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:
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I have two sheets of data in excel. I want to combine cells to bring the second cell value. Here is an example:
when I enter combining columns name and list must get value form V1 and V2.like this:
I don't have the time to type your data, so this is a rare case of a non-tested formula and may need some tweaking.
For the V1 result: (top screenshot starts in Sheet1 column A, bottom screenshot in Sheet2, column A). This formula goes into cell B2 in Sheet 2:
=Index( Sheet1!$E$2:$E$100, MATCH(Sheet2!a2,INDEX(Sheet1!$A$1:$A$100&" | "&Sheet1!$D$1:$D$100,0),0))
Adjust the first index range from column E to F for the V2 result in C2.
Copy down.
Don't use that approach with whole columns. It will be slow. Use ranges with defined rows.
Of course, if the codes in Sheet1 column A are unique, you don't need to combine them with the value in column D and can look up only the first three characters, like this for V1 (use 6 for V2)
=vlookup(Left(Sheet2!A2,3),Sheet1!$A:$F,5,0)
The excel data looks like below:
Column A: Name
Column B: Role
Column C: Activity
Column D: Comments
Now in Columns A to C the entries are same and in Column D it is always different. Its like a timesheet of an employee.
So instead of filling Columns A to C the same, I want to put a formula such that when another entry in Column D is made, then Columns A to C are auto populated from the above filled data.
Please help.
You can create two tables using Format as Table:
If I understand you question right, you want to auto populate 2 different cells if a 3rd one is not empty.
Column A: Name
Column B: Role
Column C: Activity
Column D: Comments
Now in Columns A to C the entries are same and in Column D it is always different. Its like a timesheet of an employee.
Now in cells A to C add the following formula
=IF(NOT(ISBLANK(D1)),”Whatever you want in the cell”, “”)
What the function does is it looks if D1 cell is empty (you can also add ranges) and if it’s not; it adds “Whatever you want in the cell” to the cell holding the function; if cell D is empty, it leaves the holding cell empty
Alternatively, you can change the string to expression that fills your cell correctly
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))
I have value in A1 and another value in B1. I want to use a vlookup which checks if there is any value equal to A1 in Column A. And if These values match then B1 gets the value of the matching row of A.
As an example if A1 has a value Student and A6 has value Student. Then B1 should get the value of B6.
=VLOOKUP(
I know we use sth like this but i dont know how to fill the condition. Does anyone have any Suggestion?
=ADDRESS(MATCH(A1,C:C,0),3) where 3 is column C, you could use column(C1) here
What you are asking for cannot be done with a VLOOKUP. This is because if you are looking up a string in column A and using a reference from column A you will always return that string in column B, even if there is only one instance of that string. Unless that string did not exist in column A in the first place and then you would get an "#N/A".
The best way to solve your problem is to run a COUNTIF formula in column B, this will tell you how many instances of that string are found in column A.
Enter this into column B, and extend down:
=COUNTIF(A:A,A2)
Add a filter to column B, and filter out any 1's to give you a complete list of all your duplicates in column A.
The above formula assumes that you have headings in A1 & B1, and your data begins A2.
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.