I need to count the number of unique text values in a column that respect a certain condition in another column. The table is:
Name
Beta
Lorem
Y
Lorem
Y
Ipsum
N
Dolorem
Y
The formula needs to be in a different google workbook than where the the above table is, so I will need to use the function importrange
I understand that I cannot use the functions countunique or filter with importrange, so I am trying to use the function query
The expected result should be 2. I also placed the fomulas tried and data in this open google sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L7q\_-spjoKuphxVXtDkbQn17rgbRNG9QaXaZIXKX7Dg/edit?usp=sharing
What formula should I use?
I tried to use both examples below but did not succeed:
=UNIQUE(QUERY(A2:B5; "Select count (A) where B = 'Y' label count(A) ''"))
=COUNTA(unique(QUERY(A2:B5; "Select (A) where B = 'Y'")))
The second fomula seems to work, but if I test it with no value respecting the condition B="Y" it still reports 1.
**: For the sake of this example and to keep it simple to explain, in the two examples that I tried I did not use the function importrange but I will actually need to use it in the final solution
after COUNTA there should always be IFNA
=COUNTA(IFNA(UNIQUE(QUERY(A2:B5; "select A where B = 'Y'"))))
also, keep in mind that a blank cell is also a unique cell so sometimes you may add another condition:
=COUNTA(IFNA(UNIQUE(QUERY(A2:B5; "select A where B = 'Y' and A is not null"))))
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I'm trying to count instances of letters (like letters C through Z, excluding RR) within the same column if they are listed next to a name. Here's my sample Google Sheet that you can edit.
I'm trying to insert the formula in cell F3 that is highlighted yellow. So far I have...
=arrayformula(SUM(COUNTIFS(A2:A,{"C","D","E","F","G"},C2:C,E3:E)))
It seems like what I have should work, but it's giving me a #VALUE error, saying, "ARRAY arguments to COUNTIFS are of different size".
It seems like REGEXMATCH could be used inside the COUNTIF formula to make it easier to restrict the search to the range of letters I need, but not sure how to construct the formula.
Thanks for your help!
UPDATE
This formula below works but only for column A. I actually need to specify a different range of letters to be counted in column B and totaled in column K.
=QUERY(A2:C,"select C,count(A) where A matches 'C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K' group by C label count(A)''", 0)
Seems like this post almost answers it.
Current progress:
={QUERY(A2:C,"select C,count(A) where A matches 'C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K' and A is not null group by C label count(A)''", 0),QUERY(A2:C,"select count(B) where B matches 'F|G|H|I|J|K' and B is not null group by C label count(B)''", 0)}
As we have discussed / tested on your sample sheet. This should work as close as possible to the data that you would want to filter/display.
A 2-formula solution was found to work as well. Answer is in the same spreadsheet linked above in Sheet2. It should prevent the first formula from not working should someone need a different one.
J2 - =QUERY(A2:C,"select C,count(A) where A matches 'C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K' group by C label count(A)''", 0)
L2 - =ArrayFormula(IFNA(vlookup(J2:J,QUERY(A2:C,"select C,count(B) where B matches 'F|G|H|I|J|K' group by C label count(B)''", 0),2,0)))
This formula should work for you if you paste it in cells F3 to F7.
I currently have cells P1 to P26 (you'd probably want to hide this column) occupied with the letters of the alphabet in order, making it so that you can select P3:P26 (C-Z) to put into your first condition for your COUNTIFS.
=arrayformula(SUM(COUNTIFS(A2:A, $P$3:$P$26,C2:C,E3)))
You'll have to implement these formulas in the other places that you want them too, but it shouldn't be hard to change this formula to work in the other places as well.
I can't seem to find the right equation to find a cell from a row that matches only a few specific characteristics. In this example, I am trying to find the equation for Column D which would be the cell in A that has the same cells for B & C.
Hope this makes sense!
I'll provide two options.
If you're sure your data will only ever have zero or one match, you can place the following formula into D2 of an otherwise empty range D2:D...
=ArrayFormula(IF(A2:A="",,SUBSTITUTE(VLOOKUP(B2:B&C2:C,{B2:B&C2:C,A2:A},2,FALSE)&VLOOKUP(B2:B&C2:C,SORT({B2:B&C2:C,A2:A,ROW(A2:A)},3,0),2,FALSE),A2:A,"")))
However, if you think more than one match may turn up and you want "None" to be returned if there is no match, you can use the following formula in D2 or an otherwise empty range D2:D...
=ArrayFormula(IF(A2:A="",,REGEXREPLACE(REGEXEXTRACT(REGEXREPLACE(SUBSTITUTE(VLOOKUP(B2:B&C2:C,TRIM(SPLIT(FLATTEN(QUERY(QUERY({B2:B&C2:C&"~",A2:A&","}, "Select MAX(Col2) where Col2 IS NOT NULL GROUP BY Col2 PIVOT Col1"),, 9^9)),"~")),2,FALSE),A2:A,""),"^[,\s]+$","None"),"([^,\s].+[^,\s])[,\s]*$"),"[,\s]+",", ")))
The second formula will work even if there will only ever be zero or one match; it's just not necessary to have it be that lengthy. And the second formula is only as lengthy because it was unclear from your posted examples whether the data in Col A, B and C will really only ever be one word or not; so the formula is built to assume there will not always be one-word strings in those columns.
Either formula will provide results for the entire column without dragging.
Here's an option, You can use this formula in column D2:
=iferror(textjoin(", ",true,query($A$2:$C,"Select A where A is not null and A != '"&$A2&"' and B = '"&$B2&"' and C = '"&$C2&"'",0)),"None")
Limitation:
You need to manually drag the formula to its succeeding rows. Arrayformula() cannot be used in looping the query string values.
What it does?
Using query(), filter the data from A2:C that has the same current row last name(Column B) and food(Column C) at the same time having a different first name(Column A)
If there are multiple results, use textjoin() to combine them with ", " as its delimiter.
If there is no matched found, it will return an error, hence use iferror() to set the default value to "None"
Output
I have a sheet named NYSEDB with stock names in column A and the companies that issued them in column B.
In another sheet I have companies in cells B2 and C2 (for example, AAPL, GOOGL etc.).
I have the following formula:
=ArrayFormula(IFERROR(INDEX(NYSEDB!$A:$B,SMALL(IF(NYSEDB!$B:$B={$B$2,$C$2},ROW(NYSEDB!$A:$A)),ROW(1:1)),1,1),""))
This formula, when I spread it down the sheet, returns all the stocks from NYSEDB that are issued by the companies I have specified in B2 and C2.
How can I make the exact opposite formula and "invert" the task - I want for the formula to show all stocks from NYSEDB WITHOUT those issued by the companies I have specified in B2 and C2.
Solution
Use the not equal operand <> instead of the equal one =.
In this case It's better to use the QUERY function. Which is effectively more expressive than an IF statement and makes exclusion straightforward using an array of exceptions.
Your formula will be then like:
=QUERY(NYSEDB!A:B, "select A where B<>'"&TEXTJOIN("' and B<>'", TRUE, B2:C2)&"'", -1)
Note: you can add as many exceptions as you want, but you will have to edit the B2:C2 range in the QUERY formula.
In this way the Query function will return the column A value whenever the column B value is not included in the exception row.
Reference
QUERY Formula
Testing Sheet:
Wondering if there is a witty way to add a Total to the last row +1 of
a Query result.
See Sheet 'Lookup' for a static example of what I am asking for.
I don't know if there is a way to have a hidden column that calculates
transposed only under the last row of a query, or if there is a smart
way to work Query for this answer.
All great answers. Each on very useful in its use case.
Макс Махров gets the answer with using a query statement.
Now I was not keen on having an extra sheet to hold the totals so I added a row at the top which I can simply hide and used this formula:
query({Orders!A:E;A1:E1},"select Col1, Col3, Col4 where Col2 = '"&C3&"' order by Col4",1)
Only problem I have is trying to figure out how to add TEXT to the bottom row, it seems to only want numerical input.
How do I fix this? What am I glitching?
Thanks !
Mars
The trick is to make second query and count totals for selected product.
Plan of actions:
add new sheet with query on it, something like this: =QUERY(Orders!A:E,"select B, 0, sum(D) where B like '"&Lookup!C2&"' Group by B",0)
Prepare arrayformula which combines data in Lookup sheet: = ArrayFormula({Importrange(1),Importrange(2)}) Note that number of columns must retain the same.
Edit query so it takes Col1, Col2, Col3... instead of A, B, C...
Make word 'total' visible instead of zero. Set number format: 0;0;total Set it for range B9:B on Lookup sheet
Make Conditional Formatting with formula =and($B4 =0,isnumber($B4)) for range A4:C on Lookup sheet.
That's seems have to complete the task.
Hope it Helps!
Your Example
Working example.
Here is one way:
Put TOTAL way down in row 1000
Select the range A3:C999. Select data > filter to create filters
Select C3, set the filter to hide all blanks
A second way is to limit the query result to show only the top 8 results:
Change your query to =query(Orders!A:E, "select A, C, D where B = '"&C2&"' order by D desc limit 8",1) It will reverse-order column D (largest first), and set row limit to 8.
Change the formula of your TOTAL to =sumif(Orders!B:B,C2,Orders!D:D)
Try this formula in the column adjacent to your query:
=ArrayFormula({$C$4:offset($C$4,count($C$4:$C),0,1,1);sum($C$4:offset($C$4,count($C$4:$C),0,1,1))})
It duplicates your column of values (I haven't figured out a way around that yet) and then adds a total to the bottom of that column, and changes dynamically with the range from your query.
Here's a working version.
Interesting challenge! It got the old grey matter turning... ;)
Thanks,
Ben
I have a data set that looks like this: starting on A1 with "1"
1 a
2 b
3 c
4 d
Column A is an arrayformula =arrayformula(row(b1:b))
Column B is manual input
i want to query the database and finding the row of the item by match column B so i have code as such
=query("A1:B","select A where B like '%c%')
this should give me "3"
My question:
is there a way to pull the 1-4 numbers into the query line? with something like array formula row(b1:b). I don't want to waste an extra column on column A
so basically I want just the manual input and when i query it gives me the row number.
No script code please.
I've tried a few things and it didn't work.
Looking for a solutions that starts with
=query()
You can also use a formula to pull in more than one row in the dataset which matches the condition, if this is important to you:
=arrayformula(filter(row(B:B); B:B="c"))
And you can have wildcard type operators, under certain circumstances (you are going to match text or items that can look like text (so numbers can be treated as text - but boolean will need more steps); that the dataset is not huge), using regular expressions. e.g.
=arrayformula(filter(row(B:B); regexmatch(B:B, "(c|d)")))
You could also use standard spreadsheet wildcard operators, e.g.
=arrayformula(filter(row(B:B); countif(B:B, "*c*")))
Explanation: In this case, the filter will be true when countif is greater than zero, i.e. when it sees something with a letter c in it, since spreadsheets see a value greater than zero as a boolean true and so, for that row where there is a countif match, there will be a a filter match, and so it will display that row (indeed, it is a similar situation with the regexmatch creating a true when there is a match of either c or d, in the case above).
Personally, I wanted to learn regex a bit, so I would go towards the regexmatch option. But that is your choice.
You can also, of course, create the match outside of the cell. This makes it easy to create a list of matches that you want to satisfy elsewhere on the sheet. So you could have a column of words or parts of words, from Z2 downwards, and then join them together in cell Z1 for example like this
="("&join("|",filter(Z2:Z50,len(Z2:Z50)))&")"
Then your filter function would look like this:
=arrayformula(filter(row(B:B), regexmatch(B:B, Z1)))
If you want to use like operator in the query function, you can try something like this:
=arrayformula(query(if({1,0}, B:B,row(B:B)),"select Col2 where Col1 like '%c%' "))
You can also use the regular expressions in the query function, for example:
=arrayformula(query(if({1,0}, B:B,row(B:B)),"select Col2 where Col1 matches '(.*c.*|.*d.*)' "))
I'm not entirely clear on the question, but as I understand it, you want to be able to enter a formula, and have it return the row number of the matched item in a range? I'm not sure where array formulas come in.
If I've understood your question correctly, this should do the trick:
=MATCH("C",B1:B,0)
In your example, this returns 3.
Please forgive me if I've misunderstood your question.
Note: If there are multiple matches, this will return the row number for the first instance of your search.
=QUERY({A1:A,ARRAYFORMULA(ROW(A1:A))},"SELECT Col2 WHERE Col1 LIKE '%c%'")