If I in cell A1 have the formula:
=100+1250
(which equals 1350)
Is there a good way to get value 100 in A2 and 1250 in A3 with a formula? Something like; "Take value before character + in cell A2 and take value after character + in cell A3 .
In Excel 2013 and later you can use the FORMULATEXT function and parse it any number of ways.
In Excel 2010 and earlier, you have to use VBA. There's not a front-line function that can return the text of a formula in a cell.
Something like
Dim formula As String
formula = Range("A1").Formula
You might use Find/Replace (what: =, with: nothing) then:
in A2: =LEFT(A1,FIND("+",A1)-1)
in A3: =MID(A1,FIND("+",A1)+1,LEN(A1))
Select/Copy/Paste/Special the results over the top and delete Row1 (or just A1).
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I have struggle with the following case:
In cell A1 = (a)(f)(a)(b)(a), cell A2 = (d)(a)(c)(d)(g)(d)(a)(d)
How can I get the result as follow:
Cell A1= (a)(b)(f)
Cell A2 = (a)(c)(d)(g)
I use substitute only substitute one (a) with “”.
Is there is an excel formula and vba to get the result.
Thank,
Joe
If you have TEXTSPLIT:
=CONCAT("("&SORT(UNIQUE(TEXTSPLIT(A1,,"(",1))))
I found something confusing in Microsoft Excel.
I fill Cell A1, A2, A3, A4 with the same number 1,
then I enter the formula = A1 = A2 = A3 = A4 on cell A5,
why do I get FALSE results?
Is there a way to find out the values of 4 cells are the same or different?
If all you are using is these numbers you could check for the standard deviation. If it's 0 then all values are equal:
=STDEV.P(A1:A4)
So a check for equality could look like:
=IF(STDEV.P(A1:A4),"Different","Equal)
You can compare the range with the first cell, include it in the AND function and enter it as an array formula.
It will process both text and numeric values.
=AND(A1:A4=A1)
Array formula after editing is confirmed by pressing ctrl + shift + enter
You can use COUNTIF.
This is how it works in this example:
The COUNTIF returns a count of any cells that do not contain "1" which is compared to zero. If the count is zero, the formula returns TRUE. If the count is anything but zero, the formula returns FALSE.
You can apply that to any value you want to compare. Just place it before the "<>" in the formula.
This also works for "strings".
I've tried to solve this with excel formula but it is too complicated as I need the workbook to be as less clustered with formulas. So I turned to VBA for aid. So far all the VBA that I've found was mainly for trimming single cell characters only.
What I need for my project is as follows:
A1-Name
B1-Colour
C1-Name(Colour)
If LEN(C1) is less than 81 then nothing is trim. Else, TRIM A1 only without changing B1 so the end result is LEN(C1) is always less than 81.
Thanks.
Edit:
Excel Screenshot 1
What I've tried is:
-I will do "len" on B2 in cell AA2 then another "len" on C2 in cell AB2.
-Then I combine B2 and C2 in cell D2.
-Do another "len" for cell D2 in cell E2.
-If the value in E2 exceed 80, then I've to do "right" for cell B2 in another cell.The value that will be deducted from cell B2 is AA2-80+AB2.
-Once it is done, the new trim B2 will be recombine with C2 in another cell.
That is too many new cells. As you can see, I've to hide some cells that make up what is inside cell F2. So here I am. Beaming up that spotlight with that letter "E" so that Excelman will come to the rescue.
A very simple Excel formula which should do what you want is
=LEFT(A1,MAX(0,78-LEN(B1))) & "(" & B1 & ")"
i.e. take as many characters as possible from A1 so that, when concatenated to "("&B1&")", the total won't exceed 80 characters, and then concatenate that to the "("&B1&")".
Note: Cell references in the formula above are based on your original question. Based on the screenshot, and the edits to your question, the formula would be:
=LEFT(B2,MAX(0,78-LEN(C2))) & "(" & C2 & ")"
If you definitely need VBA, you can use the same functions (i.e. Left and Len) and the same operators (i.e. - and &) in VBA as are used in Excel. The only problem is MAX, which will need to be replaced with Application.Max or with an If statement.
I need to insert a value to a cell in excel using formula in another cell.
Say
A1 = "Test"
B1 = formula to insert A1 to C1
C1 = A1
Can I write a formula in B1 to insert value in C1?
I don't need any formulas in C1.
If Yes, What should be the formula?
If there it is next to the cell AND has no value in B2, it is possible, otherwise it is not.
Use Split()
Split(CONCATENATE("Text for B1#Sperator$$",A1),"#Sperator$$",FALSE)
It really depends.
EDIT
Out dated. Only works in google sheets.
Without using VBA or formulas in column C you can't achieve this.
A simple solution using formulas:
In cell C1, paste the following formula and drag it down:
=IF(B1=1;A1;"")
So if the content of cell B1 is equal to 1, your cell at column C will display the respective value of the same row at column A.
I have an excel sheet with some text in numerous cells and need to combine them into one cell. Easy, except one of the cells is a date and when combining the text you get the date in base number format and not in date format.
Example:
A1 = "One"
A2 = "Two"
A3 = "05.12.2012"
A4 = =A1&" "&A2&" "&A3 = "One Two 41248"
Anyone know what I need to do before A3 in order for the formula to return 05.12.2012 instead of 41248. I have tried "DATE" and "DATEVALUE" etc.
If it is relevent, the date is derived from a formula which looks for a value in an array. I have left out this forumla for ease of reading.
A4 = =A1&" "&A2&" "&TEXT(A3,"DD.MM.YYYY")