Rearrange cells in a cell range to vertically distributed values
The formula in cell B8 uses a named range to calculate the row and column needed to extract the correct value.
To create a named range simply select the cell range (B3:E5) and click in name box. Type a name for that range, I named the cell range rng. Press Enter, that's it.
Explaining formula in cell B8
The INDEX function needs a row and column number in order to get the correct value.
The ROWS function returns the number of rows in a cell range.
ROWS(rng) becomes ROWS(B3:E5) and returns 3.
The ROW function returns the row number of a cell reference.
ROW(A1) returns 1.
To calculate the row number I use the MOD function to build a repeating number sequence. There are three rows in B3:E5 so the sequence must be 1,2,3,1,2,3, ... and so on.
MOD(ROW(A1)-1, ROWS(rng))+1
becomes
MOD(1-1, 3)+1
becomes
MOD(0, 3) + 1 and returns 1.
To calculate the column number I use the QUOTIENT function to build a repeating number sequence: 1,1,1,2,2,2,3 ... and so on.
QUOTIENT(ROW(A1)-1, ROWS(rng))+1
becomes
QUOTIENT(1-1, 3)+1
becomes
QUOTIENT(0, 3)+1 and returns 1.
The INDEX function then returns the value in row 1 and column 1 from cell range 3:E5.
INDEX(rng, MOD(ROW(A1)-1, ROWS(rng))+1, QUOTIENT(ROW(A1)-1, ROWS(rng))+1)
becomes
INDEX(rng, 1, 1)
and returns "Veges are us" in cell B8.
Returning values row by row
The following formula gets the values row by row:
Download Excel *.xlsx file
Rearrange a cell range to vertically distributed values.xlsx
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