I have an Excel document with a column full of things that look like this:
Hume F;Wilhelm K;
I want to copy this into a blank cell to the right of it, but only what's before the first semicolon. So it would end up looking like this:
Hume F
Option 1
Copy the column, on the copy Text To Columns with ; as the delimiter and delete the surplus
Option 2
Copy and Paste the entire column then select it Find & Replace, Find what: ;*, Replace All
Option 3
=LEFT(A1,FIND(";",A1)-1)
for example
=LEFT(A1;SEARCH(";";A1)-1)
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There are a lot of questions on how to multiply all values by some other cell or to move all values to another cell based on some value, but what I want is to take, in the example image below:
All the values that I have selected and divide by 2. I do not want another column, I just want to change all those values in the spread sheet and divide them by 2, the values themselves should change.
I have not found an answer for this any where and I sure it is super simple. For example, in:
base_damage_mod selected column, 0.03 would become: 0.015.
The only way I know to do this is manually, and that's a lot of work ...
Whats the easiest way to do this?
The easiest way to do this is by writing a macro, like in the following example:
Sub Divide_by_2()
For Each c In Selection:
If c <> "" Then
c.Value = c.Value / 2
End If
Next c
End Sub
In order to launch this, you need to select your cells (no need to copy, or press Ctrl+C), and then launch the macro.
As far as the source code is concerned, this is pretty obvious, except for the c <> "" part: I have added this in order to avoid the value 0 being filled in in empty cells.
Is there a way to do this without VBA, without macros?
Yes, there is, but it involves you creating a new column, in there type a formula, then copy the values of that formula into again another column and remove the first two columns, in other words: it's quite Messi :-)
If column C is empty (if not, temporarily insert a column), enter a 2 there next to every used column D item (*).
Copy all of column C, and "Paste Special" onto column D using Operation>Divide.
(*) If there are too many items to manually do the "2", copy this formula down column C =IF(ISBLANK(D1),"",2) and it will add them. After this, convert column C from formulas to values by copying it and using "Paste Values" to paste it back. (Special Operations won't work on formulas)
Hey All on my excel sheet there is a column that i need to concatenate. I need the combine all the rows in the same colors into one row, I need to do this for a list of 10000+ rows. Any ideas?
ALSO THE COLORS I added in to explain what I need to combine, there are no colors in the spreadsheet.
In a helper column (just any empty column, I Assume AA here, change that to your needs) starting with row 1 (I assume the colored column is F, change that to your needs):
=IF(LEN(A2),F1,F1&", "&AA2)
copy down till the end
copy whole column
paste as values only (to column F)
Set filter to show only rows which are empty in column A
select all
delete all
turn off the filter
finished :)
If you are willing to use VBA it could be as simple as inserting this into a module and then using it with other regular functions to build your string:
Function WhatColor(r As Range) As Long
WhatColor = r.Cells.Interior.Color
End Function
If it has to be a "somewhat" native function, check out the GET.CELL answer here.
I have a table in Word, each row is a few lines of text (shift + enter).
When I copy the table to Excel every line of copy to my own line. You can copy (each line where it was used (shift + enter)) to one row in Excel?
My table in Word.
Copied table to Excel.
I want to Row1 Text - Row1 TextC was A1. I know I can merge, but I have a big table and looking for solutions, which will accelerate.
This isn't 'easy' presuming you're comfortable with excel you're going to need to either use the VBA environment or have a few additional columns.
One way would be to identify the 'top' and 'bottom' of each Row by; in column C (starting from C2, C1 is always "top") =if(left(c2,4)<>left(c2,1),"Top", if(left(c2,4)<>left(c3,4),"Bottom","middle"
Then in column D (and cell locking is important, also assumes it goes to row 100, you will need to change this)
if(or(C1={"bottom","middle"}),"",$A1 & " - " & index($A1:$A$100,match("bottom", $A1:$A$100,0)))
This will give you a list, with breaks in which you can either remove by copying and pasting column D to a new sheet as values, pressing F5 and removing blanks. The other way would be to remove duplicates from the pasted list, and then take out the blank wherever it appears.
There may be more efficient ways of doing this, but it's a pretty unique question!
Maudise
I am totally new to this kind of challenges and not sure any thing available ( not sure even on what base I have to search )
In the below excel sheet image the column 'A' has headings in two places ( row numbers 2,3 and 9,10) . The actual excel sheet has more than six thousand rows and too many sub headings like this ( If it is small file I can do it manually.. but more than 6 thousand rows)
The challenge :- I want to populate E column with "Make" value and F column with " Model" from sub headings . Can I write any rule or macro to populate these columns ? could some one help me ? Thanks for your help
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or below
Regards
Kiran
If you want to do this solely in Excel you can use the following. This assumes
All Headings are the same for "S.No"
Change the SUBSTITUTE clause to match the text for Make and Model eg I have used exact spacing of "Model: " and "Make : " to match the spreadsheet and substitute with ""
In cell G5 Enter =IF(ISNUMBER(A5),IF(ISERROR(FIND("Model",A3,1)),MAX($G$1:G4),MAX($G$1:G4)+1),"")
In cell F5 Enter =SUBSTITUTE(IF(ISNUMBER(A5),INDIRECT(ADDRESS(MATCH($G5,$G:$G,0)-2,COLUMN(A1),1)),""),"Model: ","")
In cell E5 Enter = =SUBSTITUTE(IF(ISNUMBER(A5),INDIRECT(ADDRESS(MATCH($G5,$G:$G,0)-3,COLUMN(A1),1)),""),"Make : ","")
Then drag down the formula in E5:G5 to wherever you need. However, I only recommend using this once only as the formulae will be slow to update over large ranges. Also if your headings are out of sync then VBA is the way forward
I have a column with some text in each cell.
I want to add some text, for example "X", at the start of all cells. For example:
A B
----- >>>> ----
1 X1
2 X2
3 X3
What is the easiest way to do this?
Type this in cell B1, and copy down...
="X"&A1
This would also work:
=CONCATENATE("X",A1)
And here's one of many ways to do this in VBA (Disclaimer: I don't code in VBA very often!):
Sub AddX()
Dim i As Long
With ActiveSheet
For i = 1 To .Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row Step 1
.Cells(i, 2).Value = "X" & Trim(Str(.Cells(i, 1).Value))
Next i
End With
End Sub
Select the cell you want to be like this,
Go To Cell Properties (or CTRL 1)
under Number tab
in custom
enter
"X"#
Select the cell you want to be like this, go to cell properties (or CTRL 1) under Number tab in custom enter "X"#
Put a space between " and # if needed
Select the cell you want,
Go To Format Cells (or CTRL+1),
Select the "custom" Tab, enter your required format like : "X"#
use a space if needed.
for example, I needed to insert the word "Hours" beside my numbers and used this format : # "hours"
Enter the function of = CONCATENATE("X",A1) in one cell other than A say D
Click the Cell D1, and drag the fill handle across the range that you want to fill.All the cells should have been added the specific prefix text.
You can see the changes made to the repective cells.
Option 1:
select the cell(s), under formatting/number/custom formatting, type in
"BOB" General
now you have a prefix "BOB" next to numbers, dates, booleans, but not next to TEXTs
Option2:
As before, but use the following format
_ "BOB" #_
now you have a prefix BOB, this works even if the cell contained text
Cheers, Sudhi
Michael.. if its just for formatting then you can format the cell to append any value.
Just right click and select Format Cell on the context menu, select custom and then specify type as you wish... for above example it would be X0. Here 'X' is the prefix and 0 is the numeric after.
Hope this helps..
Cheers...
Go to Format Cells - Custom. Type the required format into the list first. To prefix "0" before the text characters in an Excel column, use the Format 0####. Remember, use the character "#" equal to the maximum number of digits in a cell of that column. For e.g., if there are 4 cells in a column with the entries - 123, 333, 5665, 7 - use the formula 0####. Reason - A single # refers to reference of just one digit.
Another way to do this:
Put your prefix in one column say column A in excel
Put the values to which you want to add prefix in another column say column B in excel
In Column C, use this formula;
"C1=A1&B1"
Copy all the values in column C and paste it again in the same selection but as values only.
Type a value in one cell (EX:B4 CELL). For temporary use this formula in other cell (once done delete it). =CONCAT(XY,B4) . click and drag till the value you need. Copy the whole column and right click paste only values (second option).
I tried and it's working as expected.