique values, you're get #N/A errors. You can avoid this by using IFERROR:
=IFERROR(LOOKUP(2,1/((COUNTIF($D$2:D2,$B$3:$B$20)=0)*($B$3:$B$20<>"")),$B$3:$B$20),"")
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Having A1+C1 and B1+D1 in two cells how can I dynamically set up a formula to catch if some column is added.
Let's say the user adds two columns in the middle. I should have A1+C1+E1 and B1+D1+F1.
I thought it would have been automatic but it is not.
Replace:
=A1+C1
By:
=SUM(A1:C1) - B1
In case you want to check if the column number is divisble by three, you can use following formula:
=IF(MOD(COLUMN(A1);3)=0;A1;0) // I've put the values from 1 to 10 in A1-J1
// and I've dragged this formula from A2 to J2,
// the values were 0,0,3,0,0,6,0,0,9,0.
Unfortunately I don't have a simple way to sum those values in one easy formula.
If you always add two columns then A1+C1 will always be looking at odd number columns and B1+D1 will always be looking at even numbered columns.
{=SUM(IF(ISODD(COLUMN($A$1:$D$1)),$A$1:$D$1))}
and
{=SUM(IF(ISEVEN(COLUMN($A$1:$D$1)),$A$1:$D$1))}
As long as you insert columns between A:D the ranges will extend to accommodate.
Edit:
Based on the comment that row 2 contains codes and row 3 contains the figures to add up for each code then this array formula will work:
{=SUM(IF($A$2:$J$2="H1",$A$3:$J$3))}
Edit2: and if I wake up you can even use the non-array and built in formula:
=SUMIF($A$2:$J$2,"H1",$A$3:$J$3)
The H1 text can be changed to another code or to a cell reference containing the code to get the sum of values in row 3 for the specified code.
As an array formula it must be entered using Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
Having trouble with a formula to solve this problem. I can do it when comparing one cell but can't figure out how to do it to check the entire column.
What I have two columns. Column A is a list of keywords. Column B is a list of Cities.
I want to compare all of Column B to see if any of those cities are contained on a cell by cell basis in column a
If I just use =ISNUMBER(SEARCH($B$2,A2)) it will compare all the cells in column A to B2 and the formula works. But I have a few hundred cells in Column B that I want to compare A2 too. I want to know if any of the words in Column B show up in the cell A2
Instead of just $B$1 I'd like to compare the entire B column (Like B:B but that doesn't work) and see if any of the words in Column B are in Cell A2.
Hope that makes sense.
Using the whole column B:B is not possible because of performance issues. But you could using a part of the column $B$2:$B$100 within an array formula.
Example:
Formula in English notation:
{=SUM(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH($B$2:$B$67,A2)))}
This is an array formula. Input it into the cell without the curly brackets and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to confirm. The curly brackets will then appear automatically.
How it works:
In array context ISNUMBER(SEARCH($B$2:$B$67,A2)) takes all values of $B$2:$B$67 into the formula and results in an array of {TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, ...} dependent of whether the value is found in A2 or not. The -- gets the boolean values as numeric 0 or 1. The SUM then sums the array. So it counts how often 1 will be present.
Edit:
This needs the $B$2:$B$67 filled with values because otherwise the "" from empty cells will always be found. So to be more flexible we should check whether cells in $B$2:$B$1000 are empty and excluding those then.
{=SUM(($B$2:$B$1000<>"")*ISNUMBER(SEARCH($B$2:$B$1000,A2)))}
I have Table 1 & 2 like image.
How i can get all cells value if ID is equals?
If you just need to add numbers, there are formulas for this, but I'm not sure if there's a single formula for adding string values as in the provided example. One way to resolve this is by using accumulator columns as in this screen shot:
The formula in cell C3 is:
=IF($A3<>C$1,C2,IF(C2=0,$B3,C2&", "&$B3))
Copy this down to cell E10 (or wherever that table needs to end) and columns C to E will accumulate the values from column B. Table 2 then just maps the first and last rows of the accumulator columns. The zeros in cells C2 to E2 is a work-around to prevent Excel from converting blank cells into zeros.
Hope this helps!
I have two excel sheets. The one that contains the data "gdsc_en_input_w2" and the other one will contain a selective number of cells from "gdsc_en_input_w2".
I am using the current formula:
=INDEX(gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$YE$13848,MATCH("AKT2",gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$A$13848,0),MATCH($A$3,gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$YE$1,0))
I want to fill an entire column in the second sheet by referencing columns in the "gdsc_en_input_w2" sheet but based on the values stored in the column $A$1:$A$13848. As you can see the second match() matches only $A$3 ...is there a way to fill the required column with the formula with incremental column reference in the second match() function in the formula above. in other words I want to fill in the second cell of the target column the following formula :
=INDEX(gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$YE$13848,MATCH("AKT2",gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$A$13848,0),MATCH($A$4,gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$YE$1,0))
note that the match now has $A$4 instead of $A$3.
Assuming that I am understanding what you are wanting, this formula is going to be in one column where each subsequent row will have a higher number (3,4,5,...) If that is the case, unlock your formula to read:
=INDEX(gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$YE$13848,MATCH("AKT2",gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$A$13848,0),MATCH($A3,gdsc_en_input_w2!$A$1:$YE$1,0)) (I removed the $ in-front of the 3)
Paste that into the whatever your starting cell is, then auto-fill
I have an excel sheet.
Under column E, I have 425 cells with data. I want to check if the same data (i.e. text inside the cell) is repeated anywhere else in any of the remaining 424 cells under column E. How do I do this?
For example, in E54 I have
Hello Jack
How would I check this value to see if it was in any other of these cells?
You could use
=SUMPRODUCT(1/COUNTIF(E1:E425,E1:E425))
to count the number of unique cells in E1:425
An answer of 425 means all the values are unique.
An answer of 421 means 4 values are duplicates of other value(s)
Use Conditional Formatting on all the cells that will highlight based on this formula:
COUNTIF(E:E,E1) <> 1
This is based on the column being E, and starting on E1, modify otherwise.
In Excel 2010 it's even easier, just go into Conditional Formatting and choose
Format only unique or duplicate values
If you have to compensate for blank cells, take the formula supplied above by #brettdj and,
Adjust the numerator of your count unique to check for non-blanks.
Add a zero-length string to the COUNTIFS's criteria arguement.
=SUMPRODUCT((E1:E425<>"")/COUNTIF(E1:E425,E1:E425&""))
Checking for non-blank cells in the numerator means that any blank cell will return a zero. Any fraction with a zero in its numerator will be zero no matter what the denominator is. The empty string appended to the criteria portion of the COUNTIF is sufficient to avoid #DIV/0! errors.
More information at Count Unique with SUMPRODUCT() Breakdown.
This formula outputs "unique" or "duplicates" depending if the column values are all unique or not:
{=IF(
SUM(IF(ISBLANK(E1:E425),0,ROW(E1:E425)))
=
SUM(IF(ISBLANK(E1:E425),0,MATCH(E1:E425,E1:E425,0)))
,"unique","duplicates")}
This is an array formula. You don't type the enclosing {} explicitly. Instead you enter the formula without {} and then press cmd-enter (or something else if not a Mac - go look it up!) If you want to split your formula over multiples lines for readability, use cmd-ctrl-return on a Mac.
The formula works by comparing two SUM() results. If they are equal, all the nonblank entries (numeric or text) are unique. If they are not equal there are some duplicates. The formula does not tell you where the duplicates are.
The first sum is what you get by adding up the row numbers of every non-blank entry.
The second sum does a lookup of each nonblank entry using MATCH(). If all entries are unique, MATCH() finds each entry at its own position, and the result is the same as the first sum. But if there are duplicate entries then a later duplicate will match an earlier duplicate and the later duplicate will contribute a different value to the sum, and the sums won't match.
You might have to adjust this formula:
if you want cells containing "" to count as blank, then use LEN(...)=0 for ISBLANK(...). I suppose you could put other tests in there if you wanted, but I have not tried that.
if you want to test an array not starting at row 1, then you should subtract a constant from ROW(...).
if you have a huge column of cells, you might get integer overflow when computing this sum. I don't have a solution to that.
It's a shame that Excel does not have an ISUNIQUE() function!
This may be a simpler solution. Assume column A contains data in question. Sort on that column. Then, starting in B2 (or first non-blank cell, use the following formula:
=IF(A2=A1,1,0).
Than sum on that column. When sum = 0, all values are unique.
highlight E and on the home tab select conditional formatting > Highlight Cell Rules > Duplicate Values...
It will then highlight everything that is repeated.