I'm trying to do the following: if it finds a letter "A" in the 3rd column, sum all the values of the 2nd column (that are in the same line as the "A"), but, between the headers is a single range.
I've tried using arrays and other type of functions, but I'm not getting anywhere..
The tricky part is that the sum must restart when it finds a new header.
There are no gaps between headers.
Thanks everyone!
PS. Actually, there aren't any 'blocks' without an "A", like the one you can see below the 2nd header. I've already filtered and deleted those.
You could try entering this in cell D2 and fill down:
=IF(LEN(C3)<>1,SUMIF($C$2:C2,"A",$B$2:B2)-SUM($D$1:D1),"")
... but if you have many rows it would be preferable to fill simple SUMIF formulas using code. One way to do this is to press Alt+F11 to access the VB code window, then enter in the immediate window this line and press enter:
[E1:E13]=[IF(LEN(OFFSET(C1:C13,1,0))<>1,"=SUMIF(C"&LOOKUP(ROW(C1:C13),ROW(C1:C13)/(C1:C13="H3"))+1&":C"&ROW(C1:C13)&",""A"",B"&LOOKUP(ROW(C1:C13),ROW(C1:C13)/(C1:C13="H3"))+1&":B"&ROW(C1:C13)&")","")]
This enters these three formulas in the cells shown and leaves the remaining cells blank.
E4 =SUMIF(C2:C4,"A",B2:B4)
E9 =SUMIF(C6:C9,"A",B6:B9)
E13 =SUMIF(C11:C13,"A",B11:B13)
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I've created a sequence of dates for a dynamic calender.
This works fine.
But now I want to implement a condition, using 'IF' statement, where the step of the sequence is changed based on the value in the cells in column D (starting in cell D8).
If the cell in column D contains "Y" then the step in the sequence for that specific cell must be 8 in stead of 7.
The idea is that the sequence generates a list of all Mondays of a specific year (defined in B6), but when the Monday is a holiday, the return value must be a Thuesday.
The problem is that the reference for the column (D8) doesn't change and stays on the first cell reference. It should change to D9 for the next sequence value, D10 for the 3rd sequence value, etc.
Dutch formula -
=REEKS(54;1;DATUM($B$6;1;1)-WEEKDAG(DATUM($B$6;1;1);2)+1;ALS(D8="Y";7;8))
English version formula -
=SEQUENCE(54,1,Date($B$6,1,1)-WEEKDAY(DATE($B$6,1,1),2)+1,IF(D8="Y",7,8))
Edit 04/01/2023
This is the first cell in the sequence
This is currently the second cell in the sequence, where reference to D8 needs to be D9
Now I understand your question (in my first answer, I thought you were copying your formula on another place).
There seems to be a difference between earlier Excel versions, where a formula could only have one single cell as a result. Now there are formulae (like =SEQUENCE(), whose answer spreads over different cells. All those cells contain one element of the formula result, which means that the formula itself does not change over the multi-cell result.
I'm not sure if I understand what you mean: I have copied your formula (the English one) in cell "E2" and this is what I get:
=SEQUENCE(54,1,DATE($B$6,1,1)-WEEKDAY(DATE($B$6,1,1),2)+1,IF(D8="Y",7,8))
In another cell ("G3"), this turns into (select cell "E2", press Ctrl+C, press cell "G3", press Ctrl+V):
=SEQUENCE(54,1,DATE($B$6,1,1)-WEEKDAY(DATE($B$6,1,1),2)+1,IF(F9="Y",7,8))
So, when I apply a formula to another cell (two columns further, one row further), the reference to "D8" turns into "F9" (two columns further, one row further).
The other reference ("$B$6) does not change. Obviously, because the dollarsigns prevent that value to be changed (this is exactly what absolute and relative cell references are about, as described here).
Unfortunately, I don't know what you mean when you say that your cell references don't change: the ones, who should, do, and the ones, who shouldn't, don't, which is correct behaviour.
Oh: when you enter your formula in an external tool (like Notepad or so), you paste your formula in a cell and you paste it again in another cell, Excel won't realise that the cell references need to be update, is this the problem you're having?
I have cells A1-A7 with A1 needing the formula. Cells A2-A7 have dropdown list options of "Y" or "N". What I'm needing is for A1 to remain blank until a "Y/N" option is chosen for cells A2-A7. Once A2-A7 have data (Y or N) I need them to be evaluated so that if there is a "N" in any cell of A2-A7, then A1 will display "N". If no "N" is input in A2-A7, then A1 will display "Y"
The formula I'm currently using in cell A1 is:
=IF(COUNTBLANK(M3:M7)>0,"",(IF(AND(M3="N",M4="N",M5="N",M6="N",M7="N"),"N","Y")))
This formula is keeping the A1 cell blank no matter what is input into A2-A7. Any ideas?
There's several ways to do this, but the one first coming to mind for me is to rewrite the second part of your formula.
Keep this part, to check if you have all of your cells filled out
IF(COUNTBLANK(M3:M7)>0,"",
Then, I'd use the same method for finding out if any of the cells hold the value "N"
IF(COUNTIF(M3:M7,"N")>0;"N";"Y")
This is a personal choice, but I find reading the code is easier if you use versions of the same function like this.
The whole code would then be
IF(COUNTBLANK(M3:M7)>0,"",IF(COUNTIF(M3:M7,"N")>0,"N","Y"))
PS: I saw in the comment someone suggested splitting the original formula up in different cells to figure out where it goes wrong. There's also a built-in function that allows you to calculate a formula step-by-step and see the results. It's called Evaluate Formula and can be found under the Formula section.
Suppose that we have two columns including a million rows
like this:
What is the right formula or VBA to make another arranged table like this?
For a pure Excel solution try this.
First you need to add a helper column. This just returns TRUE on a header row or FALSE otherwise. This isn't strictly necessary, but it will make the rest of the formulas a little simpler. In the sample you provided above, type this into cell C1:
=IF(A1=B1,TRUE,FALSE)
Now enter this is cell D1:
=IF(AND(C1,NOT(C2)),A2,"")
What this does is check if the current row is a header but not the next, and copies the first cell of the next row if it is, or returns a blank string if it isn't.
Each subsequent cell follows the same pattern, but it first checks if the previous cell is blank. Enter this function into cell E1:
=IF(D1="","",IF(AND(C1,NOT(C3)),A3,""))
Now you just need to copy this pattern outfor another 10 cells. Unfortunately copy-and-paste won't work as you need to increment A3 and C3 downwards, while copy-and-paste with increment them to the right. So, from E1, we get:
F1: =IF(E1="","",IF(AND(C1,NOT(C4)),A4,""))
G1: =IF(F1="","",IF(AND(C1,NOT(C5)),A5,""))
.
.
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O1: =IF(N1="","",IF(AND(C1,NOT(C13)),A13,""))
Now copy those cells to the bottom of the data set and you should get the results you're after. Here's an example:
Note the extra TRUE in cell C21 so that the last calculation terminates correctly.
However, if you really have a million rows in your data set, I would question the wisdom of using Excel at all. Depending on your circumstances and resources, you may be better off keeping the data in a text file and processing it with a proper scripting language.
Problem Solved in excelforum by JohnTopley here:
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-formulas-and-functions/1174447-interrupted-transpose.html
I'm trying to use formula to copy data from one worksheet to another where a column matches a certain value.
To be more specific, I want Working!A2:E100 to contain Data!A2:E100 but only for those rows where Data!C2:100 contains the value "Fixed".
Doing this with leaving blank rows is simple, I just create the formula:
=IF(Data!$C2="Fixed", Data!A2, "")
And copy that formula across all the cells.
But then I thought I'd get clever and have it not copy across blank lines, and entered a maze of unclear excel tutorials and vague error messages.
I've created this formula:
=INDEX(Data!A2:Data!A200, MATCH("Fixed", Data!$C$1:Data!$C$200, 0))
And entered it as an array formula using ctrl shift enter.
However all I get is the contents of Data!A2 repeated over and over in every cell of my spreadsheet.
Does anyone need to know what I need to do to make this work?
This is my attempt at a local prototype following the example in BruceWayne's answer, the results are visible:
As you can see "Row 2" just appears repeatedly in the result column. Excel doesn't seem to have an easy way to see what version it is any more but this seems to be a pretty recent one, it's got the ribbon with the file menu and all menu headings are capitalized.
Here's a formula you can use (note: enter this as an array):
=IFERROR(INDEX(A$1:A$200,SMALL(IF(C$1:C$200="Fixed",ROW(A$1:A$200)-ROW(A$1)+1),ROWS(A$1:A1))),"")
You may need to tweak the ranges, I think I got them to match yours, but again, probably need to tweak. You can then drag this down, and it'll fill in with the values from column A, skipping any blanks.
Edit: Here's a screenshot to (hopefully) help show what I did:
You can edit the ranges, naturally, to be over two sheets.
To clarify, A$1:A$200 is the range of what you want to return (the index). C$1:C$200 is the range that holds "Fixed".
I want to take the left 5 characters of each cell in column E and put them into the adjoining cell in column F:
A...B....C...D......E..................F
123.bb...cc..dd.....90210ABCE13........90210
555.bb...cc..dd.....10056Z19s..........10056
Using Left(x, 5) function, how does Excel say "do this to every cell in the specified column"?
1) Put =Left(E1,5) in F1
2) Copy F1, then select entire F column and paste.
I find, if the data is imported, you may need to use the trim command on top of it, to get your details.
=LEFT(TRIM(B2),8)
In my case, I was using it to find a IP range. 10.3.44.44 with mask 255.255.255.0, so response is: 10.3.44
Kind of handy.
Have you tried using the "auto-fill" in Excel?
If you have an entire column of items you put the formula in the first cell, make sure you get the result you desire and then you can do the copy/paste, or use auto fill which is an option that sits on the bottom right corner of the cell.
You go to that corner in the cell and once your cursor changes to a "+", you can double-click on it and it should populate all the way down to the last entry (as long as there are no populated cells, that is).