I have a table in Excel. In each row, I want to highlight the columns that correspond to the maximum value in that row.
For example, if I have this table:
0 1 2 3
4 5 3 5
8 9 3 4
I want to highlight 3 in row 1, 5 in row 2 and 9 in row 3.
How can I do that automatically?
THANKS!
In Excel 2008, you can use Conditional Formatting in the Styles section of the Home Tab. Choose "Highlight Cells Rule", then "More Rules...". That opens the "New Formating Rule" dialog. Choose "Format only top or bottom ranked values". Then choose Format values that rank in the "Top" 1 and leave the % of selected range box UNchecked. Then click the Format button to pick the format that you want.
If you want to be able to do this fully automatically, what you can do is record a macro that does the actions described above and use that to repeat for all rows of your table.
I think you could do this with conditional formatting, and you wouldn't require code. Just create a formula that looks to see if the cell value is equal to MAX(range_name) and highlight the cell in whatever way you choose.
This is somewhat roundabout, but works for me. Add an extra column (E) somewhere, so you end up with this for data:
A B C D E
1 0 1 2 3 =MAXA(A1:D1)
2 4 5 3 5 =MAXA(A2:D2)
3 8 9 3 4 =MAXA(A3:D3)
Then in a cell, add a conditional format:
For A1: =IF(A1 = $E$1, 1, 0)
Use the format painter to copy this to the other cells in the row. Then copy to the column, modify each column so the $E$1 reference is corrected, and copy to those rose as well
Ugly, but gets the job done. Probably a quicker way to do it with VBA.
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I want to write numbers in excel starting from 000001 till 999999
I have done like this =TEXT(A2,"000001") but i am not been able to generate series even though not able to separate this in different attributes
Further I want to distribute each number in each different cell for example like this
A B C D E F G
000001 0 0 0 0 0 1
000002 0 0 0 0 0 2
till
999999 9 9 9 9 9 9
Use following formuls to B1 cell and drag then right and down as needed.
=MID($A1,COLUMNS($A$1:A$1),1)
See the screenshot.
Here is a better way:
In cell A1, type 1.
Select A1 and from Home tab, choose Fill > Series (top-right).
Choose Columns; Linear; set Step Value to 1 and Stop Value to 999999 or whatever you want. Click OK.
Use AutoFill feature to fill up to the number you want.
Right-click column A header and choose Format Cells.
Choose Custom formatting and type 000000 in the custom format type textbox.
Click OK. Your cells will now show 000001, 000002, ... and so on.
In cell B1, type the following formula:
=INT(MOD($A1/(POWER(10, 7- COLUMN())), 10))
Copy B1 to columns C1 through G1.
Copy range B1:G1 to all subsequent rows B2:G999999 or whatever.
Notes
One advantage of this approach is that column A is numeric, not text, so you can enter any 6-digit (or less) integer in it directly from keyboard and the cells will update themselves correctly.
Column A will adjust number of leading zeros automatically for 6-digits or smaller numbers.
The formula simply divides the number in column A by 10, 100, 1000 and so on and then takes remainder by 10, to get the corresponding digit at that decimal place.
You can easily modify this formula to work with larger or smaller numbers. You simply need to replace 7 by (maximum number of digits in your number + 1).
Might be a bit easier with a VBA macro. Right-click the sheet tab, select View Code, paste the below code, and Run (F5)
Sub fill()
[a1:a999999] = "=text(row(), ""000000"")"
[b1:g999999] = "=mid($a1, column()-1, 1)"
End Sub
(Write this formula in Column A and extend it down to row 999999)
generating the series:
=RIGHT(10^6, 6-LEN(ROW(A1)))&ROW(A1)
Write this formula in Column B and extend it to Column G, then
extend the range of B1:G1 to B999999:G999999
Distributing digits
=MID($A1,COLUMN(A1),1)
I have a data like this in excel:
1 1
1 2
2 2
3 2
And I want the result to be displayed like this:
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
Its like a ascending sorting. If the number in columnA <= columnB, it will be display first, at the same time, columnB will have a empty cell or blank value.
I have looked for this for a while but no one has the problem like this.
I would prefer a formula rather than VBA code.
Please advise, thanks!
Edit: I hope this explanation will be easier to understand
Data (A1:B2) - Result (C1:D4). Each number in Data (A1:B2) is a result of complicated formula so I cannot change its position
A B C D
1 1 2 1
2 3 4 2
3 3
4 4
Honestly, if you want to avoid VBA, here's a manual process that would give you the results you want:
Color each column (ie. Column A Red and Column B Blue)
Place values of column B under column A
Sort & Filter by Sort Smallest to Largest
Copy the contents of column A to column B
Last for Column A Find and Replace all* with format Blue then do the same for column B only with format Red. (See below for more info on how to do that).
Following those steps isn't the most conventional, but it will give you the results you wanted without VBA.
*Find and Replace based on font color:
1. Press Ctrl-H
2. Click Options
3. Click Format > Font > then select your font color > OK
4. With the Find What blank with the font color and the Replace With blank click Replace All.
Say,I have 2 tables...Tables are related...
1 3 5 7
8 8 9 10
11 12 13 14
&
2 3 5 5
1 1 1 1
3 4 4 4
I have highlighted top 5 values in first table using conditional formatting rules.Now I want to highlight cells in the second table based on first table...Assume 11 12 13 14 7 10 are highlighted in first table....I want to highlight cells in second table occupied same position as of in highlighted cells in first table..i.e. 3 4 4 4 5 1 should be highlighted...How can I do that
Use Excel functions RANK and/or COUNTIF to calculate a sequential ranking list column for the first table. The expression is explained here.
For the second table, you can then use conditional formatting based on the computed rank.
Might just be an elaboration of #Axel's answer and I agree the details of the question do not make sense but the position of a selection of top (or bottom) ranked cells in one array (say A1:D3) can be used to determine whether or not to format a cell in the corresponding position of another array (say H5:K7):
Select from H5 to K7, then HOME > Styles - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format and Format values where this formula is true::
=RANK(A1,$A$1:$D$3,)<6
Format..., select formatting, OK, OK.
Change the 6 to suit how many cells are to be formatted which for <6 could be more than five if the value ranked fifth is duplicated.
I need to find changed values in dataSet.
So I have 2 sheets with, in general, same data.
I have two columns: docID(which is unique key) and rev(which is not unique).
I need to find(highlight/display only/...) those rows, where for same docID from first sheet rev is different in the second sheet.
UPDATE 1
Sheet 1:
docID rev
1 5
2 6
3 1
Sheet 2:
docID rev
1 6
2 6
3 1
Only the first row makes an interest to me, as others did not changed.
UPDATE 2
simple if statement which should give some understanding what I need. In general this is done on similar test data set, so cells are incorrect.
=IF(NOT(AND($B6=Sheet1!$B6;$C6=Sheet1!$C6));1;0)
So values are NOT equal.
You can do this with a custom formula in Conditional Highlighting:
Select the top cell in the column docID column, then select the whole column (in the example, I assume that this is column A and you select A1 and the rev is in column B, same structure in both sheets. Adjust as to your needs)
Goto home->Conditional Formatting->New rules->Use formula to determine which cells to format and enter the following formula:
=VLOKUP(A1,Sheet1!$A:$B,2,0)<>B1
Click on format and select the format you need.
Done!
I have a Spreadsheet, and inside this sheet contains a column with numbers, I want to make a formula that will go down that Column and do basically this.. Values: 1 will be 9.50. 2 will be 9.75. 3 will be 10.00. Ect going up to Value of 100? Is that possible for a Formula? I keep playing with it but can't really seem to get it down. Any help would be appreciated.
Column A: 1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
There is not a set amount to how many values are in there.
this should do it supposing that column A has these values 1, 2 ...etc that your computing will be based on
=MIN(9.25+A1*0.25;100)*COUNT(A1)
In A2, enter the formula
=A1 + (9.5-A1)
then in the cell just below it (A3), enter
=A2+0.25
Assuming A1 is the top left. Copy the formula in A3, select the next 399 cells and paste. Then select A2 - A364 and copy. Then select B2 -xx364 and paste. xx is the last column with data. If you want, set the height of your first column to 0 to hide it.
=(A1-1)*0.25+9.5 where A1 contains any number you want