I want two write a VBA or excel formula in order to compare two columns and return to a third one.
Lets consider I have two sheets with two columns.
My first sheet(1) contains two columns like the ones below:
longname
shortname
Poduri masive 1
S1-L-CT-CFDP4-PM1
Poduri metalice 1
S1-L-CT-CFDP4-PMe1
Sheet(2) contains one column with only longname
longname
shortname
Poduri masive 1
from sheet(1)???
Poduri metalice 1
from sheet(1)???
I want to compare longname from sheet(1) with longname sheet(2) and if they are the same, write shortname in sheet(2)
Do I make sense?
I tried using vlookup in excel but it does not work. In some cases it writes shortname but not the correct one.
update:
So i have found a post by Rod (thanks) who made a sub for something similar. Bu instead of searching an compary one column it had two.
Here is the link(VBA - Compare two columns in one worksheet to two columns in another worksheet)
The code works but some cells text looks similar ( to me) but it seems it is not an exact match. Can I modify the code not to search exactly the same text, but only part of the text to be similar?
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I have some table data in which I'd like to sum all the values in a specific column of all rows where column A contains string A and/or column B contains string B. How can I achieve this?
This works for one criterium:
=SUM(FILTER(G:G,REGEXMATCH(F:F,"stringA")))
I tried this, but it didn't work:
=SUM(FILTER(G:G,OR(ISTEXT(REGEXMATCH(F:F,"stringA")),ISTEXT(REGEXMATCH(C:C,"stringB")))))
Please try:
=SUM(FILTER(G:G,REGEXMATCH(F:F,"stringA")+REGEXMATCH(C:C,"stringB")))
+ works for or logic. ISTEXT is not needed because REGEXMATCH gives true or false.
OR does not work because filter is an arrayformula, use + in array formulas.
=SUM(FILTER(G:G,REGEXMATCH(F:F&C:C,"stringA|stringB")))
OR is denoted by |
EDIT Added &C:C to denote different Columns
I've a dataset like this:
I need to join only the last three columns (the authors) and the join function is not helping me. I don't have always 3 authors: they can be 2, it can be 1.
Is there a way to join only the cells which have empty cells in the near column?
A solution a bit simpler is to use slice() to select all values on each record except the first one :
row.record.cells['Column name'].value.slice(1).join("|")
Well, I used a workaround:
first I add another column with row.record.cells.NameColumn.value.join("|")
then in the new column I eliminated the book title doing value.replace(/(^[^\|]+)\|(.+)$/, "$2")
I'm trying to fuzzy match two columns in google sheets, i've tried numerous formulas but I think it's going to come down to a script to help out.
I have a column with product ID's e.g.
E20067
and then I have another sheet with another column which has image url's relating to this product code such as
http://wholesale.test.com/product/E20067/web_images/E20067.jpg
http://wholesale.test.com/product/E20067/high_res/E20067.jpg
http://wholesale.test.com/product/E20067/high_res/E20067-2.jpg
What I'm wanting to do is "fuzzy" match both of these columns for their product ID, and then create a new column for each match. So it would have the product ID then on the same row in multiple columns each product image URL - like the image below:
Is there a way to do this in google sheets using a script or a formula?
In Google sheets there are a few powerful 'regex' formulas.
Suppose, you have ID list in column A, and URL list in column B
Then use formula:
=REGEXEXTRACT(B1,JOIN("|",$A$1:$A$3))
It will match one of ID's. Drag the formula down to see the result as in picture above.
See more info here
Old thread but, in case you find yourself here, search for my Google Sheets add-on called Flookup. It should do exactly what you want.
For this case, you can use this function:
Flookup (lookupValue, tableArray, lookupCol, indexNum, threshold, [rank], [range])
The parameter details are:
lookupValue: the value you're looking up
tableArray: the table you want to search
lookupCol: the column you want to search
indexNum: the column you want data to be returned from
threshold: the percentage similarity below which data shouldn't be returned
rank: the nth best match (i.e. if the first one isn't to your liking)
range: choose to return the percentage similarity or row number for each match
You can find out more at the official website (examples and such).
Please note that, whereas the OP appears to want the whole list of possible matches, Flookup will only return one result at a time.
Flookup can now return a list of all possible matches through its LRM mode.
Try the following. I am assuming the product codes are in Sheet1 and the URLs are in Sheet2. Both in column A:
=iferror(transpose(FILTER(Sheet2!$A$2:$A,Search("*"& A2 &"*",Sheet2!$A$2:$A))))
Copy down.
If you want to show the image instead of the url try:
=arrayformula(image(iferror(transpose(FILTER(Sheet2!$A$2:$A,Search("*"& A2 &"*",Sheet2!$A$2:$A))))))
I want to check in a powerquery new column if a string like "This is a test string" contains any of the strings list items {"dog","string","bark"}.
I already tried Text.PositionOfAny("This is a test string",{"dog","string","bark"}), but the function only accepts single-character values
Expression.Error: The value isn't a single-character string.
Any solution for this?
This is a case where you'll want to combine a few M library functions together.
You'll want to use Text.Contains many times against a list, which is a good case for List.Transform. List.AnyTrue will tell you if any string matched.
List.AnyTrue(List.Transform({"dog","string","bark"}, (substring) => Text.Contains("This is a test string", substring)))
If you wished that there was a Text.ContainsAny function, you can write it!
let
Text.ContainsAny = (string as text, list as list) as logical =>
List.AnyTrue(List.Transform(list, (substring) => Text.Contains(string, substring))),
Invoked = Text.ContainsAny("This is a test string", {"dog","string","bark"})
in
Invoked
Another simple solution is this:
List.ContainsAny(Text.SplitAny("This is a test string", " "), {"dog","string","bark"})
It transforms the text into a list because there we find a function that does what you need.
If it's a specific (static) list of matches, you'll want to add a custom column with an if then else statement in PQ. Then use a filter on that column to keep or remove the columns. AFAIK PQ doesn't support regex so Alexey's solution won't work.
If you need the lookup to be dynamic, it gets more complicated... but doable you essentially need to
have an ID column for the original row.
duplicate the query so you have two queries, then in the newly created query
split the text field into separate columns, usually by space
unpivot the newly created columns.
get the list of intended names
use list.generate method to generate a list that shows 1 if there's a match and 0 if there isn't.
sum the values of the list
if sum > 0 then mark that row as a match, usually I use the value 1 in a new column. Then you can filter the table to keep only rows with value 1 in the new column. Then group this table on ID - this is the list of ID that contain the match. Now use the merge feature to merge in the first table ensuring you keep only rows that match the IDs. That should get you to where you want to be.
Thanks for giving me the lead. In my own case I needed to ensure two items exist in a string hence I replaced formula as:
List.AllTrue(List.Transform({"/","2017"},(substring) => Text.Contains("4/6/2017 13",substring)))
it returned true perfectly.
You can use regex here with logical OR - | expression :
/dog|string|bark/.test("This is a test string") // retruns true
In one spreadsheet I have 3 columns with a first and last name of a person combined. In the 2nd spreadsheet, I have column a = first name and column b = last name.
I want to know which names in spreadsheet one cannot be found in spreadsheet two. I also need to verify the data to make sure that the formula was accurate on finding the correct lookup.
Do I have to combine my columns in spreadsheet 2 to make the first and last name in the same column to make this work?
Which formula would you use for either scenario?
Use this:
=ISNA(MATCH($A1&" "&$B1,Sheet2!$A:$A,FALSE)))
Where (in order):
A1 is the first name column in Sheet1
B1 is the last name column in Sheet1
Sheet2 is the sheet that has the data stored as names separately
$A:$A is the rows that have the two names together
FALSE is because it's an exact match
This will return FALSE if the element does not exist, and TRUE if it does
You can also use:
=VLOOKUP($A1&" "&$B1,Sheet2!$A:$D,3,FALSE)
If you want to retrieve data for a match.
Finally, if you need to do your lookups the other way, take a look at this thread for some ideas on how to split the string into two pieces.