Comments on: Filter unique distinct values where adjacent cells contain search string in excel http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/ Quality excel resource Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:14:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Oscarhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4772 Oscar Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:10:14 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4772 Arielle, see this post: http://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/08/16/search-for-a-cell-in-a-table-and-then-display-the-column-title-in-excel/ Arielle,

see this post: http://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/08/16/search-for-a-cell-in-a-table-and-then-display-the-column-title-in-excel/

]]> By: Ariellehttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4622 Arielle Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:11:24 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4622 apologies, my table did not display properly- A1:x B1:y C1:z A2:BB B2:CC C2:DD A3:AA B3:GG C3:AA A4:CC B4:BLANK C4:EE A5:FF B5:BLANK C5:HH A6:BLANK B6:BLANK C6:II apologies, my table did not display properly-

A1:x B1:y C1:z
A2:BB B2:CC C2:DD
A3:AA B3:GG C3:AA
A4:CC B4:BLANK C4:EE
A5:FF B5:BLANK C5:HH
A6:BLANK B6:BLANK C6:II

]]> By: Ariellehttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4621 Arielle Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:06:57 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4621 Hi Oscar! Here is what I have to do and you can tell me if it is possible. I have to search for a cell in a table and then display the column title. search value in cell e1: AA table in cells A1:C6 x y z BB CC DD AA GG AA CC EE FF HH II then the values to be displayed from the search would be: x in one cell and z in the next cell. the display of the search values can either be in a row-(g1: x h1: z) or a column-(g1: x g2: z) Let me know if this type of search is possible, thanks! Hi Oscar! Here is what I have to do and you can tell me if it is possible. I have to search for a cell in a table and then display the column title.

search value in cell e1: AA

table in cells A1:C6

x y z
BB CC DD
AA GG AA
CC EE
FF HH
II

then the values to be displayed from the search would be:
x in one cell and z in the next cell. the display of the search values can either be in a row-(g1: x h1: z) or a column-(g1: x g2: z)

Let me know if this type of search is possible, thanks!

]]> By: Oscarhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4232 Oscar Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:11:14 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4232 Arielle, The formula in cell E2 returns an error if any or all of the search strings in C8, C9 and C10 are not found. If all of the search strings are found the formula returns a number. The formula in cell F2 returns a unique distinct list depending on the outcome of the formula in cell E2. Don´t forget to copy the formulas down as far as needed. Arielle,

The formula in cell E2 returns an error if any or all of the search strings in C8, C9 and C10 are not found. If all of the search strings are found the formula returns a number.

The formula in cell F2 returns a unique distinct list depending on the outcome of the formula in cell E2.

Don´t forget to copy the formulas down as far as needed.

]]> By: Ariellehttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4179 Arielle Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:33:37 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4179 Hi! sorry about the confusion. I sent you the 2nd message and I didn't realize that you had sent me another formula to try. when i sent you the second message i was talking about the formula you gave me =INDEX(Column_txt, MATCH(0, COUNTIF($C$11:C11, Column_txt)*(SEARCH($C$8, Search_column)*SEARCH($C$9, Search_column)*SEARCH($C$10, Search_column)), 0)) and i did it without the ctrl shift enter and when i evaluated the formula it failed at the match function. when i did the formula you just sent to me In cell E2: =(SEARCH($C$8, B2)*SEARCH($C$9, B2))*SEARCH($C$10, B2)) + ENTER. Copy cell E2 and paste it down as far as needed. In cell F2: =IF(ISNUMBER(E2)*(MATCH(C2;$C$2:$C$6;0)=ROW()-1);C2;"") + ENTER. Copy cell F2 and paste it down as far as needed. it gives me a value error in cell E2 and blanks in F2. all the formulas that i listed above are the supported functions so let me know if there is any way possible to achieve what i want by using those functions. thanks again for all of your help and im sorry about how confusing i am! Hi!
sorry about the confusion. I sent you the 2nd message and I didn't realize that you had sent me another formula to try. when i sent you the second message i was talking about the formula you gave me =INDEX(Column_txt, MATCH(0, COUNTIF($C$11:C11, Column_txt)*(SEARCH($C$8, Search_column)*SEARCH($C$9, Search_column)*SEARCH($C$10, Search_column)), 0)) and i did it without the ctrl shift enter and when i evaluated the formula it failed at the match function. when i did the formula you just sent to me In cell E2:
=(SEARCH($C$8, B2)*SEARCH($C$9, B2))*SEARCH($C$10, B2)) + ENTER. Copy cell E2 and paste it down as far as needed.

In cell F2:
=IF(ISNUMBER(E2)*(MATCH(C2;$C$2:$C$6;0)=ROW()-1);C2;"") + ENTER.
Copy cell F2 and paste it down as far as needed.

it gives me a value error in cell E2 and blanks in F2.

all the formulas that i listed above are the supported functions so let me know if there is any way possible to achieve what i want by using those functions.

thanks again for all of your help and im sorry about how confusing i am!

]]> By: Oscarhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4176 Oscar Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52:12 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4176 Ariel, Do you get an error or is the cell blank in your spreadsheet? Are the above functions unsupported? Ariel,

Do you get an error or is the cell blank in your spreadsheet?

Are the above functions unsupported?

]]> By: Ariellehttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4163 Arielle Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:00:18 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4163 when i evaluate the formula without the crtl shift enter, it fails when it gets to the match function, so maybe there is a way around that without the ctrl shift enter. I included all of the supported functions in xcelsius, which makes it difficult to create a formula to by pass all these issues. I can even use a formula like http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/08/24/search-and-display-all-cells-that-contain-all-search-strings-in-excel/ to find its location or its cell number and then i can lookup the other value that i really need but without all of the unsupported functions. i really hope you can help!!! ive used your functions for other projects but i was able to bypass the unsupported functions and the array issue by using a macro that copied the values and pasted them on another section of the worksheet and then referenced to the pasted cells. i cant do that with this project because of this search that you gave me the previous formula for. (so basically the formula you gave me works but i just need to avoid the ctrl shift enter so that everything will display in xcelsius) ABS ACOS ACOSH ADDRESS AND ASIN ASINH ASSIGN ATAN ATAN2 ATANH AVEDEV AVERAGE AVERAGEA AVERAGEIF BETADIST CEILING CHAR CHOOSE CODE COLUMN COLUMNS COMBIN CONCATENATE CORREL COS COSH COUNT COUNTA COUNTBLANK COUNTIF COVAR DATE DATEVALUE DAVERAGE DAY DAYS360 DB DCOUNT DCOUNTA DDB DEGREES DEVSQ DGET DIVIDE DMAX DMIN DOLLAR DPRODUCT DSTDEV DSSTDEVP DSUM DVAR DVARP EDATE EFFECT EOMONTH EVEN EXACT EXP EXPONDIST FACT FACTDOUBLE FALSE FIND FISHER FISHERINV FIXED FLOOR FORECAST FV GE GEOMEAN GT HARMEAN HLOOKUP HOUR IF INDEX INDIRECT INT INTERCEPT IPMT IRR ISBLANK ISEVEN ISLOGICAL ISNA ISNONTEXT ISNUMBER ISODD ISTEXT KURT LARGE LE LEFT LEN LN LOG LOG10 LOOKUP LOWER MATCH MAX MAXA MEDIAN MID MIN MINA MINUS MINUTE MIRR MOD MODE MONTH N NE NETWORKDAYS NORMDIST NORMINV NORMSINV NOT NOW NPER NPV OFFSET OR PEARSON PERCENTILE PERCENTRANK PERMUT PI PMT POWER PPMT PRODUCT PV QUARTILE QUOTIENT RADIANS RAND RANDBETWEEN RANGE_COLON RANK RATE REPLACE REPT RIGHT ROUND ROUNDDOWN ROUNDUP RSQ SECOND SIGN SIN SINH SLN SLOPE SMALL SQRT STANDARDIZE STDEV STDEVA STDEVP SUBTOTAL SUM SUMIF SUMPRODUCT SUMSQ SUMX2MY2 SUMX2PY2 SUMXMY2 SYD TAN TANH TEXT TIME TIMEVALUE TODAY TRUE TRUNC TYPE VALUE VAR VARA VARP VARPA VDB VLOOKUP WEEKDAY WEEKNUM WORKDAY YEAR YEARFRAC when i evaluate the formula without the crtl shift enter, it fails when it gets to the match function, so maybe there is a way around that without the ctrl shift enter. I included all of the supported functions in xcelsius, which makes it difficult to create a formula to by pass all these issues. I can even use a formula like http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/08/24/search-and-display-all-cells-that-contain-all-search-strings-in-excel/ to find its location or its cell number and then i can lookup the other value that i really need but without all of the unsupported functions. i really hope you can help!!!

ive used your functions for other projects but i was able to bypass the unsupported functions and the array issue by using a macro that copied the values and pasted them on another section of the worksheet and then referenced to the pasted cells. i cant do that with this project because of this search that you gave me the previous formula for. (so basically the formula you gave me works but i just need to avoid the ctrl shift enter so that everything will display in xcelsius)

ABS ACOS ACOSH ADDRESS AND ASIN
ASINH ASSIGN ATAN ATAN2 ATANH AVEDEV
AVERAGE AVERAGEA AVERAGEIF BETADIST CEILING CHAR
CHOOSE CODE COLUMN COLUMNS COMBIN CONCATENATE
CORREL COS COSH COUNT COUNTA COUNTBLANK
COUNTIF COVAR DATE DATEVALUE DAVERAGE DAY
DAYS360 DB DCOUNT DCOUNTA DDB DEGREES
DEVSQ DGET DIVIDE DMAX DMIN DOLLAR
DPRODUCT DSTDEV DSSTDEVP DSUM DVAR DVARP
EDATE EFFECT EOMONTH EVEN EXACT EXP
EXPONDIST FACT FACTDOUBLE FALSE FIND FISHER
FISHERINV FIXED FLOOR FORECAST FV GE
GEOMEAN GT HARMEAN HLOOKUP HOUR IF
INDEX INDIRECT INT INTERCEPT IPMT
IRR ISBLANK ISEVEN ISLOGICAL
ISNA ISNONTEXT ISNUMBER ISODD ISTEXT KURT
LARGE LE LEFT LEN LN LOG
LOG10 LOOKUP LOWER MATCH MAX MAXA
MEDIAN MID MIN MINA MINUS MINUTE
MIRR MOD MODE MONTH N NE
NETWORKDAYS NORMDIST NORMINV NORMSINV NOT NOW
NPER NPV OFFSET OR PEARSON PERCENTILE
PERCENTRANK PERMUT PI PMT POWER PPMT
PRODUCT PV QUARTILE QUOTIENT RADIANS RAND
RANDBETWEEN RANGE_COLON RANK RATE REPLACE REPT
RIGHT ROUND ROUNDDOWN ROUNDUP
RSQ SECOND SIGN SIN SINH SLN
SLOPE SMALL SQRT STANDARDIZE STDEV STDEVA
STDEVP SUBTOTAL SUM SUMIF SUMPRODUCT SUMSQ
SUMX2MY2 SUMX2PY2 SUMXMY2 SYD TAN TANH
TEXT TIME TIMEVALUE TODAY TRUE TRUNC
TYPE VALUE VAR VARA VARP VARPA
VDB VLOOKUP WEEKDAY WEEKNUM WORKDAY YEAR
YEARFRAC

]]> By: Oscarhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4162 Oscar Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:52:46 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4162 Arielle, In cell E2: =(SEARCH($C$8, B2)*SEARCH($C$9, B2))*SEARCH($C$10, B2)) + ENTER. Copy cell E2 and paste it down as far as needed. In cell F2: =IF(ISNUMBER(E2)*(MATCH(C2;$C$2:$C$6;0)=ROW()-1);C2;"") + ENTER. Copy cell F2 and paste it down as far as needed. The list you get in column F contains a lot of blank rows. Arielle,

In cell E2:
=(SEARCH($C$8, B2)*SEARCH($C$9, B2))*SEARCH($C$10, B2)) + ENTER. Copy cell E2 and paste it down as far as needed.

In cell F2:
=IF(ISNUMBER(E2)*(MATCH(C2;$C$2:$C$6;0)=ROW()-1);C2;"") + ENTER.
Copy cell F2 and paste it down as far as needed.

The list you get in column F contains a lot of blank rows.

]]> By: Ariellehttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4160 Arielle Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:54:02 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4160 well without using the ctrl + shift + enter part. even if I had to break up the formula into 2 or 3 different cells then multiply/add or whatever them together in another cell. well without using the ctrl + shift + enter part. even if I had to break up the formula into 2 or 3 different cells then multiply/add or whatever them together in another cell.

]]> By: Ariellehttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/12/04/filter-unique-distinct-values-where-adjacent-cells-contain-search-string-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4151 Arielle Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:18:01 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3101#comment-4151 is there a way to do this without using an array? is there a way to do this without using an array?

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