I have three columns of data (columns A, B, and C).
Column A contains a number
Column B contains a name
Column C contains a URL
In cell E1, I have a drop down list that references the cells in column A.
I need a function that generates a hyperlink based on the number picked from the drop down menu using the cells that are adjacent in columns B and C. In otherwords, if E1 = any cell in column A, then create a hyperlink with the adjacent cells in columns B and C... more generally:
=IF(E1=[Any cell in column A],HYPERLINK([same row column C],[same row column B],"")
Is it possible to create a dynamic formula that will do this? I have found similar questions, but none that ask precisely this, and I cannot seem to piece together my searches to come up with a solution.
thanks to any who help.
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I hope you looking for like this
formula:
=HYPERLINK(VLOOKUP(E1;A1:C5;3;0);VLOOKUP(E1;A1:C5;3;0))
I believe (if i'm mentally imagining your spreadsheet right) that you'd be better off using the VLookup function to retrieve the URL. If i'm wrong and it's reversed, the HLookup function may be what you need. They're similar, just depending on the pivot of whether you're aiming for a value in a row (Vlookup) or Column (Hlookup).
This article does a pretty good job of explaining HLookup:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/VLOOKUP-function-0bbc8083-26fe-4963-8ab8-93a18ad188a1
You can then use the lookup value for the HYPERLINK function to set the display text and the URL.
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I have got an Excel spreadsheet. This spreadsheet has just one tab in it. The Tab name is dynamic in nature and changes every week also the number of rows.
I have column A filtered already with a VBA macro. A1 has the header.
Now, I wanna find how many rows are there in this already filtered column A.
I am looking for any VBA function.
I have tried using Subtotal function.
=Subtotal(103,A2:A1345)
But I don't know the end range. As of now the end range is A1345. It will change every time in future if the new rows are added.
I tried multiple things but those did not work. I am quite new to VBA.
If A1 will never be blank, you could use (in a column other than A)
=Subtotal(103,A:A)-1.
Or, if there will be data below your table not to be counted, then format your table as a Table and use structured references (and this formula could go into column A)
=SUBTOTAL(103,Table1[column_header])
You can put the formula in column A if you use another column's last populated cell as the demarcation point.
If column B contains numbers then,
=subtotal(103, a2:index(a:a, match(1e99, b:b)))
If column B contains text then,
=subtotal(103, a2:index(a:a, match("zzz", b:b)))
I am fairly new here, so if this go against the rules please tell me.
I have an issue that seems pretty simple but I wanted to check to make sure. I have been trying to see if I could create a new row by combining every variable from one column with another, like so:
Column 1 Column 2 Combined
A 1 A1
B 2 A2
3 A3
B1
B2
B3
But instead of typing the combinations manually, I wanted the combined column make this combination without user input and to update automatically whenever column 1 or 2 has a row added or removed. I have been trying to figure out if there is some way to use the concatenate function in excel or the & sign but neither methods seems to work. I was thinking trying to code this in visual basics.
The main question: is this possible to do in excel? If so which function(s) could I use?
This assumes your data has one header row (row 1), Column 1 is column 'A' and Column 2 is Column 'B'. Place the formula below in an empty cell and copy down as far as your data permits.
=INDEX(A:A,INT((ROW(A2)+1)/(COUNTA(B:B)-1))+1)&INDEX(B:B,MOD(ROW(A2)-2,3)+1+1)
now if you want to add a little flag to let you know you have more row than you need for your data you could add the following:
=IF(ROW(A2)-1>(COUNTA(A:A)-1)*(COUNTA(B:B)-1),"Data Exceeded",INDEX(A:A,INT((ROW(A2)+1)/(COUNTA(B:B)-1))+1)&INDEX(B:B,MOD(ROW(A2)-2,3)+1+1))
According to: https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/3097-excel-list-all-possible-combinations.html
You can use this formula:
=IF(ROW()-ROW(**$D$1**)+1>COUNTA(**$A$1:$A$4**)*COUNTA(**$B$1:$B$3**),"",INDEX(**$A$1:$A$4**,INT((ROW()-ROW(**$D$1**))/COUNTA(**$B$1:$B$3**)+1))&INDEX(**$B$1:$B$3**,MOD(ROW()-ROW($D$1),COUNTA(**$B$1:$B$3**))+1))
In the above formula, $A$1:$A$4, are the first column values, and
$B$1:$B$3 are the second list values which you want to list all their
possible combinations, the $D$1 is the cell that you put the formula,
you can change the cell references to your need.
In your case, you should use:
=IF(ROW()-ROW($C$2)+1>COUNTA($A$2:$A$3)*COUNTA($B$2:$B$4),"",INDEX($A$2:$A$3,INT((ROW()-ROW($C$2))/COUNTA($B$2:$B$4)+1))&INDEX($B$2:$B$4,MOD(ROW()-ROW($C$2),COUNTA($B$2:$B$4))+1))
so I have ABCDE columns and I want to see rows of the cells that are not empty in the C as well as D column. how do I do this? I know I can have one column do that but that way it would exclude the information in the other column.
Let me know if this doesnt make sense. I'll try to explain with an example
I am a little confused by your question as to whether you are trying to use Conditional Formatting or to create a filter.
If you are trying to use Conditional Formatting:
It sounds like you are trying to highlight a row if there is not a blank cell in column C and not a blank cell in column D of that row.
Create a Conditional Formatting rule with the following:
Apply to Range A1:E1000 <-- (or however many rows of data you have)
Format cells if... SELECT "Custom formula is"
=or(NOT(isblank($C1)),NOT(isblank($D1)))
Formatting style Pick a color to highlight the row
This rule will highlight columns A-E for each row that has data in both column C and column D.
I would like to Index a columns info, run a vlookup of a particular text(s) and then perform an if error to ignore things not like the "lookup value". I have data in column V called "Biscuits" amongst other items of different names. "Biscuits" has to be replaced with a different name. But the name change will not be the same for each occurrence. I would like to maintain the original column V's data and Index that particular columns values into another column. Once I have created a "copy" of the original data named column AV, I then need to run a vlookup on column AV. I have a column AW that has manual information of different names inputted in this column. In the "Indexed" Column AV I would like to run vlookup on "Biscuits" ONLY, skipping other entries and replace "Biscuits" with the contents of column AW (all entries in Column AW for name changes are on the same lines as "Biscuits"
Example
Original Column, Indexed Column, Manual input column and final result
=INDEX(V2, ,)-this is the formula I wrote to Index column V, thus creating column AV
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP("Biscuits",V2:AW2,28,FALSE),"")-This is a formula I wrote to look for "Biscuits" and replace it with the contents of column AW
Please help on this.
Thank you!
According to OP It worked!, the formula being:
=IF(AW2="",V2,AW2)
Ie return the contents of V2 if AW2 is empty and the contents of AW2 otherwise. This can be copied down to apply to other rows, with references adjusting automatically. Neither the 'index column' nor any of INDEX, IFERROR or VLOOKUP were required.
I have a table in Excel 2013 that has has thousands of records of food items (Beef-frozen, beef-chilled, beef-brisket, beef-ribs, chicken-fillet, chicken-whole, fish-skinned, fish-whole, yogurt, lettuce-imported, lettuce-frozen, tomato-fresh,tomato, water, milk,...etc) stored in column A. Notice the value may contain other content than the food item name.
I created column B next to column A. I want column B to hold the category of the food item in column A. For example, if A1 has in it "Beef" or "Chicken" or "Fish" then B1 should equal "Meat". If A1 has in it "Tomato" or "Lettuce" or "Onion" then B1 should equal "Vegetable".
What is the best way to achieve it?
Assuming you have column headers, enter this formula in cell B2:
=REPT("Meat",MAX(IFERROR(MATCH({"*beef*","*chicken*","*fish*"},A2,),))) & REPT("Vegetable",MAX(IFERROR(MATCH({"*tomato*","*lettuce*","*onion*"},A2,),)))
This is an array formula and must be confirmed with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
Now copy B2 and select B3 down as far as you need and paste.
Note: please look closely at the big gap in the middle of the formula. You'll see that this is really two separate formulas concatenated together with an ampersand. You can easily extend this formula in the same way by adding another phrase similar to the first two for a new category. In fact, you could add many more categories in this fashion.
Set up a two column table. Name it, for example FoodTable. Have the first column Named Word (for keyword) and the second column Type, for the type of product. Something like this:
Then, with your data in column A, enter the following formula in B1 and fill down:
=LOOKUP(2,1/ISNUMBER(FIND(FoodTable[Word],A1)),FoodTable[Type])
Results: