I am an occasional Excel user and stuck how to create a dynamic range.
After looking up a text in a table, how can I calculate the range next to this cell, up to the next empty row? Not using VBA.
Thanks for your help.
In H4, formula copied down :
=IFERROR(INDEX(INDEX(C:C,MATCH(F4,A:A,0)):C$1000,MATCH(G4,INDEX(B:B,MATCH(F4,A:A,0)):B$1000,0)),"")
Should you want a dynamic range,
Change C$1000 to INDEX(C:C,MATCH(9.9E+307,B:B)
and
Change B$1000 to INDEX(B:B,MATCH(9.9E+307,B:B))
Then
The H4 copied down formula become :
=IFERROR(INDEX(INDEX(C:C,MATCH(F4,A:A,0)):INDEX(C:C,MATCH(9.9E+307,B:B)),MATCH(G4,INDEX(B:B,MATCH(F4,A:A,0)):INDEX(B:B,MATCH(9.9E+307,B:B)),0)),"")
Edit :
As per Ron Rosenfeld's comment, "should B11 change to 24 and G4 change to 24"
The "Source Table" set up in Excel Table type for dynamic range growing purpose
and
The H4 formula change to :
=IFERROR(LOOKUP(9^9,Table1[price]/(LOOKUP(ROW(Table1[texture]),ROW(Table1[texture])/(Table1[texture]<>""),Table1[texture])=F4)/(Table1[length]=G4)),"")
Combining the Index() and Match() functions usually works well when using two conditions. However, you will need to fill out the entire column A with the "texture" list in order for the below formula to work.
=INDEX(<P1>, MATCH(TRUE, (<T1>=<T2>) + (<L1>=<L2>) > 1,0))
Where <P1> is your entire price column (ex. C2:C15)
Where <T1> is your entire texture column (ex. A2:A15)
Where <T2> is your texture lookup value cell
Where <L1> is your entire length column (ex. B2:B15)
Where <L2> is your length lookup value cell
Let's say that you input your texture value into cell F3, and your length value into cell F4. With the remaining columns remaining as they are in your image, you would use the following formula:
=INDEX(C2:C15, MATCH(TRUE, (A2:A15=F3) + (B2:B15=F4) > 1,0))
Now last time I had to use Index/Match I thought I had to place the formula into an array. However, the above seems to work without it.
If you notice that it's not working as expected, you can place into an array formula by clicking the cell that contains the formula, then clicking the formula box at the top. While in the formula box, simultaneously press Ctrl + Shift + Return. This should then place curly brackets around your entire formula if done properly, as such:
If you have O365 with the SEQUENCE function, you can use, for price:
=IF(G4="","",VLOOKUP(G4,INDEX($B:$C,SEQUENCE(MATCH(TRUE,ISBLANK(INDEX($B:$B,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)):INDEX(B:B,ROWS(B:B)-MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0))),0)-1,,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)),{1,2}),2,FALSE))
explanation:
get starting row:
MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)
ending row will be the first blank row after the starting row:
MATCH(TRUE,ISBLANK(INDEX($B:$B,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)):INDEX(B:B,ROWS(B:B)-MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0))),0)
Construct the relevant array:
INDEX($B:$C,SEQUENCE(MATCH(TRUE,ISBLANK(INDEX($B:$B,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)):INDEX(B:B,ROWS(B:B)-MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0))),0)-1,,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)),{1,2})
The above might reduce (with wavy) to:
index(b:c,{9,10,11},{1,2}
Then it's just a matter of applying the VLOOKUP
A more understandable, but longer with more operations, formula available in O365 makes use of LET. The advantage is that one can use names which indicate what each section of the formula does.
For example:
=IF(G4="","",LET(startRow,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0),numRows,MATCH(TRUE,ISBLANK(INDEX($B:$B,startRow):INDEX($B:$B,ROWS($B:$B)-startRow)),0)-1,
arr,INDEX($B:$C,SEQUENCE(numRows,,startRow),{1,2}),price,XLOOKUP(G4,INDEX(arr,0,1),INDEX(arr,0,2)),price))
Or, using VLOOKUP
=IF(G4="","",VLOOKUP(G4,LET(startRow,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0),numRows,MATCH(TRUE,ISBLANK(INDEX($B:$B,startRow):INDEX($B:$B,ROWS($B:$B)-startRow)),0)-1,arr,INDEX($B:$C,SEQUENCE(numRows,,startRow),{1,2}),arr),2,FALSE))
Finally, for earlier versions of Excel, you can use this whopper where we replace the SEQUENCE function with a construct like: ROW(INDEX(A:A,firstRow):INDEX(A:A,lastRow))
=IF(G4="","",VLOOKUP(G4,INDEX($B:$C,ROW(INDEX($A:$A,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)):INDEX($A:$A,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)+MATCH(TRUE,INDEX($B:$B,MATCH(F4,$A:$A,0)):INDEX($B:$B,ROWS($B:$B))="",0)-2)),{1,2}),2,FALSE))
I have a small data set of 2 columns and several rows (columns A and B)
I want to return each instance of codeblk 3 in a formula that is elsewhere in my sheet, (so a vlookup is out as it only shows the first instance) if it does not appear then a message to say its not there should come up.
I have the formula partially working but i cant see the reason why its not displaying the values.
My formula is as below:
This is an array
{=IF(ISERROR(INDEX($A$55:$B$70,SMALL(IF($B$55:$B$70=3,ROW($B$55:$B$70)),ROW(1:1))-1,1)),"No value's produced",INDEX($A$2:$C$7,SMALL(IF($B$55:$B$70=3,ROW($B$55:$B$70)),ROW(1:1))-1,1))}
The result that shows up is only "No values produced" but it should reflect statement B, C and D in 3 separate cells (when changing ROW(1:1), ROW(2:2) etc)
{=SMALL(IF($B$56:$B$69=4,ROW($B$56:$B$69)),ROW(1:1))} - This produces the result 68 which is the correct row.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
This is an array formula - Validate the formula with Ctrl+Shift+Enter while still in the formula bar
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$55:$B$70,SMALL(IF($B$55:$B$70=3,ROW($B$55:$B$70)-54),ROW(1:1)),1),"No value's produced")
The issue you are facing is that your index starts it's first row on $B$55, you need to offset the row numbers in the array to reflect this. For example, the INDEX contains 16 rows but if you had a match on the first row you are asking for the 55th row from that INDEX(), it just can't fulfil that.
EDIT
The offset was out of sync as your original formula included another -1 outside of the IF(), I also left an additional bracket in play (the formula above has now been edited)
The ROW() function will essentially translate $B$55:$B$70 into ROW(55:70) which will produce the array {55;56;57;58;59;60;61;62;63;64;65;66;67;68;69;70} so the offset is needed to translate those row numbers in to the position they represent in the indexed data of INDEX().
The other IF() statement then produces and array of {FALSE;2;3;4;FALSE etc.
You can see these results by highlighting parts of the formula in the formula bar and hitting F9 to calculate.
I am trying to get the max value of a column based on the Left function
What I am doing is the following :
These are the results I get when i write this into column C :
=MAX(LEFT(A:A, 2))
But what I truly want is to get in column C the max value of all column A not for each cell.
So the result should be in this case 90 for all rows.
What should be the formula here?
Just another option that gets entered normally:
=AGGREGATE(14,6,--LEFT($A$1:INDEX(A:A,MATCH("ZZZ",A:A)),2),1)
Array formulas will calculate the enitre referenced array. So care should be taken to limit the number of iterations to only the data set.
The $A$1:INDEX(A:A,MATCH("ZZZ",A:A)) part of the formula does that. It finds the last cell in column A with data in it and sets that as the upper bound. So in this instance the reference range is A1:A3. But, it will grow dynamically as data in Column A is added, so no need to change the formula each time data is added.
Update 2
Here is another solution which I think is better than my original (below)
=INT(SUMPRODUCT(MAX(SUBSTITUTE(A:A,"-",".")*1)))
it can be entered as normal (just Enter)
Orignal Answer
You need numbers and arrays
=MAX(IFERROR(LEFT(A:A,2)*1,0))
Let's break this down. Multiplying by turns your strings into numbers - since Left only returns a string
LEFT(A:A,2)*1
Unfortunately this method returns #Value if you multiply an empty string by 1. You will definitely have some empty strings in the range A:A so we wrap the whole thing with an IFERROR function.
IFERROR(LEFT(A:A,2)*1,0)
Now we still need excel to treat this as an array (i.e. a whole column of numbers, rather than just one number). So we put the MAX formula in and enter it with Ctrl+Shift+Enter rather than just Enter. The result is that the formula looks like this in the formula bar
{=MAX(IFERROR(LEFT(A:A,2)*1,0))}
which would return 90 in your example, as required
Update 1
If you are using Excel 2013 or later, you can also use the NUMBERVALUE function
=MAX(NUMBERVALUE(LEFT(A:A,2)))
again, enter it with Ctrl+Shift+Enter
In Excel, the Offset function returns a reference to a range that is offset a number of rows and columns from another range or cell.
can someone please tell me what that means?
for example in this formula:
=OFFSET($B$4,ROW()-ROW($F$4),0,1,1)
what is it doing?
The purpose of OFFSET(BASE, ROW-OFFSET, COLUMN-OFFSET, NUM-ROWS, NUM-COLUMNS) is to select the content of cells that are NUM-ROWS rows and NUM-COLUMS distant from the base cell. If the selected cells are just one, then the content of that cell will be used as result, otherwise the result will be an array that can be passed to functions as SUM.
In your example, the function is simply selecting the content of the cell B4.
That example formula is odd, because it references a cell to get the row then takes that away from the current row - this bit ROW()-ROW($F$4, which might as well be row()-4, but there you go.
Offset, works like this
A cell location to start at, how many rows away from this, cols away from the this, optional size(rows), optional size(cols).