I have 2 validation lists, both have numbers & texts amongst them (but none of the lists have alpha-numeric symbols). They are on another sheet called "Source".
I'm using the statement of:
=INDEX(Sources!$A$3:$A$32,MATCH(LEFT(Sources!$A$3:$A$32,3)&"*",Sources!$B$3:$B$42,0)).
But I keep getting #N/A. Can anyone help?
You will not be able to lookup a range within another range using MATCH formula. In your formula you are using match to lookup A3:A32 within B3:B42. Ideally the match formula can lookup only 1 value in B3:B42 and not the complete range of values.
Your formula should be,
=INDEX(Sources!$A$3:$A$32,MATCH(LEFT(Sources!$A$3,3)&"*",Sources!$B$3:$B$42,0))
If you want to drag formula varying the A3 to A32 , use the below,
=INDEX(Sources!$A$3:$A$32,MATCH(LEFT(Sources!A3,3)&"*",Sources!$B$3:$B$42,0))
This type of lookup with range within a range works only on array formulas. Your formula seems much of array formula. After pasting the formula in formula bar, press ctrl + shift + enter . This will make your formula as an array formula. If you do not want to use that as an array formula, try my formulas with just enter
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I am trying to write a formula in a Range of cells based on other range cells values from another worksheet. The formula is shown below:
ActiveSheet.Range("G14:G43").Formula = "=Worksheets("1ºperíodo").Range("V14:V43").Value"
But the code doesn't work and I get a syntax error. That must be related with the strings but I don't know how to fix it.
The value at V14 must be equal to the value at G14 until the last cell, i.e., the value at G14 equals the value at V43. Besides the syntax error is the formula correct based on what I expect to have?
"=Worksheets("1ºperíodo").Range("V14:V43").Value"
is not a formula. It is a value.
If you only want the static values then just assign the values:
ActiveSheet.Range("G14:G43").Value = Worksheets("1ºperíodo").Range("V14:V43").Value
If you want a live formula you need to pull vba from the string and use the .Address function:
ActiveSheet.Range("G14:G43").Formula = "=" & Worksheets("1ºperíodo").Range("V14").Address(0,0,,1)
But the above can be simplified to:
ActiveSheet.Range("G14:G43").Formula = "='1ºperíodo'!V14"
With the formula, we only need to refer to the first cell with a relative reference and vba will make the changes to each row.
I'm trying to apply a formula through VBA for a particular range. This is the code in my VBA editor:
Sheets("WBR45").Range("AE105").Formula = "=PERCENTILE.INC(TP!$A$3:$A$30:$B$3:$B$30:$C$3:$C$30:$E$3:$E$30,50%)*24"
And the below formula gets updated in the destination cell when this is run:
=PERCENTILE.INC(TP!$A$3:$A$30:$B$3:$B$30:$C$3:$C$30:$E$3:$E$30,50%)*24
But I get an error in the destination cell as #VALUE!.
And when I click on "Show Calculation steps", only this part of the formula is underlined :
TP!$A$3:$A$30:$B$3:$B$30
I have no idea what is wrong with this simple formula. Can someone please take a look
Honestly I have no clue about what you're doing with this, but this may fix it:
"=PERCENTILE.INC(TP!$A$3:$A$30:TP!$B$3:$B$30:TP!$C$3:$C$30:TP!$E$3:$E$30,50%)*24"
You appear to have three errors in your formula:
You are using : to separate ranges instead of ,
You are not specifying which sheet the second, third and fourth ranges refer to, therefore it is defaulting to the sheet on which the formula occurs (i.e. sheet "WBR45")
Multiple ranges will need to be enclosed within brackets (...) in order to be passed as a single range.
If you are trying to have your function operate on the range A3:C30 together with the range E3:E30 (i.e. A3:E30 but ignoring column D), with those ranges being on the "TP" worksheet, I believe that you need to change your formula to
Sheets("WBR45").Range("AE105").Formula = "=PERCENTILE.INC((TP!$A$3:$A$30,TP!$B$3:$B$30,TP!$C$3:$C$30,TP!$E$3:$E$30),50%)*24"
or, slightly simplified
Sheets("WBR45").Range("AE105").Formula = "=PERCENTILE.INC((TP!$A$3:$C$30,TP!$E$3:$E$30),50%)*24"
I'm using the INDIRECT() function to dynamically refer to worksheets. It seems to me that the function requires a known cell address as input of the formula in quotation marks. However, since I don't know the cell address in advance, I would like to input a cell address that is an output of another formula (e.g., VLOOKUP() or INDEX(MATCH()) ). Is there a way to do this?
Yes, you can compose the string required by INDIRECT() by concatenating formulas that return values that look like a cell address or parts of a cell address.
For example, if your Vlookup or your Index/Match formula returns "A1", then you can use that like
=Indirect(Vlookup(this,there,2,false))
Or, if one formula returns "A" and the other formula returns "1", then combine the output of the two formulas with the & sign.
=Indirect(Vlookup(columnLookup,Table,2,false)&Vlookup(RowLookup,Table,2,false))
I am looking for a VBA script that will help me find certain keywords in a cell and if found highlight the entire row. Below are my requirements:
I have a database of words eg hell, get out, shut up, don't you dare etc. I need a macro to search the data in column "E" of excel and in case any of the cell in column "E" contains any word listed in the database (irrespective of the case of the word upper or lower)the entire row is highlighted. The word can be in the beginning, middle or end of the cell and the macro should be able to find that word and highlight the column.
Seeking help from all VBA masters for this.
You can do this with conditional formatting, instead of VBA.
Conditional formatting works by applying a 'second formula' to a given cell. If the 'second formula' results in TRUE, then special formatting conditions can be applied.
EXAMPLE CONDITIONAL FORMATTING
For example, if you have a single column of Data, A:A, and you want to check if that column has the exact string "hello world", you could add a conditional format [Home ribbon, Styles section, Conditional Formatting] that turns a cell yellow with this formula:
=$A1="hello world"
This will only result in TRUE if the cell in column A at that row equals exactly "hello world" [note that Column A has an absolute-reference $, and row 1 does not, so row 1 is relative to the position of the cell in the condiitonal format rule].
To check to see if any row in column A includes hellow world, we need to add a SEARCH function, which checks to see if a small search string is inside of a larger string:
=SEARCH("hello world",$A1)>0
Because SEARCH by default returns the first character in a larger string that matches the search term (and if it finds nothing, it returns #N/A), we check to see if our search for "hello world" in column A returns a number.
SEARCHING MULTIPLE COLUMNS
Now, to see if ANY column, say from A-D, includes "hello world", we concatenate each value of each column so that it gives us a single string, which we can search through for "hello world", like so:
=SEARCH("hello world",$A1&$B1&$C1&$D1)>0
This will first create a single string, equal to A1 & B1 & C1 & D1 all in a row. Then it will search that newly created string to see if "hello world" is inside it, and return a number value if it is.
ARRAY FORMULA BASICS
Finally, we need to do the tricky part - searching for multiple terms instead of just "hello world". This is called an Array Formula. An array formula works by performing a single operation on multiple cells, and then returning multiple results in an Array. In an Excel sheet, an array formula must be confirmed with CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER (instead of just ENTER), but in conditional formatting, you actually don't need to do anything special - it will recognize an array formula without a special command.
As an example of conditional formatting, see this example, which checks whether any value from A1:A5 = 10, and if it does, it gives us the value in B1:B5:
=IF(A1:A5=10,B1:B5,"")
Remember in Excel on a worksheet, this would be confirmed by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER. If you do test this, it will give you the following result, assuming A2 = 10 and A5 = 10:
={"";B2;"";"";B5}
This result would actually be hidden, because Excel can't "collapse" an array function on its own. So assume column B had values, and we actually want to sum them together. We would then wrap the Array formula in a SUM function:
=SUM(IF(A1:A5=10,B1:B5,""))
As you can see if you test this, we have actually created our own SUMIF function, using Array formulas instead of the built-in SUMIF.
SEARCHING FOR MULTIPLE TERMS WITH ARRAY FORMULAS
So now we apply these principles to the conditional formatting, to create an array formula which will check our concatenated 'NEW STRING' for any number of provided terms, as follow [Assumes the search terms are typed into cells E1:E10]:
=SUM(SEARCH($E$1:$E$10,$A1&$B1&$C1&$D1)>0)
This formula can be placed as a conditional formatting rule which reaches all of A:D. Set the rule to highlight / change format in whatever way you like.
I am using an excel spreadsheet formula to add two cells together and I want to have it reference one row from left to right like it normally does, but I need it to reference the same row in another page in reverse, and then be able to drag the formula through the entire worksheet. I cannot seem to find anything like this when I look online. TLDR I need to know how to tell excel reference the cell to the left if I drag it to the right.
so I need to add A0 in page one and A9 in page two then when I copy the formula to the left I need it to grab A1 and A8, is there a way to get this?
Your question is not very clear; for example, you talk about a formula but have an Excel-VBA tag. However, I think I understand the effect you seek.
I have filled A1:I1 of the current sheet and A1:I1 of worksheet “Sheet3” with numbers.
I have typed the following formula into another cell within the current worksheet:
=A1+INDEX(Sheet3!$A$1:$I$1,,10-COLUMN(A1))
The target area for the INDEX function is Sheet3!$A$1:$I$1. This is a one row range so I do not need a row number. The column number is 10-COLUMN(A1) which is 9 so this formula is equivalent to:
=A1+Sheet3!I9
If I copy the formula one cell to the right I get:
=B1+INDEX(Sheet3!$A$1:$I$1,,10-COLUMN(B1))
This is the equivalent of:
=B1+Sheet3!H9
You can continue copying the formula to the right until you get:
=I1+INDEX(Sheet3!$A$1:$I$1,,10-COLUMN(I1))
Attempting to copy further gives an error because 10-COLUMN(J1) is zero and there is no column 0.
There are other methods of achieving this effect. The key feature of any such method is the expression N-X where N is a constant and X gets bigger as the formula is copied further to the right.