I am searching a cell for a particular word ... in this instance the word is "cabinet". When the word is present I would like my cell to equal the sum of two other cells, when the word is not present I would like it to equal 0.
I am using Cell A1 and The equation I am using is =IF(Search("Cabinet",B1),F1,"0")
When "cabinet" is present in the cell it returns the correct dollar value, if cabinet is not present it returns #value! instead of the "0". If it helps, cell F1 contains the the equation of B1 x E1 ie. 12x$80. Here is an example
960 Base Cabinet 12 L/F $80.00 $960.00
#VALUE! Countertop 12 L/F $20.00 $240.00
The check would be to see if the SEARCH function returned a number. This indicates that the search term was found. If it is not found then SEARCH returns #VALUE! which is the error you are receiving. With ISNUMBER we can see if the search was found or not.
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Cabinet", B1)), F1, 0)
Note that it is not necessary to wrap the 0 in quotes. Doing so reduces the zero to a text representation of a number, not a true number.
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I have a range, that contains data which follows a distribution *typically starts at 0, then goes up, then down, and finally back to zero.
I want to return the value of another column at the point that the data returns back to Zero (in my case you can see that Cell B6 is the point at which this event occurs, and I want my cell C2 to return the value "E" from cell A6...
Currently, the best I can get to is the following:
=INDEX(A2:B8,FIND(0,
TEXTJOIN(,,B2:B8),
MATCH(AGGREGATE(4,4,B2:B8),B2:B8,0)) -1,1)
The problem comes in with the fact that there can be any number of zeros before the data appears.
i.e. like this. = Where I would still expect the highlighted match.
1] 1st zero after a non-zero value, in C2 enter formula :
=INDEX(A:A,INDEX(MATCH(1,1/B:B),0)+1)
2] Nos. of zero after a non-zero value, in D2 enter formula :
=MATCH(9^9,B:B)-INDEX(MATCH(1,1/B:B),0)
For excel you can use INDEX/AGGREGATE:
=INDEX(A:A,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW(B2:B8)/(B2:B8=0),2))
Edit:
If you want get first zero value after last non zero value use formula:
=INDEX(A:A,AGGREGATE(14,6,ROW(B2:B8)/(B2:B8<>0),1)+1)
I have a very simple formula, but it gives out unwanted result.
=IF(A1>=0,A1,0)
The above formula one gives 0 as TEXT if the if-statement is false for some reason. I did IsNumber() and it returns False. How can this be?
=IF(A1>0,0,A1)
This one gives 0 as a real number in a cell if the if-statement is true referencing the same exact cell A1.
A1 =IF(ISERROR(INDEX('$G$2:$G$80,MATCH($BQ$6,'$B$2:$B$80,0))), "0.000",INDEX('$G$2:$G$80,MATCH($BQ$6,'$B$2:$B$80,0)))
Any help is appreciated.
Your issue is not with cell A1 being formatted as text, since you have a formula in there calculating the result. The issue is with the formula in cell A1.
=IF(ISERROR(INDEX($G$2:$G$80,MATCH($BQ$6,$B$2:$B$80,0))), "0.000",INDEX($G$2:$G$80,MATCH($BQ$6,$B$2:$B$80,0)))
(This is after cleaning the remnant ' characters, probably from where you removed references to another workbook)
In your formula, the TRUE return is "0.000", since this is in quotes, this is interpreted as text not as a number. If you were to remove the quotes, the formula will auto-correct to 0 only, returning the actual numeric value 0.
If you want this to be formatted as 0.000, don't return "0.000" but return 0 and format your cell with a numeric format with 3 decimal places.
I understand the basic use of the vlookup with wildcard but I'm running into a problem lately.
I need to lookup a value that contained in a cell as a part of string. In the below Sample I look up colA in the colC, with should be found, then return the values in col D into col B.
I use =VLOOKUP("*"&A1&"*",C$1:D$2,2,0), and it only works for B1.
Why do B2 & B3 don't work out the same way? Any solution?
Sample:
As per your investigation and comment by Axel, VLOOKUP doesn't work with values over 255 characters in length. A workaround is use an array formula with the SEARCH function which handles much longer values. Double click into cell B1 and paste this formula, then save it by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER instead of just pressing Enter by itself:
=INDEX($D$1:$D$2,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A1&",",$C$1:$C$2&",")),0))
If you enter it correctly, selecting the cell will show {curly braces} around the formula and it should evaluate to your desired result.
This formula first creates an array searching for the position of A1 in every cell in C1:C2. The array will consist of numbers (when A1 is found) and errors (when A1 is not found).
ISNUMBER then creates an array of TRUE (when A1 is found) and FALSE (when A1 is not found)
MATCH then finds the first TRUE value in the array.
INDEX then returns the corresponding value from the D1:D2.
Edit: The formula now searched for the value in A1 followed by a comma. This ensures that an exact match is made. To also ensure that the formula can match against the last value in any cell in column C, a comma is also added to the end of the values in column C.
I'm getting the average % change among an array of cells (A1-D1). Cell A11 is =COUNT(1:1)-1 (to get the number of cells that actually contain anything). The formula I'm using to get the average is =SUMPRODUCT(OFFSET(B1,,,,A11)/OFFSET(A1,,,,A11))/A11-1,0) (someone on a different forum helped me out with that one). This works fine for the most part. The problem is that some of the cells--let's say A1 and B1--contain "0". This results in a "Divide by Zero" error. Is there a way to exclude any cell that contains zero from the calculation? Thanks!
Try using this formula to ignore the cells that would give a #DIV/0! error
=SUM(IFERROR(OFFSET(B1,,,,A11)/OFFSET(A1,,,,A11),0))/SUM(--ISNUMBER(OFFSET(B1,,,,A11)/OFFSET(A1,,,,A11)))
IFERROR in the numerator sets the result of any divisions by zero to zero.
ISNUMBER in denominator gives a TRUE for all divisions which are not divisions by zero, and this is converted to a '1' by the --.
The formula has to be entered as an array formula using CtrlShiftEnter
EDIT
=SUM(IFERROR(OFFSET(B1,,,,A11)/OFFSET(A1,,,,A11),0))/COUNTIF(OFFSET(A1,,,,A11),"<>0")
gives the same result and is shorter (note that if the last number i.e. D1 is zero, you don't get a #DIV/0! error).
Like the question, this assumes there are no empty cells between numbers - otherwise you couldn't use COUNT and OFFSET to get the range.
I'm trying to make in excel a cell that every time you write something above that cell, it finds the text you typed in a specific column and returns the value of the cell that's next to it. Example:
Derp <---I type the word "Derp" here
1246.53 <--this returns the value next to "Derp" that found in the cells below
Names Values
X 173
ZN 5345
Q 76578
Derp 1246.53 <---returns this
AyyLmao 0.5
I already tried using Find and Match but they return some other values so I'm not sure what to do.
Assuming these values are in cells A1:B6, you can do: VLOOKUP("Derp", A2:B6, 2, FALSE).
A better habit would be to place the item you are lookup up, in this example, "Derp" in a different cell, say, D1. This would allow you replace the formula with VLOOKUP(D1, A2:B6, 2, FALSE) and allow you to type any name/value in D1.
Even better, you can make your formula more readable and dynamic by using Named Ranges. That is, name A2:B6 lookup_tbl and name D1 item_to_lookup and you replace the formula with VLOOKUP(item_to_lookup, lookup_tbl, 2, FALSE).