Excel - Looping through data till it finds the right one - excel

I'm pulling data from one Excel table into another using an IF statement. I want it to check two fields and if it is a match I want it to print something and if it doesn't then I want it to continue searching. If there is no absolute match then leave the field blank.
I believe I'm running into an syntax issue but after numerous iterations I can't get it to pull everything over. Here is my current syntax.
=IF(BM5<>"External","",IF(AND(S5=VLOOKUP(A5,ExternalOnly,5,FALSE),A5=VLOOKUP(A5,ExternalOnly,1,FALSE)),S5,"")

Add an additional ')' at the end of the formula and see if this works.
i.e.
try this
=IF(BM5<>"External","",IF(AND(S5=VLOOKUP(A5,ExternalOnly,5,FALSE),A5=VLOOKUP(A5,ExternalOnly,1,FALSE)),S5,""))

I use this:
INDEX($E$1:$E$7,MATCH(A7,$D$1:$D$7,0))
Here is a sample table to illustrate. the formula is in the cells of column B (B7 in this case). How it works is the match finds the corresponding entry in the target list ($D$1:$D$7) for our selected value (A7). It returns the index from that list and the INDEX() function lets us select a different column from the matched row to return.
A B C D E
------ --- --- ------ ---
011597 99 012062 3
012062 3 012142 8
012136 3 011597 99
012142 8 012136 3
014157 2 014157 2
011582 87 011582 87
011707 101 011707 101

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how to vlookup if prefix found in the list?

HI.
how can i come up with return value of "company name" (column H) at Column B IF any of the "PrefiX" (Column G) found at "con no" (Column A).
Sample of outcome needed as in column B.
Sample:
620011113 = DD
CN1234 = BB
thanks
=INDEX($H:$H,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW($G$1:$G$7)/(--(FIND($G$1:$G$7,$A2)=1)*--(LEN($G$1:$G$7)>0)),1),1)
Breaking this down, the INDEX retrieves the Nth item from Column H (Company name). To find the value of N, we are using the AGGREGATE function
AGGREGATE is a weird function - it lets us use things like MAX or LARGE or SUM while ignoring any error values. In this case, we will be using it for SMALL (first argument, 15), while Ignoring Error Values (second argument, 6). We will want the very smallest value, so the fourth argument will be 1. (If we wanted the second smallest, it would be 2, and so on)
=INDEX($H:$H,AGGREGATE(15,6, <SOMETHING> ,1),1)
So, all we need now is a list of values to compare! To make things slightly simpler, I'll break that bit of the code out for you here:
ROW($G$1:$G$7) / (--(FIND($G$1:$G$7,$A2)=1) * --(LEN($G$1:$G$7)>0))
There are 3 parts to this. The first, ROW($G$1:$G$7)is the actual value we want to retrieve - these will be the Row Numbers for each Prefix that matches your value. On its own, however, it will be all the row numbers. Since we are skipping errors, we want any Rows that don't match the prefix to throw an error. The easiest way to do this is to Divide by Zero
At the start of --(FIND($G$1:$G$7,$A2)=1) and --(LEN($G$1:$G$7)>0) we have a double-negative. This is a quick way to convert True and False to 1 and 0. Only when both tests are True will we not divide by 0, as this table shows:
A | B | A*B
1 | 1 | 1
1 | 0 | 0
0 | 1 | 0
0 | 0 | 0
Starting with the second test first (it's easier), we have LEN($G$1:$G$7)>0 - basically "don't look at blank cells".
The other test (FIND($G$1:$G$7,$A2)=1) will search for the Prefix in the Con No, and return where it is found (or a #VALUE! error if it isn't). We then check "is this at position 1" - in other words, "Is this at the start of the Con No, rather than in the middle". We don't want to say Con No CNQ6060 is part of Company AA instead of Company BB by mistake!
So, if the Prefix is at the Start of the Con No, AND it isn't Blank (because there is an infinite amount of Nothing Before, After, and Between every number and letter), then we get it added to our list of Rows. We then take the smallest row (i.e. closest to the top - change AGGREGATE(15 to AGGREGATE(14 if you want the closest to the bottom!), and use that to get the Company Name
You could try the below formal:
=VLOOKUP(IF(LEFT(A3,1)="6",LEFT(A3,4),IF(LEFT(A3,1)="C",LEFT(A3,2),IF(LEFT(A3,1)="E",LEFT(A3,7)))),$G$3:$H$7,2,0)
Have in mind that you have to use ' before the cell value of column A & G in order to convert cell value into text get the correct out comes using VLOOKUP
Result:

Rearrange excel table cells - reordering

I don't know excel very well and I am trying to take something like this (with a lot of entries):
Field ......Value ....... ID
A .......... blabla1 .......1
B ...........blabla2 .......1
C ...........blabla3 .......1
D ...........blabla4 .......1
A ...........blabla5 .......2
B ...........blabla6 .......2
C ...........blabla7 .......2
D ...........blabla8 .......2
and turn into something more readable like this:
ID -----A -------------B ---------------- C ---------------- D
1 ------blabla1 -----blabla2 -------- blabla3 --------blabla4
2 ------blabla5----- blabla6 -------- blabla7-------- blabla8
Does anyone know a good way to do that? Thank you
(sorry about the bad formatting)
The exact delimiter beween each word is key if text not already split in separate cells..
Assuming there are numerous words in place of '.....', with each word separated by a single space (different delimiter would be required if the blablas represented sentences comprising one / more spaces), then you could achieve the desired table representation as follows
(several function in this soln requires Office 365 compatible version of Excel,
the lookup in step 3 does not require Office 365, but may mean IDs and Fields need to be manually entered or VB could be deployed):
Starting position (after removing bank rows):
Field Value ID
A blabla1 1
B blabla2 1
C blabla3 1
D blabla4 1
A blabla5 2
B blabla6 2
C blabla7 2
D blabla8 2
1) Split cells according to delimiter (skip this step if not relevant)
=TRANSPOSE(FILTERXML("<x><y>"&SUBSTITUTE(F3," ","</y><y>")&"</y></x>","//y"))
(replace the " " inside the substitute function with a different delimiter if required/desired)
2) Obtain unique IDs (rows) and Fields (columns)
=UNIQUE(K4:K11)
=TRANSPOSE(UNIQUE(I4:I11))
3) Index lookup for table content
=INDEX(J4:J11,MATCH(M4#&N3#,K4:K11&I4:I11,0),0)

how to conditionally match in excel

I've got two data sets: Data-A and Data-B.
Data-A
A B C D Start_Date End_Date
N C P 1 23-05-2015 27-05-2015
N C K 1 30-05-2015 07-06-2015
N C Ke 1 09-06-2015 28-06-2015
N C Ch 1 14-07-2015 25-07-2015
N C Th 1 29-06-2015 13-07-2015
N C Po 2 23-05-2015 27-05-2015
N C Kan 2 30-05-2015 08-06-2015
Data-B
X D Date A B C
444 1 09-07-2015
455 1 20-07-2015
1542 1 28-06-2015
2321 1 21-07-2015
2744 1 01-07-2015
7455 2 25-05-2015
12454 2 02-06-2015
18568 2 24-05-2015
28329 2 03-06-2015
28661 2 31-05-2015
Values is data-Bare missing and I need to fill them using conditional index matching/vlookup such that column D(Data-B) is matched along with Date(Data-B) such that Start Date<= Date <=End Date.
Desired Output:
X D Date A B C
444 1 09-07-2015 N C Th
455 1 20-07-2015 N C Ch
1542 1 28-06-2015 N C Ke
2321 1 21-07-2015 N C Ch
2744 1 01-07-2015 N C Th
7455 2 25-05-2015 N C Po
12454 2 02-06-2015 N C Kan
18568 2 24-05-2015 N C Po
28329 2 03-06-2015 N C Kan
28661 2 31-05-2015 N C Kan
Proof of Concept
In order to achieve the above I used the AGGREGATE function. It is a normal formula that performs array like calculations. The following formula will return the results from the first row that matches your criteria.
=INDEX(A$2:A$8,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW($D$2:$D$8)/(($J2=$D$2:$D$8)*($E$2:$E$8<=$K2)*($K2<=$F$2:$F$8)),1)-1)
This assumed your table Data-A Started in A1 and included 1 row as a header row. The formula can be place in the first cell under A in Data-B and copied down and to the right as needed.
UPDATE Formula explained
The aggregate function performs array calculations within its brackets for certain sub function. There are about 19 different subfunctions. Subfunction 14 and 15 are both array calculations. This is a nice feature since it does array like calculations while being a regular formula.
Since I wanted the first row that met your criteria, I opted to use the small function or subfunction 15 for the first argument. Basically I am telling the aggregate function to generate a list and sort it in ascending order.
The second argument has a value of 6 which tell the aggregate to ignore any results from the array that generate errors. This will come in very handy if we can make results we do not want turn in to errors.
Now we are getting into the array portion of the formula. You can take this next part of the equation and highlight the appropriate rows in a neighbouring column and enter it as a CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER (CSE) formula. As long as you do this in the top cell the array formula will propagate to the remainder of the selected cells and show you the results of the array. Also check the formula bar to see if { } appeared around your formula. You cannot add the { } manually.
{=ROW($D$2:$D$8)/(($J2=$D$2:$D$8)*($E$2:$E$8<=$K2)*($K2<=$F$2:$F$8))}
What this will do is determine the current row and then will divide it by the results of our conditions. You can also try each of the following conditions in a separate column as CSE formulas in the same manner described above to see their results.
($J2=$D$2:$D$8)
($E$2:$E$8<=$K2)
($K2<=$F$2:$F$8)
These on their own will provide you with either TRUE or FALSE as it checks each row. Now the interesting thing is, and this applies to excel formulas, when you perform a math operation on a Boolean, it will treat 0 as false and anything other number as TRUE. It will actually convert TRUE to 1. You will also note that each of the logic checks was separated by *. In this case * is acting like an AND operator as only when all results are true will you get an answer of 1. (+ will act like an OR operator)
Now if you remember from earlier 6 said to ignore all errors. So any row that does not meet our logic check will result in a division by 0 since not all logic checks results in TRUE or 1. All the checks that wound up false wind up getting ignored. So now after doing that, a list of only row numbers that met our criteria is left inside the aggregates array.
After the logic check there is a ,1 for the next argument. In this case we are telling the aggregate to return the 1st number in the list which is the first row number that met our criteria. If we wanted the third number, this would be ,3 instead.
So aggregate is returning the first row number of the results we want. When this is paired with an INDEX function, when can use the result to tell us what row of the INDEX function to look in. In this case we said we wanted to look in the index A$2:A$8. The aggregate function is telling us how many rows to go down in the index. If the index had start in row 1 we would not have to do anything. But since there is a header row, we need to adjust the results from the aggregate function by subtracting 1 for the head row (in reality you need to subtract the row number above the start of your data). This is why you see the -1 after the aggregate function.
Now if you pay attention to the lock on the range you will notice I did not lock the A in A$2:A$8. I did this so that I could copy the formula to the right and the column A address would update as I did. This only works because you were keeping the columns in the same order. If the order has changed I would have changed the index from a 1D array to a 2D array and used a MATCH function to line up the column headers.

Destination, prefix lookup via Phone number - Excel

I have two tables.
Table one contains: phone number list
Table Two contains: prefix and destination list
I want look up prefix and destination for phone number.
Given below Row data table and result table
Table 01 ( Phone Number List)
Phone Number
------------
12426454407
12865456546
12846546564
14415332165
14426546545
16496564654
16896546564
16413216564
Table 02 (Prefix and Destination List)
PREFIX |COUNTRY
-------+---------------------
1 |Canada_USA_Fixed
1242 |Bahamas
1246 |Barbados
1268 |Antigua
1284 |Tortola
1340 |Virgin Islands - US
1345 |Cayman Island
144153 |Bermuda-Mobile
1473 |Grenada
1649 |Turks and Caicos
1664 |Montserrat
Table 03 (Result)
Phone Number | PREFIX | COUNTRY
--------------+--------+-------------------
12426454407 | 1242 | Bahamas
12865456546 | 1 | Canada_USA_Fixed
12846546564 | 1284 | Tortola
14415332165 | 144153 | Bermuda-Mobile
14426546545 | 1 | Canada_USA_Fixed
16496564654 | 1649 | Turks and Caicos
16896546564 | 1 | Canada_USA_Fixed
16643216564 | 1664 | Montserrat
Lets assume phone numbers are in column A, now in column B you need to extract the prefix. Something like this:
=LEFT(A1, 4)
However your Canada_USA_Fixed creates problems as does the Antigua mobile. I'll let you solve this issue yourself. Start with IF statements.
Now that you have extracted the prefix you can easily use VLOOKUP() to get the country.
Assuming that the longest prefix is 6 digits long you, can add 6 columns (B:G) next to the column with the phone numbers in table 1 (I assume this is column A). In column B you'd show the first 6 characters using =LEFT(A2,6), in the next column you show 5 chars, etc.
Then you add another 6 columns (H:M) , each doing a =MATCH(B2,Table2!A:A,0) to see if this prefix is in the list of prefixes.
Now if any of the 6 potential prefixes match, you'll get the row number of the prefix - else you'll get an #N/A error. Put the following formula in column N: {=INDEX(H2:M2,MATCH(FALSE,ISERROR(H2:M2),0))} - enter the formula as an array formula, i.e. instead of pressing Enter after entering it, press Ctrl-Shift-Enter - you'll see these {} around the formula then, so don't enter those manually!.
Column N now contains the row of the matching prefix or #N/A if no prefix matches. Therefore, put =IF(ISNA(N2,'No matching prefix',INDEX(Table2!B:B,N2)) in the next column and you'll be done.
You could also the above approach with less columns but more complex formulas but I wouldn't recommend it.
I'm also doing longest prefix matches and, like everyone else that Google has turned up, it's also for international phone number prefixes!
My solution is working for my table of 200 prefixes (including world zone 1, ie. having 1 for US/Canada and 1242 for Bahamas, etc).
Firstly you need this array formula (which I'm going to call "X" in the following but you'll want to type out in full)
(LEFT(ValueToFind,LEN(PrefixArray))=PrefixArray)*LEN(PrefixArray)
This uses the trick of multiplying a logical value with an integer so the result is zero if there's no match. You use this find the maximum value in one cell (which I'm calling "MaxValue").
{=MAX(X)}
If MaxValue is more than zero (and therefore some sort of match was found), you can then find the position of the maximum value in your prefix array.
{=MATCH(MaxValue,X,0)}
I've not worried about duplicates here - you can check for them in your PrefixArray separately.
Notes for neophytes:
PrefixArray should be an absolute reference, either stated with lots of $ or as a "named range".
I'm assuming you'll make ValueToFind, MaxValue and the resultant index into PrefixArray as cells on the same row, and therefore have a $ against their column letter but not their row number. This allows easy pasting for lots of rows of ValueToFind.
Array formula are indicated by curly braces, but are entered by typing the text without the curly braces and then hitting Ctrl-Shift-Enter.

Return a row number that matches multiple criteria in vbs excel

I need to be able to search my whole table for a row that matches multiple criteria. We use a program that outputs data in the form of a .csv file. It has rows that separate sets of data, each of these headers don't have any columns that are unique in of them self but if i searched the table for multiple values i should be able to pinpoint each header row. I know i can use Application.WorksheetFunction.Match to return a row on a single criteria but i need to search on two three or four criteria.
In pseudo-code it would be something like this:
Return row number were column A = bill & column B = Woods & column C = some other data
We need to work with arrays:
There are 2 kinds of arrays:
numeric {1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1}
boolean {TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}
to convert between them we can use:
MATCH function
MATCH(1,{1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1},0) -> will result {TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}
simple multiplication
{TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE}*{TRUE,FALSE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE} -> will result {1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1}
you can can check an array in the match function, entering it like in the picture below, be warned that MATCH function WILL TREAT AN ARRAY AS AN "OR" FUNCTION (one match will result in true
ie:
MATCH(1,{1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1},0)=TRUE
, YOU MUST CTR+SHIFT+ENTER !!! FOR IT TO GIVE AN ARRAY BACK!!!
in the example below i show that i want to sum the hours of all the employees except the admin per case
we have 2 options, the long simple way, the complicated fast way:
long simple way
D2=SUMPRODUCT(C2:C9,(A2=A2:A9)*("admin"<>B2:B9)) <<- SUMPRODUCT makes a multiplication
basically A1={2,3,11,3,2,4,5,6}*{0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0} (IT MUST BE A NUMERIC ARRAY TO THE RIGHT IN SUMPRODUCT!!!)
ie: A1=2*0+3*1+11*1+3*0+2*0+4*0+5*0+6*0
this causes a problem because if you drag the cell to autocomplete the rest of the cells, it will edit the lower and higher values of
ie: D9=SUMPRODUCT(C9:C16,(A9=A9:A16)*("admin"<>B9:B16)), which is out of bounds
same as the above if you have a table and want to view the results in a diferent order
the fast complicated way
D3=SUMPRODUCT(INDIRECT("c2:c9"),(A3=INDIRECT("a2:a9"))*("admin"<>INDIRECT("b2:b9")))
it's the same, except that INDIRECT was used on the cells that we want not be modified when autocompleting or table reorderings
be warned that INDIRECT sometimes give VOLATILE ERROR,i recommend not using it on a single cell or using it only once in an array
f* c* i cant post pictures :(
table is:
case emplyee hours totalHoursPerCaseWithoutAdmin
1 admin 2 14
1 him 3 14
1 her 11 14
2 him 3 5
2 her 2 5
3 you 4 10
3 admin 5 10
3 her 6 10
and for the functions to check the arrays, open the insert function button (it looks like and fx) then doubleclick MATCH and then if you enter inside the Lookup_array a value like
A2=A2:A9 for our example it will give {TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE} that is because only the first 3 lines are from case=1
Something like this?
Assuming that you data in in A1:C20
I am looking for "Bill" in A, "Woods" in B and "some other data" in C
Change as applicable
=IF(INDEX(A1:A20,MATCH("Bill",A1:A20,0),1)="Bill",IF(INDEX(B1:B20,MATCH("Woods",B1:B20,0),1)="Woods",IF(INDEX(C1:C20,MATCH("some other data",C1:C20,0),1)="some other data",MATCH("Bill",A1:A20,0),"Not Found")))
SNAPSHOT
I would use this array* formula (for three criteria):
=MATCH(1,((Range1=Criterion1)*(Range2=Criterion2)*(Range3=Criterion3)),0)
*commit with Ctrl+Shift+Enter

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