I have a need to place an excel formula in Column-D. I am trying my best explain the need since I am not sure about how to explain this need.
The formula should search the Column-C value in the Column-A. When a match is found the corresponding Column B value should be placed in D.
Here is an axample of how the result should be.
Column-A Column-B Column-C Column-D
A 2 C =Formula should fill 9 over here.
B 5 A =Formula should fill 2 here.
C 9
D 12
VLookup should do what you need. Try
=VLOOKUP(C1, A$1:B$4, 2)
EDIT: Thinking about it, you'll want $ signs around your lookup array as it won't change when you copy the formula down.
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I used index and match to identify the values of the table and matched it. However I am facing trouble when I try to get b and c, a is matched correctly
A. B C D.
1 a b c
2 fruit1 a
3 fruit0
4 fruit3
5 fruit5 a
E F
1 fruit1 a
2 fruit0 c
3 fruit3 b
4 fruit5 a
My formula is
=Iferror(if(index(($f$1:$f$4), match($A2,$e$1:$e$4,0),match(b$2,$f$1:$f$4,0)) = b$2,index(($f$1:$f$4), match($A2,$e$1:$e$4,0),match(b$2,$f$1:$f$4,0)), ""),"")
If your data table is in E1:F4, and you are trying to look up the fruit names that appear in column A starting at A2, and place the correct letter next to them in column B, then there's no need for the IF and the sequences of MATCHes.
All you need is this, pasted into cell B2 and copied down, is this:
=IFERROR(INDEX($F$1:$F$4,(MATCH(A2,$E$1:$E$4,0))),"")
An easier approach to this is just:
=VLOOKUP(A2,$E$1:$F$4,2,FALSE)
or to be safer:
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A2,$E$1:$F$4,2,FALSE),"")
And if you have access to O365 Excel and the newer XLOOKUP function, you can use the following examples. XLOOKUP incorporates the "not found" result so you don't have to do a separate IFERROR. Do do it on a cell-by-cell basis as you had before, put this in B2 and copy it down:
=XLOOKUP(A2,$E$1:$E$4,$F$1:$F$4,"",0)
If you want to go one step further, you can apply the XLOOKUP as an array or "spill" formula, you change the lookup_value to be the A1:A4 and it does the rest. Place this in B2 and it will fill B2 through B5:
=XLOOKUP(A2:A5,$E$1:$E$4,$F$1:$F$4,"",0)
I need to automatically obtain a sorted column of values from another given column values, like in the sample:
I have I need A unchanged, and also B obtained from A
A A B
-----------------
1 1 0
0 0 0
3 3 1
8 8 3
0 0 8
I mean if the values from A changes, the B should change accordignly...
Is that possible in MS Excel?
Here a sandbox and sample:
http://1drv.ms/1SkqMhS
If you put The formula =SMALL(A:A,ROW()) in B1 and copy down then the cells in B will be linked to the cells in A in such a way that the numbers in B will be the numbers in A in sorted order. This won't be efficient for larger ranges but will work fine for small to medium size ranges.
If you want the numbers to start in a lower row, say B2 because you have a header in B1, adjust ROW() to something like ROW()-1.
A word of warning: Use of ROW() can make a spreadsheet somewhat fragile in that formulas that involve it can change their meaning if rows are inserted or deleted or the block containing the formula is moved to somewhere else. Rather than using ROW(), there is something to be said for adding a helper column which numbers the data in A (which would then be in e.g. B) and referring to these numbers rather than small. For example, in:
If I put the formula
=SMALL($B$2:$B$5,A2)
In C1 and copy down, it works as intended. In response to a question you raised in the comments, I added still another column which gives an index where the corresponding value occurs. To do this I wrote in D2 (then copied) the formula
=MATCH(C2,$B$2:$B$5,0)
Of course. Highlight your range and in the Data tab, click "Sort", then you can choose how you want to sort your data:
If column B has information that is to be used with Column A (like next to A1 is "Car"), and you want to sort the whole table, based on Column A, then just select Columns A and B, then sort by column A.
Found the answer, thanks to John Coleman !
Just some minor details like cell value fixing (with $, like A$2)and the -1+ROW adjustment for the 1 header row!
Assume I have the following table:
A B C
1 Week 1 Week 2
2 Melissa 114.7 82.8
3 Mike 105.5 122.5
4 Andrew 102.3 87.5
5 Rich 105.3 65.2
The names are in column A, the Week values are in Row 1. (So A1 is blank, B1 = Week 1, and A2 = Melissa.)
I'm trying to build a formula that looks at all the values in a known range (in this example, B2:C5), chooses the highest value of the bunch (here, 122.5) and returns the name of the person from Column A that got that value. If I use this formula, it works for the values in range B2:B5:
=INDEX(A2:A5,MATCH(MAX(B2:B5),B2:B5,0))
That returns Melissa but if I expand the range to include more than just column B's values, I get an #N/A returned:
=INDEX(A2:A5,MATCH(MAX(B2:C5),B2:C5,0))
The weird part (to my simple brain) is that the MATCH portion of the formula works fine, if I just put in this formula, it returns the highest value of 122.5 from C3:
=MAX(B2:C5,B2:C5,0)
So clearly something it going wrong when I'm using either the MATCH or INDEX commands.
Hopefully this makes sense and someone can point out my error?
Try this:
=INDEX(A:A,MAX((B2:C5=MAX(B2:C5))*ROW(B2:C5)))
This is an array formula and must be confirmed with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
Note: Match can only search one vector at a time. It can be one row or one column or one array. It cannot be two or more rows or columns or a 2D array.
Do it "twice"? Please try:
=INDEX(A2:A5,IFERROR(MATCH(MAX(B2:C5),B2:B5,0),MATCH(MAX(B2:C5),C2:C5,0)))
If you are going to have up to 52/53 weeks to cope with I'd suggest instead inserting a helper column with the MAX for each row. Make that an new (inserted) ColumnA (say =MAX(C2:BC2) etc.) and a simple VLOOKUP should serve, say:
=VLOOKUP(MAX(A:A),A:B,2,0)
I have a data looks like this:
a b c
1 3 4
2 3 3
4 1 2
2 4 2
In another worksheet, I want to do the following calculation:
whenever A1 returns a (header of data worksheet), count number of items that are smaller and equal to 2 in column "a". (result will be 2)
if A1 returns b, count number of items that are smaller and equal to 2 in column "b". (result will be 1).
A1 has already been preset with formula such that it will show a or b or c as conditions changed.
I need the formula to be lean... I actually have 6 headers, so if I keep on using if functions, I will probably have to set 6 if functions in one cell...that can be overwhelming. index match cannot provide a range to work on...Any suggestion? thanks
I don't know vba. If you could provide a workable vba code, i don't mind. but i don't know how to read it...>.< please provide user manual for that. lol, thank you~
If your data is found on Sheet1 and the a is found on column a, b is found on column b etc. enter this formula on then next sheet on b1 when a1 is the column value:
=COUNTIF(INDIRECT("Sheet1!"&a1&":"&a1),"<=2")
The Indirect is for adding text to your reference.
If your data sheet is Sheet1, you could try the array formula:-
=SUM((Sheet1!A1:C1=$A$1)*(Sheet1!A2:C5<=2))
Must be entered with CtrlShiftEnter
(actually there are 3 items less than or equal to 2 in column A)
Or you can use the SUMPRODUCT version if you prefer not to use an array formula:-
=SUMPRODUCT((Sheet1!A1:C1=$A$1)*(Sheet1!A2:C5<=2))
Or you can use this INDEX/MATCH method which is probably more efficient:-
=COUNTIF(INDEX(Sheet1!A2:C5,,MATCH(A1,Sheet1!A1:C1,0)),"<="&2)
I need a formula, that looks for a number an entry in column A, then checks for yes or no (Y/N) in column B, and provides me with the answer from column C, the reason I require it is because whoever uses this sheet won't actually have access to the information (security reasons) so it will be in a hidden tab and this formula will be on a seperate sheet.
A B C
row 1 13 Y 10
row 2 15 Y 11
row 3 15 N 12
row 4 17 Y 13
So in the above example, i want to be able to look for 15 and N, and it provide me with 12
Im sure it's fairly straight forward for you guys but I'm getting nowhere, please let me know if you need any further information and I hope my formatting is okay!
This is just a case of a two column match. There are a few ways of performing this lookup; I prefer this standard formula method.
The formula in G2 is,
=IFERROR(INDEX(C$2:C$999, SMALL(INDEX(ROW($1:$998)+((A$2:A$999<>E$2)+(B$2:B$999<>F$2))*1E+99, , ), ROW(1:1))), "")
I've made that a bit more complicated than you requested. If you fill the formula down, you will receive successive matches (as per the modified data in the image above).