I need to copy the content of a cell to another sheet after comparing.
So I am using the following code to compare two colums.
=IFNA(VLOOKUP($A2;$B$2:$B$20007;1;0);"")
This gives me the content of cell 1 and if the string exists or blank if it does not exist.
Now I need to copy only the string that does not exists to another sheet
Can anyone help?
Let's have the following example:
Formula in C2 and downwards is your
=IFNA(VLOOKUP($A2;$B$2:$B$20007;1;0);"")
Formula in D2 and downwards is
=IF($C2="";$A2;"")
But the second is not necessary in my opinion, since we could simply use AutoFilter to get ColA not contained in ColB:
If the need is filtering values in ColA which are not contained in ColB using a formula, then the following would be possible:
Formula in A2:
{=INDEX($Sheet1.$A$2:$A$20007;SMALL(IF(COUNTIF($Sheet1.$B$2:$B$20007;$Sheet1.$A$2:$A$20007)=0;ROW($Sheet1.$A$2:$A$20007)-1);ROW(A1)))}
This is an array formula. Put it into the cell without the curly brackets. Then choosee fx - the Function Wizard - and tick the [x] Array checkbox left down. Then click OK in the Function Wizard.
Now copy the formula and paste it in A3:An. Do not pull with the fill square. If you would do that, then you would only enlage the target cells of the array formula. You would not copy the formula down.
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I am learning how to use formulas in spreadsheets, I do use libre office.
I need to sort out data in a quite huge messy spreadsheet.
Each column contains mixed data, the sheet is huge, dozens of columns and thousands of rows, if the spreadsheet does not contain errors each cell in a row either contains a different keyword or is empty, there should not be two cells in the same row containing the same keyword.
The problem to solve is to sort out all the data so to reach to have a new spreadsheet in which each cell marked with a given specific keyword is kept in the same position but placed in one column dedicated to that same keyword.
the kind of spreadsheet with mixed up cells to be sorted out
the data in the spreadsheet has to be fixed so to appear in this way
A formula that can be used to extract sorted out data from a cell is the following:
=IF(SEARCH("Text1";B2;1);B2;0)
The formula can be dragged to each cell below to hit the proper cell next to it. The result is correct.
The results are correct, but I do not know why the expected 0 is not printed, there is #VALUE! instead
The logic is very simple, if the cell contains the keyword or any other text that contains that keyword the result is the full content of that cell, otherwise the result is 0.
Here comes the first question, why do I get #VALUE! as a result for those cells that do not contain the keyword? I expected to get 0 instead, just as indicated in the formula,
I tried to leave this filed empty and also to put the 0 result in quotes, the actual result is always the same, #VALUE!...
However, of course this formula extracts only the information contained in one column, so for each other column the process must be repeated.
In order to avoid to create a column with the formula for each column in the spreadsheet or anyway to process each column one by one and more importantly to have then to merge all the results to form one columns containing only cells with a given keyword I thought to use the same formula extending the parsing to each next cell in the row as follows:
=IF(SEARCH("text";B2;1);B2;IF(SEARCH("text";C2;1);C2;IF(SEARCH("text";D2;1);D2;0)))
The logic is very simple and should output in one go a column containing all the cells containing the keyword that are found in the row, check if the first cell in the row contains a word using the search function, if does then the result is the content of that cell, otherwise perform the next test, the next test is the same, check if the next cell contains a certain word using the search function, if does then the result is the content of that cell, otherwise proceed to the next test…. and so on until last test, if no test gave a true result then print 0 (but we get #VALUE!, OK I could live with that...).
In theory should work for a any number of cells, but in the practice does not at all, in fact does work only for the first IF test and cell indicated in the formula.
WHY?
The result using the extended version of the formula to parse N cells in sequence is the same obtained with the simple formula to parse only one cell
Finally, how do I resolve this problem using IF and Search?
Is there any other better approach and way to solve this kind of problems and sort out data in huge spreadsheets of this kind?
Thank you for any hint and help.
I'm trying to clean up a data table, and I want to fill column B with values, based on the last non-blank value in column A.
This formula works, if copied down in column B, but breaks whenever I insert a blank row, which I will need to do. I'm hoping for an arrayformula that will do the trick, but haven't found it yet.
My sample sheet is here.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q73uLmSCFwt1XnWEDOizf9i9uYDfFqXyr_VZ74DOU3c/edit?usp=sharing
I've tried variations of the following formulae:
=ArrayFormula(if(A3:A12="",indirect("B"&row()-1),A3:A12))
=ArrayFormula(if(A3:A12="",offset(B3:B12,-1,0,1,1),A3:A12))
=ArrayFormula(if(A2:A12="",offset(B2:B12,-1,0,1,1),A2:A12))
Many thanks for any guidance.
use:
=ARRAYFORMULA(VLOOKUP(ROW(A2:A12), IF(A2:A12<>"", {ROW(A2:A12), A2:A12}), 2, 1))
Currently have a spreadsheet that tracks attendance. First column is name, second column is attendance % and contains the formula I need to revise, subsequent columns simply have an X or O in them and denote whether someone attended or not (headers for these columns are dates).
Currently using a COUNTIF() I can check how many X's there are and then the formula is SUM(100/no_of_columns*COUNTIF(A3:A12))
Ideally I want to firstly replace no_of_columns with the actual number of columns with data to the right.
I've thought about replacing this with a SUM(COUNTIF('X')+COUNTIF('O')) but it seems pretty messy?
Secondly I want to replace the A12 with whatever the last column value is.
I could just make the last column a very high column value, but again feels messy and would like to know if there is a better way...
Example: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rjnUQP7V-U1EZTp3Z8yO7HybBCuQjf2y4LJ4Dv4ctF8/edit?usp=sharing
Presume you only have the attendance dates in Row 1 without other information such as headers for Column A and B,
Put the following formula in Cell B2 and drag it down,
=COUNTIF(INDEX(OFFSET($C2,,,,COUNTA($1:$1)),),"x")/COUNTA($1:$1)*100
The logic is to use INDEX + OFFSET function to dynamically return the range of columns on the right, and use COUNTA to find out how many dates are there, and you should understand the use of COUNTIF, the calculation is self-explanatory.
EDIT #2
After looking into your worksheet, I guess you are adding the new dates by inserting columns between B and C so you probably want to use the following formula in Cell B2 instead to avoid the system shifting the starting cell reference automatically:
=COUNTIF(INDEX(OFFSET($B2,,1,,COUNTA($1:$1)),),"x")/COUNTA($1:$1)*100
The logic is the same as the previous one but just a little change to the OFFSET references so it starts looking for the range from Column B instead of C.
I have tested the above in both Excel and Google-sheets working just fine. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers :)
paste in B2:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(IF(LEN(A2:A),
MMULT(IF(INDIRECT("C2:"&ADDRESS(ROWS(A2:A), MAX(IF(1:1<>"", COLUMN(1:1), ))))="x", 1, 0),
TRANSPOSE(COLUMN(INDIRECT("C2:"&ADDRESS(ROWS(A2:A), MAX(IF(1:1<>"", COLUMN(1:1), )))))^0))/
MMULT(IF(INDIRECT("C2:"&ADDRESS(ROWS(A2:A), MAX(IF(1:1<>"", COLUMN(1:1), ))))<>"", 1, 0),
TRANSPOSE(COLUMN(INDIRECT("C2:"&ADDRESS(ROWS(A2:A), MAX(IF(1:1<>"", COLUMN(1:1), )))))^0))*100, ), 0))
spreadsheet demo
Example should, hopefully, be clear, but what I want is to combine an if/else with an AND-formular.
If a pupils name exist AND the pupil has solved i.e. subject 1 THEN copy the result to another cell on sheet 2.
In sheet 'JPV' I entered in B2
=ArrayFormula(if(len($A$2:$A), iferror(vlookup(B$1&$A$2:$A, {Solution2!$A:$A&Solution2!$C:$C, Solution2!$I:$I}, 2, 0)),))
and filled to the right. See if that works for you?
In OpenOffice.org Calc, I would like to apply a formula to a column that references a cell from the same row but in a different column. I.e., =C1*48 in cell D1, but I want all cells in column D to do this without having to copy the formula to each one manually. Or another way of saying it, for each cell in C that has a number, I want to fill in the corresponding row-cell in D with a formula value based on that number. So far, all I can see from the documentation is that I'd have to copy/adjust the formula for every new row in the spreadsheet. And since I have 4 such columns that need calculation, this will get to be tiresome. I have little experience with spreadsheets at all, so I'm hoping that my problem is actually very simple, and that I just am looking at the wrong parts of the documentation.
I don't have OpenOffice in front of me, but it tries really hard to be Excel like in many ways, so usually assumptions about Calc based on Excel are fairly close to reality.
In Excel, a formula in cell D1, that points to a cell in C1, is treated as a relative reference - that is, one column back from where I am now. So when that formula is filled into other cells (either by Fill Down, or dragging the little handle in the corner of the cell outline, or by copy-pasting the formula into a range of selected cells) the new formulas are similarly treated, by default, as referring to the cell that is one column back from them, in the same row.
To force a formula to use an absolute reference, one specifies the cell address with a dollar sign - $C$1 will always point to (use) the contents of cell C1, regardless of where the formula ends up. ($C1 and C$1 are alternates that allow one parameter of the address to change in the usual relative sense while fixing the other half in place... this probably isn't important to you yet).
In other words, I'd expect that you can type the formulas in the first row of your OpenOffice Calc sheet and copy them down to the rest of the row, and things will just work.
If you want to extend your range down you can do this by calculating the first 2 cells with your formula and then highlighting them. You now grab the little square on the bottom right of the highlighted area and drag that down, across or both.
If you have a specific cell (e.g. D2) which you wish to have remain in all the cells you extend your range to, then in your 2 initial cell calculations use the following:
Extending Down
=G2*D$2
=G3*D$2
Extending Across
=G2*$D2
=H2*$D2
Extending Down and Across
Use $D$2
From your question it seems that you are trying to apply the same formula on whole row (or column) of cells and show the result on another row (or column).
The best way to do this is to use something called array formulas or array functions (in libre office). This link has very good explanation - https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Array_Functions
The way you would implement this in your case is
Type this formula in cell D1
=C1:C30 *48
and press ctrl + shift + enter
The formula now looks like this with the flower braces {..}
={C1:C30 *48}
and the formula gets applied all the way from D1 to D30.
You can even extrapolate the same concept to a whole matrix (for example: A1:C10)
(The way to tell excel/open office/ libre office that you wrote an array formula is to press ctrl + shift + enter. Never press enter as that will break the array function and convert it to a regular function)