This is the problem i am facing in Excel formula
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In column F, i want to find the common text across A2 to E2 (containing Blanks)
My Question:
Is there a simple way to get the result without VB?
Any help is appreciated,thanks
I found that google sheets has some really cool functions.
If you put the formula =SPLIT(A1, ",", TRUE,FALSE) in the cell after your row of common text (or probably even in a different sheet - "probably because hadn't tried it, though it should), the next x cells (where x is the number of "," in A1 - because "," is the delimitator) will be the text.
then you can put the code =IF(SUM(ARRAYFORMULA(if(REGEXMATCH($A$1:$D$1,F1),1,0)))=COUNTA($A$1:$D$1),F1,"") into an equal number of cells after that (probably should just put into the max number), and =CONCATENATE(I1:L1) into the last cell.
Ok. So to tweak this for yourself: I found that ARRAYFORMULA lets you put an array in place of a single cell in a function inside. how it exactly works I read its like a for loop. but I can't really vouch for that. but here it lets you have REGEXMATCH (which is a Boolean check on the cell you give it for if it contains the given REGEX) check each cell in the array.
the sum will add them up, and the if will match against the COUNTA to find if the number of cells in the array that contain this string is equal to the number of non-empty cells.
the concatenate at the end adds all the cells (containing the regex function) together, and since the only non-empty cells will be the one with the string, that is what this cell will return (no spaces).
code:
results:
the test data:
If you need in specifically Excel... this won't help.
We can use power query to achieve the desired result.
Unpivot the columns in Power query
Split all the columns by Comma delimiter
Create a custom column to see if the first column records exist in the remaining columns.
Use the functionText.contains.
Sample function: =Text.Contains([column.1],[column.1]&[column.2]&[column.3])
If the above function returns TRUE then get the first column result(This is the expected result) and load the data back to your excel
I have a scenario where I want my Microsoft excel field to have the same length of the longest word in the column.
Basically lets say if I have:
ACBBASDBBADSAD
BADFDFDDF
So here I want to have the second word with less characters to have white spaces at its end to match the length of the first word.
=&" " this definitely helps but I am unable to achieve the above scenario
Consider this screenshot:
In column B the length of each cell of column A is established with the formula =len(A1) copied down.
Cell D2 has the range name MaximumLength and the formula =max(B:B).
With that in place, you can create the padded values with this formula in cell G1, copied down:
=A1&REPT("*",MaximumLength-LEN(A1))
If you don't want to use the helper column and helper cell, you can use this array formula instead:
=A2&REPT("*",MAX(LEN(A1:A15))-LEN(A2))
This formula must be confirmed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter. It is advisable to use defined ranges, not whole columns in array formulas, hence the range in LEN(A1:A15). Adjust as desired.
I've used the "*" character so it is visible. Replace it with a space " " in your scenario.
You can add this formula to count maximum characters and use on some cell, because you will need to press a command for it to work, so every cell can't contain this formula, let's say it is on Z1:
=MAX(LEN($A:$A))
Certify to press ctrl+shift+enter on the formula
Then you use this formula on your cells:=REPT(" ";Z1-LEN(A2))&A2
Edit: Sorry, anwsered late, teylyn is more complete.
I have a string that I need two numbers extracted and separated into two columns like this.
ID:1234567 RXN:89012345
ID:12345 RXN:678901
Column 1 Column 2
1234567 89012345
12345 678901
The numbers can be varying number of characters. I was able to get column 2 number by using the following function:
=RIGHT(G3,FIND("RXN:",G3)-5)
However, I'm having a hard time getting the ID number separated.
Also, I need this to be a function as I will be using a macro to use over many spreadsheets.
A way to do this is:
Select all your data - assuming it is in a string all the time - which means one cell has one row with ID&RXN nos. So if you have 100 rows such data, select all of it
Go to the Data tab, Text to columns
Choose Delimited>>Next>> choose Space here, in Other, type a colon(:) >> Finish
You will get "ID" in first column, every cell; ID no in second column every cell; RXN in third column every cell and RXN no in 4th column every cell.
Delete unwanted columns
With data in column A, in B1 enter:
=MID(A1,FIND("ID:",A1)+LEN("ID:"),FIND(" ",A1,FIND("ID:",A1)+LEN("ID:"))-FIND("ID:",A1)-LEN("ID:"))
and copy down. In C1 enter:
=MID(A1,FIND("RXN:",A1)+LEN("RXN:"),9999)
and copy down:
The column B formulas are a pretty standard way to capture a sub-string encapsulated by two other sub-strings.
If your format is always as you show it,then:
B1: =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($A1," ",REPT(" ",99)),":",REPT(" ",99)),99,99))
C1: =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($A1," ",REPT(" ",99)),":",REPT(" ",99)),3*99,99))
We substitute a long string of spaces for the space and : in the original string. Then we extract the 2nd and 4th items and trim off the extra spaces.
How can I extract the first word of a number of different cells and have each of the first words show together in one other cell separated by comma?
e.g. A1 shows "Firstname1 Lastname1", A2 shows "Firstname2 Lastname2", A3 shows "Firstname3 Lastname3",
I need a formula allowing me to show the following in cell D2 "Firstname1, Firstname2, Firstname3"
I found this solution, which gives me the first word of one cell and shows it in another cell but I don't know how to get the first word of a number of cells and show them all coma separated in another cell
=LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)-1)
Excel function to get first word from sentence in other cell
Thanks!
What if instead of just three cells you have an Excel range A1:A100 which has all the names? How would you concatenate in such an instance? Will you type that long a formula?
As Jerry suggested, VBA is Apt for this. But what if you do not want to use VBA or long formulas?
See this example. I am taking 10 cells for the sake of explaining.
Let's say the data looks like this.
Now select the entire column and click on Data~~>Text To Columns
When you click finish, the output will be like this
Now in cell say E4, type this =Transpose(A1:A10). Replace A1:A10 with the actual range. However do not press the Enter key. Press the key F9. You will see that all the first names are now visible.
Simply copy that and press Esc. Now open Notepad and paste it there.
Next delete the { and the }
Next manually replace "," by , and you will get what you wanted.
=LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)-1) &", "&LEFT(A2,SEARCH(" ",A2)-1)&", "&LEFT(A3,SEARCH(" ",A3)-1)
using your current formula, =LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)-1), you can add the value of subsequent cells to the previous calculation, and build the comma separated values.
in B1, we have your original formula, =LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)-1)
in B2 we concatenate the previous result, and add on the comma and the new word:
=B1 & "," & LEFT(A2,SEARCH(" ",A2)-1)
copy this to B3 (and on) and you will slowly see the full list getting created.
The last value is the one you want, so, in C1, put the formula
=OFFSET(B1,COUNTA(B:B)-1,0)
(and hide column B so it looks better)
I have a column filled with data that has a path. I'd like to get the last element in the path, the second last element, and the first element. For example, for the following data:
\Product\Release\Iteration
\Product\Folder1\Folder2\Anotherfolder\Release2\Iteration5
\Product
\Product\Somefolder\Release3\Iteration5
I'd like to get the following in cells
In cell B1: "Product", cell C1: "Release", cell D1: "Iteration"
In cell B2: "Product", cell C2: "Release2", cell D2: "Iteration5"
In cell B3: "Product", cell C3: blank, cell D3: blank
In cell B4: "Product", cell C4: "Release3", cell D4: "Iteration5"
Getting the first and the last component is easy. I'm mostly just struggling with getting the second to last component (column C in the example above).
In B1 and copied down:
=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",REPT(" ",99)),99,99))
In C1 and copied down:
=IF(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",""))=2,TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",REPT(" ",99)),99)),IF(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",""))>2,TRIM(LEFT(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",REPT(" ",99)),198),99)),""))
In D1 and copied down:
=IF(OR(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",""))={1,2}),"",TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"\",REPT(" ",99)),99)))
Assuming your data is in ColumnA use Text to Columns with \ as delimiter to split across columns B:G. Assuming a maximum of 8 elements, put =B1 in K1 and in L1:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(D1),ISBLANK(C1)),"",IF(ISBLANK($D1),$C1,IF(ISBLANK(C1),"",INDIRECT("R"&ROW()&"C"&COLUMN()-COUNTBLANK($B1:$I1)-4,0))))
Copy L1 to M1 and K1:M1 down to suit.
Copy Paste Special Values over the top and delete columns A:I.
Made up two formulas to retrieve any part of the path you want:
Taking the first as starting from the left:
=IFERROR(MID(A3,FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",CHAR(1),C$2))+1,IFERROR(FIND("\",A3,FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",CHAR(1),C$2))+1)-FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",CHAR(1),C$2))-1,LEN(A3))),"")
Taking the first as starting from the right:
=IFERROR(MID(A3,FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",CHAR(1),LEN(A3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",""))+1-D$2))+1,IFERROR(FIND("\",A3,FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",CHAR(1),LEN(A3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",""))+1-D$2))+1)-FIND(CHAR(1),SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",CHAR(1),LEN(A3)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A3,"\",""))+1-D$2))-1,LEN(A3))),"")
And here's a google spreadsheet where you can see how it's working.
Note: I had to make a few changes to the formulae to make it google-spreadsheet-compatible, namely:
Change CHAR(1) to something else, I used "/" as substitute
Add an IF() to check for SUBSTITUTE(,,,0) (the 0 parameter) since this gives an error in MS Excel but not on google spreadsheet.
If you just need to parse the data to cells, you could import a text file into Excel with '\' delimitor. Otherwise, you need to loop through with CHARINDEX() and SUBSTRING to find the position of each backslash and parse out the data in between.
You could also use SSIS and set up a text file transformation with '\' delimitor to Excel for automation. With TSQL, you need to loop as I suggested
This has an excellent example that uses the split command. You just need to change the | character to \ and use the loop to put the individual values in the places you want.
Break string based on a character in VBA 2010
This should work for you (assuming you don't use * in your file names which I don't think is allowed in windows anyways):
=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","*",(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","")))-1),1))
That is for the second last element.
You can get any element you want by changing the bold number:
=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-FIND("",SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","",(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","")))-3),1))
EDIT/ADDITION
If you want to get rid of the values to the right of the nth element in the formulas above, you can do it like this:
=IFERROR(LEFT(RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","*",(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","")))-1),1)),FIND("\",RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","*",(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","")))-1),1)),1)-1),"error checking, lol")