Merge matching rows
I'm using excel 2003. This is my problem.Sheet 1 COL A contains fruits, col B to H contains there prizes daily (1 week). take note that in col. A fruits name may randomly repeated in col A. What I need is put in Sheet 2 col A all fruit name but not repeated and put to column B to H, I to N, O to U there prizes .see sample below. hope u understand.
A B C .... I
1 apple 10 11 .... 8
2 orange 9 9 ..... 10
3 apple 11 11 ..... 12
4 apple 14 10 ..... 10
5 grapes 15 15 ..... 14In sheet 2 answer should be like this.
A B C ..... H I J.....N O P.... U
1 apple 10 11 8 11 11 12 14 10 10
2 orange 9 9 10
3 grapes 15 15 14
Answer:
Array formula in cell A2:
To enter an array formula, type the formula in a cell then press and hold CTRL + SHIFT simultaneously, now press Enter once. Release all keys.
The formula bar now shows the formula with a beginning and ending curly bracket telling you that you entered the formula successfully. Don't enter the curly brackets yourself.
Copy cell A2 and paste down as far as needed. See this blog post for an explanation: How to extract a unique distinct list from a column
Array formula in cell B2:
Copy cell B2 and paste B2:K4. Read more about relative and absolute cell references.
Explaining array formula in cell B2
=SMALL(IF($A2=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$6, Sheet1!$B$2:$D$6, ""), COLUMN(A1))
Step 1 - Filter values in matching rows
The IF function has three arguments, the first one must be a logical expression. If the expression evaluates to TRUE then one thing happens (argument 2) and if FALSE another thing happens (argument 3).
=SMALL(IF($A2=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$6, Sheet1!$B$2:$D$6, ""), COLUMN(A1))
IF($A2=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$6, Sheet1!$B$2:$D$6, "")
becomes
IF("apple"={"apple";"orange";"apple";"apple";"grapes"}, {10; 11; 8, 9; 9; 10, 11; 11; 12, 14; 10; 10, 15; 15; 14}, "")
becomes
IF({TRUE;FALSE;TRUE;TRUE;FALSE}, {10; 11; 8, 9; 9; 10, 11; 11; 12, 14; 10; 10, 15; 15; 14}, "")
becomes
{10; 11; 8, ""; ""; "", 11; 11; 12, 14; 10; 10, ""; ""; ""}
Step 2 - Return the k-th smallest value
To be able to return a new value in a cell each I use the SMALL function to filter column numbers from smallest to largest.
=SMALL({10; 11; 8, ""; ""; "", 11; 11; 12, 14; 10; 10, ""; ""; ""}, COLUMN(A1))
becomes
=SMALL({10; 11; 8, ""; ""; "", 11; 11; 12, 14; 10; 10, ""; ""; ""},1)
and returns 8.
This merging partially works for me, but instead of ordering the values on sheet 2 from smallest to largest, I need to keep the original order for sheet 1, for example instead of:
apple: 8 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 14
keep the original order from sheet 1 like this:
apple: 10 11 8 11 11 12 14 10 10
how can I change the formula(s) to do it?
Thanks!!
Answer
Function MergeMatchingRows(SearchValue As Range, SearchRange As Range)
Dim r, c, ic As Single
Dim temp() As Variant
ReDim temp(0)
For r = 1 To SearchRange.Rows.Count
If SearchRange.Cells(r, 1) = SearchValue Then
For c = 2 To SearchRange.Columns.Count
If SearchRange.Cells(r, c) <> "" Then
temp(UBound(temp)) = SearchRange.Cells(r, c)
ReDim Preserve temp(UBound(temp) + 1)
End If
Next c
End If
Next r
ReDim Preserve temp(UBound(temp) - 1)
ic = Range(Application.Caller.Address).Columns.Count
For c = UBound(temp) To ic
ReDim Preserve temp(UBound(temp) + 1)
temp(UBound(temp)) = ""
Next c
MergeMatchingRows = temp
End Function
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This merging partially works for me, but instead of ordering the values on sheet 2 from smallest to largest, I need to keep the original order for sheet 1, for example instead of:
apple: 8 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 14
keep the original order from sheet 1 like this:
apple: 10 11 8 11 11 12 14 10 10
how can I change the formula(s) to do it?
Thanks!!
shomyx,
Great question! I can´t do it with array formulas, really complicated.
Instead I created a user defined function. See new content above!
Please help me with this problem. I am trying to make a sheet of premier leauge points and try to get the result of winners for each week. And I came across with a problem that two people have equal points and excell won't work for two values. Can anybody help me? Thank you for your kindness.
my table
roll SUBJECT Th Pr Tot
1 BIOS 65 30 95
1 CHEM 65 30 95
1 PHYS 65 30 95
1 MATH 74 20 94
2 BIOS 63 30 93
2 CHEM 63 30 93
2 PHYS 63 30 93
3 BIOS 59 30 89
3 CHEM 59 30 89
3 NUTN 59 30 89
3 GEGR 59 30 89
I want result as like below to make student marksheet
roll s1 s1 th s1 pr s1 tot s2 s2 th s2 pr s2 tot s3 s3 th s3 pr s3 tot s4 s4 th s4 pr s4 tot
1 BIOS 65 30 95 CHEM 65 30 95 PHYS 65 30 95 MATH 74 20 94
2 BIOS 63 30 93 CHEM 63 30 93 PHYS 63 30 93
3 BIOS 59 30 89 CHEM 59 30 89 NUTN 59 30 89 GEGR 59 30 89