Excel function for comparing columns with repeated values - excel

I'm using excel and have two columns (A & B) with values
I want to search for each value in Column A and return the position in Column B.
I'm using this formula:
IFERROR(MATCH("Values in Column A";"Array = Column B";0);0)
The results are:
Column A | Column B | Column C
1 | 4 | 2
2 | 1 | 3
3 | 2 | 4
4 | 1 | 1
1 | 2 | 2
| 3 |
It works fine if it doesn't encounter repeated values. However, I want it to encounter repeated values, so the formula should ignore the ones it was encountered before and go through the others. So the correct result should look like this:
Column C
2
3
5
1
4
Can you help me on this? Is there a VBA routine for this?

From the article Getting the 2nd matching value from a list using VLOOKUP formula, you can create a helper column to affix the instance number of each value, to create unique id's.
For example, in Column C, add the following function:
=A1&"-"&COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1)
Note: The relative reference on the count range will cause the applicable range to grow as it is dragged down. The count of the items matching that cell in a range containing only that cell should always be one. As it gets dragged down to include other cells, it will increment accordingly.
Then add the same thing in Column D to get the instances of cells in Column B:
=B1&"-"&COUNTIF($B$1:B1,B1)
Finally, do the math you want to do in Column E like this:
=IFERROR(MATCH(C1,D:D,0),0)

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Index only cells in a column from another sheet if another cell in same row has a value greater than 0

So I have an example below of what I'm wanting to do.
Basically I need to Index Column B from Sheet 1 into Sheet 2 BUT ONLY if the values in Column W in Sheet 1 are greater than 0. If it's not then I don't want it to be included in. The only column to Index is B starting from row 5 to say 100. Same for Column W.
I was trying to do it myself as I found This which is very similar as what I'm wanting to do but I couldn't figure it out.
Sheet 1
Row# Column B | Column(s)… | Column W
=================================
5) Thing 1 | | 0
6) Thing 2 | | 3
7) Thing 3 | | 0
8) Thing 4 | | 1
Sheet 2
Row# Column B | Column C | Column D
=================================
5) Thing 2 | 3 |
6) Thing 4 | 1 |
7) | |
8) | |
EDIT #3
You can use either SMALL, LARGE function to return the values from Column B on your Sheet1.
Presume you have given the following names:
Sheet1ColB: Sheet1!B5:B100
Sheet1ColW: Sheet1!W5:W100
Here is the formula to be put in Cell B5 on your Sheet2. Please note it is an array formula so you need to press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to confirm.
{=IFERROR(INDEX(Sheet1ColB,SMALL(IF((Sheet1ColW>0)*(LEN(Sheet1ColW)>0),ROW(Sheet1ColW)),ROW()-4)-4),"")}
or
{=IFERROR(INDEX(Sheet1ColB,LARGE(IF((Sheet1ColW>0)*(LEN(Sheet1ColW)>0),ROW(Sheet1ColW)),ROW()-4)-4),"")}
You can then use INDEX+MATCH to return the value from Column W on your Sheet1 in Column C on your Sheet2:
=IFERROR(INDEX(Sheet1ColW,MATCH(B5,Sheet1ColB,0)),"")
In the above screen-shot Solution 2 is using AGGREGATE which follows the same logic as SMALL/LARGE.
As you can see the sample data has taken into account duplicated values in Sheet 1 Col W, blank cells in both Column W and Column B on Sheet1, and blank cells, negative value or 0 value in Column B only on Sheet1.
Cheers :)
Use AGGREGATE() formula to filter based on condition.
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$5:$A$8,AGGREGATE(15,6,(ROW($A$5:$A$8)-ROW($A$4))/($B$5:$B$8>0),ROW(1:1))),"")

Using SUMIF on a range of columns or SUMPRODUCT to ignore text items

I have a range with various text and numbers in them. I wish to total the numbers based on the identifying first column.
I have tried
=SUMIF(A1:A20,"John",B1:E20)
which only returns the first columns number. I've also tried
=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A20="John")*(B1:E20))
but as there is text in column C, it returns #VALUE!.
A | B | C | D | E
John | 5 | Wine | 2 | 7
Sean | 6 | Beer | 5 | 2
I want all of the numeric values in columns B-E to be totalled together when "John" is in column A
Here is an array formula solution - use Ctrl, Shift and Enter to confirm:
=SUM(IF(A1:A20="John",IF(ISNUMBER(B1:E20),B1:E20)))
If you just want to exclude column C you could use this non-array formula:
=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A20="John")*(B1:B20))+SUMPRODUCT((A1:A20="John")*(D1:E20))
Alternatively, perhaps move C so it's not in the middle of your numbers.
Try this formula:
=IF(A1="John", SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(B1:E1)),B1:E1), "")
and drag down to get sum on each row.

Count specific number of duplicates in excel

I am working in Microsoft Excel 2013 (Windows OS).
I have a column of data as below:
Data
A
B
A
C
B
A
A
B
D
As we can see, only A appears 4 times, only B appears 3 times whilst C and D appear 1 time each.
I need a formula/method to count how many times a number of number of duplicates appears and display it in a table like below:
Duplicates | Number of values duplicated this many times
4 | 1
3 | 1
2 | 0
1 | 2
Does anyone have a way of doing this?
This might work without VBA. Assuming Data is in A1, enter Count in B1 and in B2:
=IF(COUNTIF(A$1:A2,A2)=1,COUNTIF(A:A,A2),"null")
copied down to suit. Then insert a PivotTable with Count for ROWS and Count of Count for VALUES.
Result should look so:
The nulls should be ignored and a zero count for 2 duplicates has to be inferred. The order can be adjusted to suit.

Excel Function Help - Compare 2 Cells in Worksheet to 2 Cells in another worksheet, if they match, return value from a different column

I'm wondering if someone would be able to offer some advice on the best way to do this please:
Data in Worksheet # 1
Col A | Col B | Col C
Part-1 | 8 | 2
Part-2 | 7 | 7
Part-7 | 9 | 4
Part-8 | 2 | 6
Data in Worksheet # 2
Col A | Col B | Col C
Part-1 | 8 | *Return value* (If Part-1 is found and 8 matches, return 2)
Part-2 | 7 | *Return value*
Part-3 | 8 | *Return value*
In Worksheet#2 in Cell C2 - I would like to check if the Part-1 in A1 is found in Col A in Worksheet#1. If it is, then I would also like to make sure the Number is B2 in Worksheet#2 matches the Qty in Col B next to the same part#, if both the Part# and Qty match, then i would like to copy across the value from the corresponding cell in Col C in Worksheet#1, to Col C in Worksheet#2. If it does not match, I would like it to return a 0.
Here is the a variation on Reinier's second approach in a form that will work in any version of Excel. You can use references to the specific data ranges, as I have done here, or to entire columns.
=SUM((A2=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$5)*(Sheet2!B2=Sheet1!$B$2:$B$5)*Sheet1!$C$2:$C$5)
This is an array formula, so it needs to be entered with the Control-Shift-Enter combination. It performs the same operation as the SUMPRODUCT. (There are several other ways to do this, such as using MATCH with INDEX or OFFSET.)
Essentially, what you are doing is a lookup based on values in two columns. Looking at it from that angle, you can use a the SUMPRODUCT function, which is supported in any version of Excel. Enter the following in Sheet2, cell C2:
=SUMPRODUCT((Sheet1!$A:$A=$A2)*(Sheet1!$B:$B=$B2)*Sheet1!$C:$C)
Select and drag down the right-bottom corner of C2 to complete column C.
This only works by virtue of the fact that the values in Sheet1, column C, are numbers. It breaks if value pairs in column A and B of Sheet1 occur multiple times, but you did not address that situation in your question in the first place.
For versions 2007 and up, you can use the more convenient function SUMIFS with basically the same approach:
=SUMIFS(Sheet1!$C:$C,Sheet1!$A:$A,$A1,Sheet1!$B:$B,$B1)
Alternatively, you can use a combination of IF and VLOOKUP functions. A formula that will work for Excel 2007 or newer is the following:
=IFERROR(IF(VLOOKUP($A1,Sheet1!$A:$C,2,FALSE)=$B1,VLOOKUP($A1,Sheet1!$A:$C,3,FALSE),0),0)
Older versions of Excel do not support IFERROR, but you can still use a similar approach as explained here.
I have uploaded an example workbook here, which includes an alternative method in column D of Sheet2 as well.

Find two matching rows and display data from the thirt one (Excel)

So i have Two Sheets.
First sheet contains two columns
BRAND | LEFTOVER
The second sheet consists of two columns also.
BRAND | LEFTOVER (%)
So in case if the BRAND row value in the first Sheet will match the BRAND row value in the second i want to display the matching LEFTOVER (%) row value in the first sheet rows in the column LEFTOVER.
Kind of lost here.
Appreciate any ideas. Thanks.
In Sheet2:
. A | B
--------------------
1 BRAND | LEFTOVER %
2 X | Y
3 |
In Sheet1:
. A | B
--------------------
1 BRAND | LEFTOVER
2 X | =VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:B,2)
3 |
The VLookup function searches for its first parameter (in this case the value of Sheet1!A2) in the first column of the range denoted by the second parameter (in this case the leftmost column of the range containing columns A and B on Sheet2)
It then returns the value from that same row of the range that is to the right in the columns denoted by the third parameter (1 is the leftmost column where the matched value was). So in this case we use the number 2 because 1 means column A and 2 is column B (which explains why we used a two column wide range for the second parameter - it needed to encompass the column the result was in)
This isn't the only way to do this, but it is the easiest.
As Jerry stated VLOOKUP is the simplest way to do this.
HOWEVER if you have multiple/repeat instances (rows) in BRAND, VLOOKUP will only return the first record (row) that appears in your data.
If this is the case, you will need to add either a unique identifier column; and/or additional criteria to differentiate between the repeat instances.
As an example column A is used as a unique identifier to differentiate between the 2 'Nike' rows.
A B C
1 BRAND LEFTOVER
2 Nike 50
3 Adidas 25
4 Reebok 30
5 Nike 29
I feel that you can use vlookup to accomplish your goals.
Let me explain it in a bit detail.Suppose you have two sheets as:
A | B | A | B
--------------------- | -------------------
1 BRAND | LEFTOVER % | 1 BRAND | LEFTOVER
2 X | Y | 2 X | =Vlookup(A2,Sheet2!A:B,False)
3 | | 3 |
Sheet2 | Sheet1
After this you can drag this formula for the entire range. This will automatically make the formula correct for the below cells as well.
Also, if you need to populate any other fields from the Sheet2 then you can also use the vlookup as an array formula like: VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:B,{1,2,3,4},FALSE)
Enter this as an array formula using Crtl+Shift+Enter
Here {1,2,3,4} stands for the columns to be fetched.
If you want to know more about vlookup then read this article: http://www.exceltrick.com/formulas_macros/vlookup-in-excel

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