I have a spreadsheet where the first column contains the text "user_#" in each row.
I need to replace the "#" in each row and rep[lace it with the row number such that
user_1
user_2
user_3
'
'
'
user_n
Is there a simple function that I can plug into the first row and then copy and drag so that each row will be filled in correctly?
you could simply have the text "user 1" in the first row and drag down then column. You need to choose the fill type to "fill series" in the "Auto Fill Options" box which appears when you drag down the column
Use this, where B3 is a cell on the same row as the one where you're putting this formula.
=CONCATENATE("USER_",ROW(B3))
Also, you can ="USER_"&ROW(B3) as an alternative. If you need a special format, like integer, you can make sure you get what you want by using this ="USER_"&TEXT(ROW(B3),"#"). Of course, this might be too much if you are using ROW(). I just added it in in case you wanted to reference a non-integer value.
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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)
on the below Schedule image I am trying to create a Drop Down List in the "Gland (A)" Column. Rather than just creating a list of all available "Glands" I want that list to be filtered based on the data within "CORES / PAIRS", "SIZE mm" and "CABLE TYPE". For this example we will use a "3c 16 BS5467, XLPE/SWA/PVC".
Schedule
To determine the filter for the list, the "ID Ø (mm)" and "OD Ø (mm)" for the select cable need to be taken in to consideration, see Cables image below. As you can see for the example we are using the cable has an "ID" of 15.5 and "OD" of 20.35.
Cables
Finally seen below in the Glands image, the "ID" from above needs to be within the "INNER MIN/MAX" and the "OD" needs to be within the "OUTER MIN/MAX".
Glands
So back to the first image in the "GLAND (A)" columns for row 4 the drop down list should be filtered and only show concatenated values:
151/RAC/B/M25
501/453/UNIV/B/M25
ICG/653/UNIV/B/M25
In two separate formulas I managed to VLOOKUP just the "OD" based on the cable types:
=VLOOKUP(B4&C4&E4,'Cables'!A$2:H$169,8,FALSE)
Then based on the retrieved value LOOKUP the "GLAND SIZE" from within the "OUTER MIN/MAX":
=LOOKUP(2,1/((F4>='Glands'!E$3:E$9 + 1)*(F4<='Glands'!F$3:F$9 - 1)),'Glands'!B$3:B$9)
The problem is I don't know how to include checking the "ID" as well, also to retrieve concatenated cells ("GLAND TYPE" and "GLAND SIZE") and then for them to be a Data Validation Drop Down List.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Ok, this is going to be hard to explain. I'll do my best. Maybe if we wrap this up in a dedicated sheet we won't make mistakes.
PHASE 1: create a new sheet.
Create a new sheet and name it "Calculations". We will put most of the stuff here. First of all we type "Selected row in Schedule" in the cell A1.
PHASE 2: determine what cable number is selected.
Since we have multiple entry of cable in the Schedule sheet, we will need multiple list of possible glades. Creating a dedicated list for each lane or costraining the user freedom would be unpractical. Therefore we need to know what row the user is selecting in the Schedule sheet. We have to use VBA. Right-click on the Schedule sheet name tag and click on "View code". Copy-paste this code in the window that has appeared:
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
'Filling the cell A2 in the sheet Calculation with the row number of the selected _
cell in the scheet Schedule.
Sheets("Calculations").Range("A2").Value = ActiveCell.Row
'Preventing multiple selection in the F column of the sheet Schedule.
If Not Application.Intersect(Target, Range("F:F")) Is Nothing Then
Target.Resize(1, 1).Select
End If
End Sub
This code will report in the cell A2 of the sheet Calculation the row number actually selected in the sheet Schedule. Everytime the selection is changed, the value changes. It also prevent the selection of multiple rows of the F column in Schedule sheet (the column where Glades dropdown list will be placed). You can test the code by changing the selection in the Schedule sheet and looking at the result in Calculations sheet.
PHASE 3: determine what type of cable is selected and its ID/OD.
In the Calculation sheet, type "Selected cable" in range B1. In range B2 type this formula:
=INDEX(Schedule!$A:$F,Calculations!$A$2,2)&INDEX(Schedule!$A:$F,Calculations!$A$2,3)&INDEX(Schedule!$A:$F,Calculations!$A$2,5)
This formula reconstruct the name we will search in the LOOKUP column of the Cables sheet. It's a series of INDEX functions, nothing really complicated.
Now that we know what to look for, we can extract its ID/OD. Type "ID" in the cell C1 and "OD" in cell D1. In cell C2 type this formula:
=VLOOKUP($B$2,Cables!$A:$H,7,FALSE)
In cell D2 type this formula:
=VLOOKUP($B$2,Cables!$A:$H,8,FALSE)
These formulas will search the cables' list in the Cables sheet and extract the ID/OD of the given one.
PHASE 4: create the filtered list.
Your glands' list has its first gland in the third row. So just to make it easier to crosscheck the data, we will place our formulas accordingly. In sheet Calculations type "List stage 1" in cell E2. In cell E3 type this formula:
=IF(AND(C$2>=Glands!C3,C$2<=Glands!D3,D$2>=Glands!E3,D$2<=Glands!F3),ROW(),"")
Drag it all the way down until it will be cover the same number of rows of the glands' list in the Gland sheet. This formula will "highlight" in what rows are the glands we are looking for (if there are any). At this point the list is very long, unsorted and presumably has a lot of blank cells. We need to sort it. In cell F2 type "List stage 2". In cell F3 type this formula:
=IF.ERROR(SMALL(E:E,ROW()-ROW(F$2)),"")
Drag this one down just like the previous one. Now we have a compact list of numbers. We need to translate them into glade's names. In cell G2 type "Filtered gland list". In cell G3 type this formula:
=IF.ERRORE(INDEX(Glands!A:B,F3,1)&"/"&INDEX(Glands!A:B,F3,2),"")
Drag it down again like previously did. We have our list.
PHASE 5: name the list.
We need to create a dynamic reference to the list to cut out all the blank cells. Define a new name calling it Gland_Filtered_List referred to this formula:
=INDIRECT("Calculations!$G$3:G" & ROWS(Calculations!$G$3:$G$1048576) -COUNT.BLANK(Calculations!$G$3:$G$1048576)+2)
PHASE 6: insert data validation.
In the Schedule sheet, create a data validation for the glands column using the list mode and Gland_Filtered_List as origin.
That should do the trick. Right now i have to hurry for work, so i can't check the explanation. Everything should be in order. Try this and ask any question. I'll answer later.
I am working in Excel. I am trying to come up with a formula that is linked to a drop down menu of choices. I have attached an image below that shows a 'Status' column and 'Double Handling' column. My end goal is when you click a status option the corresponding price gets autofilled in the double handling column.
For example Status :Price
Unchecked :$400,
Checked :$600,
Laydown :$200,
in SWO :$200,
Progress :$200,
Paint :$200,
Laydown :$200,
Site :$200,
If you have your Drop Down options on another tab (a Lookup Sheet), then you can put the Price next to them, and use a VLOOKUP
=VLOOKUP(A1,LookupSheet!$A:$B, 2, FALSE)
This also lets you use a Named Range in your Drop-Downs, so that you just have to add or remove items to the Lookup Sheet, and it will automatically update all of your options. The Named Range would need to contain a Function that used INDEX to set the range, like this:
=LookupSheet!$A$1:INDEX(LookupSheet!$A:$A, MAX(COUNTA(LookupSheet!$A:$A), 1))
(If your Lookup Sheet includes a Header Row, then you will probably want to change $A$1 to $A$2, and that final , 1)) to , 2)) instead)
If you don't want to use a Lookup Sheet, you can include the Lookup Table in the function as an array:
=VLOOKUP(A1, {"Unchecked",400;"Checked",600;"Laydown",200;"in SWO",200;"Progress",200;"Paint",200;"Laydown",200;"Site",200}, 2, FALSE)
The whole array goes inside braces (curly brackets, {}), values on the same Row are separated with Commas ({Input,Output}), and Rows are separated with Semicolons ({Input1,Output1;Input2,Output2})
Though it may seem a bit lenghty, if for whatever reason you want to change up amount, I believe you could nicely implement CHOOSE here:
=CHOOSE(MATCH(A1,{"Unchecked Drawing","Checked Drawing","in SWO","Progress Assign LamSar Shop","Progress Assign Subcontractor","Paint","Laydown","Site"},0),400,600,200,200,200,200,200,200)
Range A1 in my formula refers to the cell with the drop-down. Also, when empty, there will be an error (since MATCH cannot find a match). You could counter that with wrapping the formula in an IFERROR(.....,"").
I have two columns in an excel worksheet. I want to filter where the two columns are different. Any advice?
or even more simply put this in the third column
=A1=B1
You could add a calculated column like =A2=B2 and filter for FALSE on that column.
Here's an alternative that only requires formatting the differences...
1) Select the two columns you want to compare and press [Ctrl+\] (or goto special|row differences). If you want to remove the column heading from the selection press [Ctrl+Shift+\] (or goto special|column differences). See example below
2) Format the selected cells with a font color then right-click the selected cell and choose Filter > Filter by selected cell's font color:
Put this in a third column
=if(A1=B1,1,0)
filter where that thridcolumn=0
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.