I need to find or get password from below Excel data based on combination of Fname and Lname. I tried to use Index Match with multiple criteria but it seems to be not working. I need this formula in VBA only, not Excel formulas.
Screenshot below refers.
If you don't have Office 365, then enter formula in first cell (here, D3) and press 'ctrl', 'shift', 'enter'. Otherwise simply enter and press enter (spill effect will take care of rest).
Caveat/disclaimer: FName + SName is relatively 'weak' lookup - given two individuals can have same first and last name, or the 'database' containing all pw's may include names with initials, spelling inconsistency, Title (Mr/Mrs). The solution proposed here does 'light weight' format adjustment (using 'Proper'), if you are convinced/satisfied re: both lists containing consistent formatting, you can drop this component of the equation (i.e. remove Proper and assoc. brackets as req.).
Function
=IFERROR(INDEX($K$3:$K$8,MATCH(PROPER(B3:B8&C3:C8),PROPER(I3:I8&J3:J8),0)),"NOT FOUND!")
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Linked sheet here for your convenience.
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I have inherited a massive spreadsheet with many sheets, and many formulas that have a lot of absolute references.
These sheets need to be combined into one, is there an easy way to identify absolute references quickly with VBA?
I was thinking of some conditional formatting for cells that contain "$" but that doesn't work.
Alternatively I figured a script could run through each cell and evaluate it's absolute contents, if it identifies a "$" it then formats the cell and moves on to the next.
Thanks for your time :)
You can easily do this with conditional formatting:
Mark all your data
Select "conditional formatting", "New rule"
Select "Use a formula to determine which cells to format"
Enter the formula =FIND("$",FORMULATEXT(A1))>0 (assuming that the first cell you selected is [A1]. FORMULATEXT will look for the text of the formula of a cell and FIND will search for a $ within that formula.
Do not forget to set the formatting, e.g. a fill color
A simple solution for even basic users:
Ctrl+F (search),
enter search parameter "$" (in this case),
Ensure the drop boxes have selected:
Within: Sheet
Search: By Rows
Look in: Formulas
Uncheck the "Match entire cell contents" checkbox,
click "Find all"
In the list that appears within the search window,
select all of the entries, it will select the entire search group.
Apply formatting to the selection to highlight these cells.
Hi I have an excel sheet, that has a column called as Company name
in another sheet there is there are couple of look ups.. i need to look up those and highlight them in different colors based on the look up list.
for example, in the above scenario, i need Company A Highligted in oone color and company C in another.
If highlighting is challgeng, i dont mind even having a seperate coloumn next to it that says, if it is a partner or competitor.
i tried the below formula under conditional formatting .. but doesnt work for different colours... it colors everything the same
=NOT(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B1,'Lookup List'!$A$2:$D$200,1,FALSE)))
Please try selecting Company Name column and HOME > Styles - Conditional Formatting, New Rule..., Use a formula to determine which cells to format and Format values where this formula is true::
=COUNTIF('Lookup List'!$A:$A,B1)
Format..., select colour Fill (highlight) of your choice, OK, OK.
Then repeat with:
=COUNTIF('Lookup List'!$B:$B,B1)
with a different fill.
If every entry is one colour or the other then one CF rule is sufficient, with the other colour applied as standard fill.
So, I have a custom function that concatenate different cells and put a comma between words.
For example, say I have "ABCD" "BC" then, this function will
output ABCD, BC. Now the problem is that the text will overflow in a cell and overlap with the cell next to that. In order to solve this problem,
I am thinking of just replacing the concatenated word with "Multiple" if more than 3 words are combined. Is there anyway to do this in a cell?
You can do this with conditional formatting AND keep the original underlying string as a raw value for other purposes.
Select the cells with the formula and create a conditional formatting rule based on a formula. =LEN(C2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(C2, ",", ""))>1
Click Format and go to the Numbers tab. Choose Custom from the list down the left side and supply the following for the Type: ;;;[color13]_((\multipl\e) I've opted to also make the font dark blue (colorindex # 13) and indent from the left.
Click OK to accept the formatting and then OK again to create the new rule.
As you can see in the sample image above, the underlying raw value remains (shown in the formula bar) but (multiple) is displayed.
More on custom number formatting codes at Number format codes
I wish to create a dynamic Print_Area in Excel 2010 which will consist of two cell ranges.
For example the first cell range is A1:J50 and the second range is A100:J150. These should print out on two pages, ignoring the cells that come in between these two ranges.
The four cells shown in the above example ranges should be dynamic, and not hard coded as simple Print_Area ranges. Therefore in my worksheet I used cells AA1, AB1, AC1 and AD1 to store values "A1", "J50", "A100" and "J150" respectively.
(The cells AA1, AB1, AC1 and AD1 actually use formulas to determine what cell address will be used, but for this question lets just assume the values are set as above).
I then used the Name Manager and entered the following formula under Print_Area:
=INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$1):INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AB$1);INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AC$1):INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AD$1)
The result of this formula is exactly what I need, and it actually works the first time I print the ranges. However once I did that, Excel automatically substitutes the formula with the actual cell range that was calculated. So when I check the Print_Area in the Name Manager after printing once, it contains something like:
=Sheet1!$A$1:$J$50,Sheet1!$A$100:$J$150
Is there a way to prevent the Print_Area from converting my formula to calculated values, and instead using the formula every time I print? I would like to not use macros if at all possible (if not, I'll try macros too)
I tested this and it seemed to work.
Create a new name called Test and set its value to (Note that I used a comma rather than the semicolon you had. I have US language set)
=INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$1):INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$2),INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$3):INDIRECT(Sheet1!$AA$4)
Set your Print_Area name to
=TEST
Good luck!
EDIT
The above works for me, but it appears unnecessary. I just tried to replicate the problem, and was unable. When I have the Print_Area set to the formula with INDIRECT it does not replace after printing.
See this linked file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pgm0iv19u6igdm5/Book1.xlsx
I have a spreadsheet where the user inputs various details on an inputs page and then presses a calculate button to get what they want. The inputs are strings, numbers and dates.
I want to save the inputs for each calculation for the user so that at a later date they could enter the calc id and not have to renter the inputs.
One simple way I thought of doing this was to copy the inputs when the calculation is run to another sheet with the inputs in a column with the calc id. Then just save future inputs in a separate column and lookup the correct column to retrieve the inputs at a later date.
I read this question - What are the benefits of using Classes in VBA? and thought it would be good to make a class called CalculationInputs that had all the details stored in one object. This may be overkill for what I need but i wanted to ask how other people would solve this simple task.
You can use Names to define variables within the scope of a workbook or worksheet. Typically these are used to define ranges, and more specifically dynamic ranges, but they can also be used to store static/constant values.
To create a Name manually, from the Formula ribbon, Names Manager:
Click on the "New" button, and then give it a meaningful name:
Make sure you put ="" in the "Refers To" field, if you leave it blank, the name will not be created.
Then when you press OK, or any time you go to the Names manager, you will see a list of all available Names in the workbook.
You can edit these through the Names manager, which is probably tedious, or you can easily use VBA and inputs to control them, for example:
Sub Test()
ActiveWorkbook.Names("MyAddress").RefersTo = "734 Evergreen Terrace"
End Sub
You could do something like this to capture the value, our use other macros or user firm code to assign the value to the Name.
Activeworkbook.Names("MyAddress").RefersTo = _
Application.Inputbox("please enter your address")
Etc.
If you run this, and then review the Names manager, you'll see the value has been updated:
In VBE, you can refer to the name like:
Debug.Print ActiveWorkbook.Names("MyAddress").Value '# Prints in the immediate pane
Range("A1") = ActiveWorkbook.Names("MyAddress").Value
These can also be accessed (read) from the worksheet, like: