I have two columns in Excel. We can say that column 1 and column 2. Both columns have alphanumeric data i want to minus column 1 from column 2. How can i do that.
Example:
column 1 column two result column
ab ab ad
ac ac
ad
Thanks
There are more sophisticated/cleaner ways to do this, but I'd enter this formula into column C (update your ranges accordingly to capture each list), and then sort the result column:
=IF(COUNTIF($A$1:$A$8,$B$1:$B$4)=0,A1,"")
This compares the list in $A$1:$A$8 to the list in $B$1:$B$4 and places the "differences" in the result column C. I'm assuming that sorting is permissible. But like I said, there are VBA solutions that could do this a little more cleanly.
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Imagine you have spreadsheet with data in a fixed # of contiguous rows.. let's say row 1 through row 20
Now let's say you have 3 columns of interest.
A, B and C
Column A is a label column.. the data in there are just string labels.. let's say types of canned food.. Tuna, Spam, Sardines, etc.
Column B is our number column.. let's say it is prices. e.g. 2 for Tuna, 5 for Spam and 3 for Sardines. These prices can change often very rapidly.. ok so prices are not the best example but let's imagine that prices change rapidly.
Now Column C is where we want to put the formula.
I would like to have a formula in Column C that will pull the labels from Column A, based on their prices in column B and rank them from highest to lowest.. that is C1 would calculate to "Spam", C2 to "Sardines" and C3 to "Tuna"
right now there are 20 rows of data.. but maybe at some other point there might be 30 or 6 or 40, etc.
So can someone help me out with the formula or at least explain what functions I need to use and the general idea involved? thanks
=IF(A2:A200<>"";SORTBY(A2:A200;B2:B200;-1);"")
You can simply use SORT formula. In this case =SORT(A1:B1000,2,-1) where A1:B1000 is range to be sorted, second parameter 2 is column number from range to sort by, 3rd parameter for order (-1 is desceding).
Place formula in C1 and you will get spilled array.
I have simple problem, but I've not be able to get an answer from searching. I require a column to calculate the number of the nth occurrence of a value. It's best explained in this picture
I require a method to calculate column B.
I'd be very grateful for any help.
Are you looking to merely provide a count of the distinct entries of column A in column B? Or merely add a formula to come up with the table in your link?
If the latter, then the formula to write in cell B2 is:
=COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
then copy/paste it down column B. Note - if your data is both a Date and Time, but the cell is formatted to only display a date, you may not get the results you want. You'd need to interject a new column with a "floor" calculation to round the date/time value to a date (Excel date times are decimal, with integer part dictating the date, and remaining 0.0 -> 1.0 dictating the time of day)
If you just want to derive a table of the counts of distinct entries in column A, then a pivot table will do this for you - simple add a pivot table to cover the data in column A, then select column A into the rows category, and then also drag it into the values category, ensuring the field is set to "Count of". You should then have a table with the distinct entries in your data set in one column, and the count of their occurrences in the other column.
You can use the COUNTIF worksheet function, with a relative address.
Eg. In cell B2, enter this formula:
=COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
And then fill-down.
Use the following formula to generate the required series:
=COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1) and strech(copy) it in all the cells
This will generate result like this:
A 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1)
A 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A2,A2)
C 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A3,A3)
C 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A4,A4)
B 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A5,A5)
B 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A6,A6)
A 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A7,A7)
C 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A8,A8)
D 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A9,A9)
D 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A10,A10)
D 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A11,A11)
D 4 COUNTIF($A$1:A12,A12)
I have a sheet that lists out Job Expenses like this:
COL A COL B
CB100 $100
CB101 $200
CB100, CB101 $50
A few columns over, in COL D, is a running list of each JOB#:
COL D
CB101
CB102
CB103 etc.
I'm trying to use Data Validation to ensure any JOB# inputted into COL A already exists in COL D. Doesn't seem this can be done with List format of validation criteria. Any way to do it via custom formula?
Use this custom Formula
=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(MATCH(TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,",",REPT(" ",99)),(ROW($1:$10)-1)*99+1,99)),D:D,0)))>=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,",",""))+1
Note the data validation is applied to the whole column A. As you can see it was allowed to enter the first two but the last one was not as it is not in the list.
As is it will only test the first 10 number in a comma delimited field.
I have simple problem, but I've not be able to get an answer from searching. I require a column to calculate the number of the nth occurrence of a value. It's best explained in this picture
I require a method to calculate column B.
I'd be very grateful for any help.
Are you looking to merely provide a count of the distinct entries of column A in column B? Or merely add a formula to come up with the table in your link?
If the latter, then the formula to write in cell B2 is:
=COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
then copy/paste it down column B. Note - if your data is both a Date and Time, but the cell is formatted to only display a date, you may not get the results you want. You'd need to interject a new column with a "floor" calculation to round the date/time value to a date (Excel date times are decimal, with integer part dictating the date, and remaining 0.0 -> 1.0 dictating the time of day)
If you just want to derive a table of the counts of distinct entries in column A, then a pivot table will do this for you - simple add a pivot table to cover the data in column A, then select column A into the rows category, and then also drag it into the values category, ensuring the field is set to "Count of". You should then have a table with the distinct entries in your data set in one column, and the count of their occurrences in the other column.
You can use the COUNTIF worksheet function, with a relative address.
Eg. In cell B2, enter this formula:
=COUNTIF(A$2:A2,A2)
And then fill-down.
Use the following formula to generate the required series:
=COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1) and strech(copy) it in all the cells
This will generate result like this:
A 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1)
A 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A2,A2)
C 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A3,A3)
C 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A4,A4)
B 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A5,A5)
B 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A6,A6)
A 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A7,A7)
C 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A8,A8)
D 1 COUNTIF($A$1:A9,A9)
D 2 COUNTIF($A$1:A10,A10)
D 3 COUNTIF($A$1:A11,A11)
D 4 COUNTIF($A$1:A12,A12)
I have data on two tables, DATA and SpreadCodes. I need to write a formula that functions like a two-criteria vlookup. My tables look like this:
DATA table:
Col B ... Col I
01142 589
57834 007
Where Column S is where I'm trying to put the formula and where entries in Columns B & I are numbers stored as text.
SpreadCodes table:
Col A ... Col E ... Col G ... Col J
57834 007 15.50 15.50
45785 35893 10.00 10.00
Where entries in Columns A,E & G are numbers stored as text and where entries in Column J are stored as numbers.
I am trying to search the SpreadCodes table for the row where entries in DATA column B equal SpreadCodes Column A and where Data Column I equal SpreadCodes column E. Once a match is found, I need it to return the value in SpreadCodes column G OR Column J (They are the same, except G is stored as text, J is stored as number, so whichever makes this work).
I have tried several approaches to try to make this work. Nothing I tried below would return anything except an #NA value
I first tried creating a "helper" column where I concatenated the columns in both tables then just compared those values.
I then tried using two different index/match formulas (where one has concatenation included) :
=INDEX(SpreadCodes!G2:G202,MATCH(1,(SpreadCodes!A2:A202=B2)*(SpreadCodes!E2:E202=I2),0),7)
=INDEX(SpreadCodes!A1:K202,MATCH(Sheet2!B2&Sheet2!I2,SpreadCodes!A:A&SpreadCodes!E:E,0),7)
When that didn't work, I tried a sumproduct formula (being careful to specify SpreadCodes column J, since that one was a numerical value):
=SUMPRODUCT((SpreadCodes!A2:A202=Sheet2!C2)*(SpreadCodes!E2:E202=Sheet2!I2)*(SpreadCodes!J2:J202))
Since these codes often have leading zeros, I keep the columns in text so they don't get cut off, but even still, I'm not sure why these formulas aren't working. I've seen these work for other data. Any thoughts/ideas would be appreciated.
The sumproduct() works for me.
=SUMPRODUCT((SpreadCodes!A1:A100=Data!B1)*(SpreadCodes!E1:E100=Data!I1)*(SpreadCodes!J1:J100))
As per your data, This is how my data sheet looks like