I am trying to write a function in Excel that will return what the Section Number for a given value would be. For instance the 1200 value would fall in Section Number 1, and so on. I am trying to stay away from writing a VBA function to do this.
So what would be a good way to do this?
You can use VLOOKUP like this:
=VLOOKUP(I2,$E$2:$G$11,3,TRUE)
Assuming your data is in Column E to G and you want Section number in column J. Place the formula in cell J2 and drag it down.
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How do I find either the cell address or preferably the row and column of the value 119, or any other number in the table below?
The table does not contain row or column titles, only the numbers as shown.
I am looking for a worksheet solution (formula) and not a VBA solution.
An Array Formula
This is an array formula and it has to be entered with control shift enter i.e. hold control shift and then press enter.
=MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,ROW(A1:J34)-ROW(A1)+1))
Remarks:
The value is searched by column i.e. A1, A2, ... B1, B2 ... i.e. if you had another 119 in cell D1 the result would still be 2, and if you had a 119 in cell c1 then the result would be
1.
For a column version just replace ROW with COLUMN:
=MAX(IF(A1:J34=119,COLUMN(A1:J34)-COLUMN(A1)+1))
Well, clunky and you can expand it, but it does work:
Row is separate to column but you could put them together in one cell, does depend on how you want to use the results, but you did not specify that so I have done this...
You could use a choose() function or a lookup table with vlookup() to change the column result to a letter...
Please try:
=MOD((K1-50),34)+1&" | "&1+(INT((K1-50)/34))
where K1 is your selected value.
Returns R | C. (Data in A1:J34 is not required.)
Below is a general purpose answer based on VBasic2008's answer.
I modified the formulas to utilize defined names so that the cell references do not have to be hard coded in the formulas. This way both the data table and row / column formulas can be relocated to anywhere on the spreadsheet. It works for both numerical AND text based data.
I also included the =ADDRESS() function to return the absolute reference of the look up value.
For illustration purposes, a step by step example for Data Set 1 is shown replacing the hard coded cell references with defined names.
The Data Set 2 section is the simplified version just using one defined for each the row and column look up value.
You can download an example spreadsheet here: Look_Up_a_Value_in_a_Table.xls
Thanks to all of you: Solar Mike, VBasic2008, and pnuts
Click on the image to enlarge.
Hi all,
I have this excel where by I need to find the location of the item if they are found in column B.
So In my F column, I tried to write ifelse formula which didnt work.which is
=IF(D2="NULL","NONE",C((D2))).
My idea is if D2 is not null, use the value in D column to find the location in C column. In this example, fish no 4, so it is found, my F column should show the value "C" using the value shown in D column and use it as Row no in C column
I hope you guys get the idea and help me out a newbie in excel. Thanks in advance
=vlookup($D2,$A$2:$C$6,3,0)
you can use that in column F. Place that formula in F2 and copy down.
you could technically use it in column E as well, but you would need to change the 3 to a 2.
you did not say what you wanted to do if the D value was "Null" so I am going to take a stab at the dark and wrap you lookup formula in an if statement that will deal with "Null" or empty cells
=IF(OR($D2="NULL",$D2=""),"",VLOOKUP($D2,$A$2:$C$6,3,0))
That is the alternative formula to place in F2 and copy down.
Use the formula:
=IF(D2<>"NULL",VLOOKUP(D2,A2:C6,3,FALSE),"Value is NULL")
Here is the working example:
Put formula in cell F2 and drag it down.
[edit]to pull proper location column, not just the row #[/edit]
Seems like a job for MATCH+OFFSET
Try this formula in cell F2:
=OFFSET($C$1, MATCH(E2,B:B,0)-1, 0, 1, 1)
Match is used to locate the value in the first argument (ie E2) within the range specified in 2nd argument (ie B:B). I use B:B but you could also use range B2:B30 or whatever more specific range you want. (I prefer the more generic B:B, though :) )
Third paramter "0" just indicates "Exact match".
This function will retun "#N/A" if nothing found.
OFFSET takes the result from MATCH to pick out the Location you want. The first parameter in OFFSET is the rows below (or above if negative) from the base row (in this case $C$1). the next is the column: 0 since we're in the column we want to be in. The last two are the size of the range: 1,1 is a 1x1 cell, so just 1 cell. If we did ...,2,3), that would be 2 rows high and 3 columns wide - or a 6 cell range. We're just after 1 cell here.
I've always preferred MATCH + OFFSET to other options, I just found they held up more robustly to changes in a sheet (ie new rows/columns added). So it's mostly personaly preference over VLOOKUP and INDEX. I honestly have never compared their actual performance, however, I've never had any issues with MATCH+OFFSET running slowly :)
I understand that VLOOKUP searches the first column of a table in order to find a value, then it grabs the value from the same row and a different user-specified column. The following code returns data from the 2nd column, column B.
VLOOKUP(5,$A$2:B100,2)
Is there a way to set the return column to the last column of the input table? Something like the following, which would return data from columns B, P, and AC, respectively.
VLOOKUP(5,$A$2:B100,end)
VLOOKUP(5,$A$2:P100,end)
VLOOKUP(5,$A$2:AC100,end)
Alternatively, is there a way to grab the current column number and use that as an index?
VLOOKUP(5,$A$2:B100,current_column_number)
I'd like to write one VLOOKUP formula and then be able to drag it right across the spreadsheet, so that B100 becomes C100, D100, E100, etc. and the column lookup changes accordingly.
Update
I can do the alternate approach using the COLUMN function, but it requires programming a fixed offset and doesn't seem as robust. I'd still like to know if there is an "end" option.
=VLOOKUP(5,$A$2:B100,COLUMNS($A$2:B100))
Unfortunately you cannot simply drag it, you'll need to replace as there are two equivalent ranges written in the nested function.
The COLUMNS effectively counts the columns in the range giving the exact result needed for the VLOOKUP's end variant.
EDIT to show OP what a simple drag function would be like:
Function VLOOKUP2(Expected As Variant, Target As Range)
x = Target.Columns.Count
VLOOKUP2 = Application.WorksheetFunction.VLookup(Expected, Target, x)
End Function
You can use the Excel COLUMN() function to convert the column reference to a numerical index into the VLOOKUP table. Try this:
VLOOKUP(5, $A$2:B100, COLUMN(B2))
VLOOKUP(5, $A$2:P100, COLUMN(P2)
VLOOKUP(5, $A$2:AC100, COLUMN(AC2))
In pratice, you can just enter the first formula I gave above and then copy to the right. Each copy will automatically shift the column number to the end.
You could use the count function while holding ($) one side of the count range, thus giving you an integer that Vlookup can use.
Something like:
VLOOKUP(5,$A$2:B100,COUNT($A$2:A2))
You may need to add a + or - 1 to the count function depending on where your range starts.
It's effectively doing the same thing you already did with the array for the vlookup
I'm trying to make an automated character sheet for D&D and for the equipment I would like to set it up so if the list of equipment the character has contains any individual weapon, the stats for making attack with that weapon appear in the attacks section. I've been using a formula referencing a table of all the statistics of all weapons on another part of the same sheet, and I can make it work for no more than two weapons. This is the formula:
=IF(OR(M13=A115);B115;IF(M13=A116;B116))
M13 is the the list of equipment the character has
A115=Club
B115=1d4 BL
A116=Greatclub
b116=1d8 BL
Note that the first part of the IF function is an OR function and the second part is another IF function. I don't know if that means you can only have one IF and one OR function in the overall IF function, but it will not work if I try changing the second IF function to an OR function, giving me error 504 and if I try changing the OR function to an IF function I get #VALUE!
To put it in simpler terms if cell C1=A1 D1 should equal B1. If C1=A2 D1 should equal B2 and so on.
I see where your going with that IF formula (I think), but what I think you really want is a =VLOOKUP:
=VLOOKUP(M13, A115:B200, 2, false)
This will search the range A115:A200 for the value in M13. When it finds it, it will stick the value from the corresponding B row into the cell where this formula exists.
Hi All,
I have a table for employee scores levels (Table D1 to F6), there is points for each level, for example score (4.60) will be in the 3rd level which has (3) points.
I want to write a formula in the column (B) to check in the table an return the point value from the column F, You can see the examples in D2 & D3.
Regards
Adel
What you need is one of the most awesome functions ever invented... VLOOKUP
=VLOOKUP(A2,$D$2:$F$6,3, TRUE)
(Paste in B2 and drag down)
Quick explanation of the arguments.
A2 is the value we're going to be looking up in the table
$D$2:$F$6 is the "table" we're going to be looking up. It's going to search the first column of it (You could have anything you wanted in Column D, VLOOKUP Only looks at the first column).
3 is the column number of our table that contains the answers we want to be looking up, and returning (in this case, F).
TRUE means we want to search ranges, not just exact values. If it was FALSE then we'd only get the numbers we wanted if we entered the precise scores.
Of course, using this method, there isn't any upper bounds to it, a value of say 20 would give us the last row (i.e. 5 points), however, you could fix this easily using an IF statement.
=IF(A2 > $E$6, "N/A", VLOOKUP(A2,$D$2:$F$6,3, TRUE))
This could of course be done a bit neater if you believed you were going to be adding more rows to the table later, but it works for now.
Use the Below formula in cell B2:
=VLOOKUP(A2,$D$2:$F$6,3, TRUE)