How do I split a row of text into different columns according to number of characters using a macro in Microsoft Excel? - excel

I want to know if I can use a macro in Excel to separate data in a single column into different colums according to number of characters. For example, what I have is this in column A
A
AB
ABC
1A
564
8
What I need is this, in colums A, B and C
A AB ABC
8 1A 564
Thanks.

Use the following formula in a new column B next to Column A:
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$1:$A$6,SMALL(IF(LEN($A$1:$A$6)=1,ROW($A$1:$A$6),99999),ROW()),1),"")
Array Formula press Ctrl+Shift+Enter at the same time
and drag it down, it will write the Values of B whose Length is 1, and when it gives empty it means no more Values with Length 1
Small will find the Cell which length is 1 (Row()=1, 1st cell which length=1, Row()=2, 2nd cell which length =1 ...)
If will return all the rows for the corresponding condition
Index will return the Cell
Iferror return empty "" if no more match
For the second column write 2 instead of 1 in LEN($A$1:$A$6)=2
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$1:$A$6,SMALL(IF(LEN($A$1:$A$6)=2,ROW($A$1:$A$6),99999),ROW()),1),"")
For the third column write 3 in LEN($A$1:$A$6)=3
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$1:$A$6,SMALL(IF(LEN($A$1:$A$6)=3,ROW($A$1:$A$6),99999),ROW()),1),"")

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How to find and replace from a List in Excel

Not using VBA but just simple excel, can anyone help me find a solution to this problem? Would greatly appreciate it!
I have a list of Names in Sheet 1 like below
-
A
1
sp_abc_Rick
2
sp_abc_Jabba_the
3
sp_abc_Dany
4
sp_random_Rick
5
sp_random_Jabba_the
6
sp_random_Dany
7
sp_constant
8
sp_ripley_art_Dany
9
sp_ripley_art_Jabba_the
10
sp_wakeup
I have a list of Mapping Table in Sheet 2 like below
-
A
B
1
Rick
Morty
2
Jabba_the
Hutt
3
Dany
Dragon
I wish to have a result in Sheet 1, in column B, like below
-
A
B
1
sp_abc_Rick
sp_abc_Morty
2
sp_abc_Jabba_the
sp_abc_Hutt
3
sp_abc_Dany
sp_abc_Dragon
4
sp_random_Rick
sp_random_Morty
5
sp_random_Jabba_the
sp_random_Hutt
6
sp_random_Dany
sp_random_Dragon
7
sp_constant
sp_constant
8
sp_ripley_art_Dany
sp_ripley_art_Dragon
9
sp_ripley_art_Jabba_the
sp_ripley_art_Hutt
10
sp_wakeup
sp_wakeup
To give you a context of the number of rows. Sheet 1 will be bigger with more than 1000 rows. Sheet 2 (Mapping Table) is constant set of rows. Currently it is about 100 rows.
You can use a formula like shown below using LOOKUP(), SEARCH() with SUBSTITUTE()
• Formula used in cell B1
=IFERROR(SUBSTITUTE(A1,LOOKUP(9^9,SEARCH($D$1:$D$3,A1),$D$1:$D$3),
LOOKUP(9^9,SEARCH($D$1:$D$3,A1),$E$1:$E$3)),A1)
There you go. There may have other better solution. This is what I got.
All in column B.
=IFERROR(CONCAT(MID(A1,1,MATCH(1,(CODE(MID(A1,ROW($Z$1:$Z$255),1))<90)*(CODE(MID(A1,ROW($Z$1:$Z$255),1))>=65),FALSE)-1),INDIRECT(CONCAT("sheet2!b", MATCH(MID(A1, MATCH(1,(CODE(MID(A1,ROW($Z$1:$Z$255),1))<90)*(CODE(MID(A1,ROW($Z$1:$Z$255),1))>=65),FALSE), LEN(A1)), Sheet2!$A$1:Sheet2!$A$300, 0)))),A1)
Break down is as follow;
Let's start put things from Column C onward.
Column C, to find the index of the first capital letter from the text.
ref: http://dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2007/02/21/find-position-of-first-capital-letter-in-a-string/
=MATCH(1,(CODE(MID(A1,ROW($Z$1:$Z$255),1))<90)*(CODE(MID(A1,ROW($Z$1:$Z$255),1))>=65),FALSE)
Column D, cut the name part by using upper case letter index from column C, sp_abc_Jabba_the -> Jabba_the
=MID(A1, C1, LEN(A1))
Column E, search row number from Sheet2 by matching Column D's name with Sheet 2's Column A, this will get matching row number from Sheet2.
=MATCH(D1, Sheet2!$A$1:Sheet2!$A$300, 0)
Column F, get Sheet2's Column B value by the row number from Column E.
=INDIRECT(CONCAT("sheet2!b", E1))
Column G,
Cut "sp_abc_" from "sp_abc_Rick"
Concat "sp_abc_" with Column F's "Morty".
If there is any error, use Column A value as default.
. <- this dot is intentional. please ignore.
=IFERROR(CONCAT(MID(A1,1,C1-1),F1),A1)
Try:
Formula in B1:
=BYROW(A1:A10,LAMBDA(a,LET(b,TEXTBEFORE(a&"|","_"&A12:A14&"|",-1),IFERROR(CONCAT(IF(b&"_"&A12:A14=a,b&"_"&B12:B14,"")),a))))
The concatenation with a "|" would assert we only replace values when at the exact end of the input. Just in case there would be a stray (for example) 'Rick' somewhere before the end.

Formula to Return Text in the Row of Largest Number

Column A Has Text & Columns B, C & D contain numbers.
For Ex.)
A... …B C D
John 4 6 2
Dave 4 6 4
Mike 4 5 1
Bill 2 5 9
I would like a cell to return the name in column A that has the Largest Number in Column B. And if there are similar numbers, go to the next column and determine which is highest, and if that is tied go to the next column and so on.
Any help would be appreciated.
We can de-conflict ties.In E1 enter:
=B1 + C1/(10*MAX(C:C))+D1/(100*MAX(D:D))
and copy down. Then in another cell enter:
=INDEX(A:A,MATCH(MAX(E:E),E:E,0))
EDIT#1
This is only good for 3 columns of numbers, but it is very easy to add additional de-confliction terms if necessary:
=B1 + C1/(10*MAX(C:C))+D1/(100*MAX(D:D))+E1/(1000*MAX(E:E))
For an expandable number of rows/columns, use a helper row with the same number of columns as number columns in your data. The formulas below reference the following image (the data are in A1:G7):
B9-->=MAX(B1:B7)
C9 (fill over the remaining columns to G9)-->
=MAX(IF(MMULT(--($B1:B7=$B9:B9),--(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&COLUMNS($B9:B9)))>0))=COLUMNS($B9:B9),C1:C7))
The following formula will give the answer (shown in A9 above):
=INDEX(A1:A7,MATCH(TRUE,(MMULT(--($B1:G7=$B9:G9),--(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&COLUMNS($B9:G9)))>0))=COLUMNS($B9:G9)),0))
UPDATE WITH ALTERNATIVE METHOD
Using a helper column instead, again referencing the image below (the data are in A1:G7):
I1 (fill down to I7)-->
=SUM(--(MMULT(SIGN(B1:G1-$B$1:$G$7)*2^(COLUMN(G1)-COLUMN(A1:F1)),--(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&COLUMNS(B1:G1)))>0))>0))
The following formula will give the answer (shown in J1 above):
=INDEX(A1:A7,MATCH(MAX(I1:I7),I1:I7,))
As a bonus, notice that the helper column corresponds to the order that you would get from sorting the data by each column left-to-right. In other words, you could use the helper column to perform a formula-based multi-column sort on strictly numeric data. For the last image, entering the following array formula into a range with the same dimensions as A1:G7 gives a descending sort on columns B through G:
=IF(A1:A7=A1:A7,INDEX(A1:G7,MATCH(ROW(A7)-ROW(A1:A7),I1:I7,0),))

Excel Function to sum values from table based on a comma separated list

I am trying to find a function that will look at a table and sum all the values where the string appears in my comma separated list. I can get sumproduct to work if my list is separated into different cells, but I need the list to be in one cell. Here is what I'm looking for:
List in Cell A1: 2000,2100,2300
Table: A10:B16
A B
2000 20
2100 25
2200 32
2300 65
2400 72
2500 12
2600 2
I'm looking for a result of: 110
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I am assuming that you can use another column but not for your list?
If so you can use the formula below in column C
=IF(ISERROR(FIND(A2,$A$1,1))=FALSE,TRUE,FALSE) with A2 being the 1st cell in which the data is contained.
This is searching through your comma separated list and evaluating against the data in column B whether it exists in the list, if so then returns true if not false.
Now you can use the SUMIF function to return those matching true in your new column C.
=SUMIF(C2:C8,TRUE,B2:B8)
If having the evaluation column C is a problem for other users you could always hide it

Excel line up data

I'm a total Excel nub and can't find the answer I'm looking for. Must be easy peasy, but since I'm not into Excel I also don't know what to look for. Sorry if I'm having my question wrong.
I have output in Excel like this:
A 1
A 2
A 3
A 4
B 1
B 2
B 3
B 4
B 5
B 6
and I want it like this:
A 1 2 3 4
B 1 2 3 4 5 6
this question is quite complex in a way.
let me explain it more in detail:
as you see above, we have two columns A and B, you have text strings in column A , these text strings could be repeated. As you see in the example, there are 4 As, 5 Bs, 3 Cs 1 D and 3 Es. In column B each one of these strings have different corresponding values. For example, text strings B in column A has five corresponding values in column B, namely 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.
Now we want a list of UNIQUE values from column A, and lets say, we put this list in column C and then for each of these unique values in column C we want to list their corresponding cells in column B and put them HORIZONTALLY in front of each of these unique text strings in column C.
For this you need two kinds of formulas:
Formula 1 to calculate the list of the unique values in column A :
this goes in C2:(leave C1 empty)
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$1:$A$999;MATCH(0;FREQUENCY(IF(EXACT($A$1:$A$999;TRANSPOSE($C$1:C1));MATCH(ROW($A$1:$A$999);ROW($A$1:$A$999)); ""); MATCH(ROW($A$1:$A$999);ROW($A$1:$A$999))); 0)); "")
this is an array formula, so press ctrl+shift+enter to calculate the formula, and drag and fill down as many as you want in column C.
*Formula 2 to find and list horizontally the values from column B *
=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$B$999;SMALL(IF($C2=$A$1:$A$999;ROW($A$1:$A$999)-ROW($A$1)+1);COLUMN(A$1)));"")
this is an array formula, so press ctrl+shift+enter to calculate the formula, put this in D2 and drag and fill down until the last cell of column C. then select D2 to D6 and drag and fill horizontally. You should get all of the corresponding cells in front of each unique item.
P.S. adjust the formulas to meet your regional settings by replacing ; with , I suppose.
Finally here is the link to an example sheet downloadable from here .
This is very generic but hopefully will help.
Highlight the cells that you want to transpose to.
Type the equation..."=TRANSPOSE(B1:B4)" (edit as necessary).
While the cells are still highlighted, press "ctrl+shift+enter". (brackets should appear around the equation)
Finish editing the cells.
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Sum the values in Excel cells depending on changing criteria

In an Excel spread sheet I have three columns of data, the first column A is a unique identifier. Column B is a number and column C is either a tick or a space:
A B C
1 d-45 150 √
2 d-46 200
3 d-45 80
4 d-46 20 √
5 d-45 70 √
Now, I wish to sum the values in column B depending on a tick being present and also relative to the unique ID in column A. In this case rows 1 and 5. Identifying the tick I use
=IF(ISTEXT(C1),CONCATENATE(A1))
&
=IF(ISTEXT(C1),CONCATENATE(B1)).
This leaves me with two arrays of data:
D E
1 d-45 150
4 d-46 20
5 d-45 70
I now want to sum the values in column E depending on the ID in column D, in this case row 1 and 5. I can use a straight forward SUMIFS statement to specify d-45 as the criteria however this unique ID will always change. Is there a variation of SUMIFS I can use?
I also wish to put each new variation of ID number into a separate header with the summed totals underneath, that is:
A B
1 d-45 d-46
2 220 20
etc...
You can try this:
To get the distinct ID's write (in H1 then copy right):
This one is an array formula so you need Ctrl Shift Enter to enter the formula
=INDEX($A$1:$A$5;SMALL(IF(ROW($A$1:$A$5)-ROW($A$1)+1=MATCH($A$1:$A$5;$A$1:$A$5;0);ROW($A$1:$A$5)-ROW($A$1)+1;"");COLUMNS($A$1:A1)))
Now to get the sum (H2 and copy right)
=SUMPRODUCT(($A$1:$A$5=H1)*ISTEXT($C$1:$C$5)*$B$1:$B$5)
Data in the example is in A1:C5
Depending on your regional settings you may need to replace ";" field separator by ","
Try this,
SUMIFS
=SUMIFS(B1:B5,A1:A5,"=d-45",C1:C5,"<>")
where "<>" means that the cell is not empty...

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