I have a complicated formula that copies data from other cells on a different tab and I want to add the removal of brackets and text between them. This information is private so I don't want it displayed on the new tab. I am working in Google Sheets.
The formula below results in copying first name, last name, and a course that meets specific criteria on another tab. The problem is that we are indicating Legal Names with brackets on the primary tab, but those legal names should NOT be displayed on the new tab. I'm sure there is a better way to write this, but it works extremely well. I just need to add the removal of the brackets and texts between them. I know there is a way, but I can't seem to make it work with the current formula. HELP!
=IFERROR(INDEX('7th Class List'!$C$3:$E$66,SMALL(IF('7th Class List'!$A$3:$A$66="A",ROW('7th Class List'!$A$3:$A$66)-ROW('7th Class List'!$C$3)+1),ROW(1:1))),"")
its done like this:
=REGEXREPLACE(A1, "\[.*\]", )
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I have a cell on one sheet of a workbook. Values can be separated by lines, or commas, whichever would make this easier.
On another sheet, I would like to display these values in different cells, individually.
Basically I would like to take this:
https://imgur.com/zYLNti2
And have it populate this:
https://imgur.com/a/CVDIuIn
While the code would be nice, I would be happy with the steps I need to take.
I can fairly easily grab the first value out of the cell using:
=LEFT(VLOOKUP(O1,Business!A:N,3),(FIND(",",VLOOKUP(O1,Business!A:N,3),1)-1))
The second is a little more tedious, I've used:
=MID(Q15,FIND(",",Q15)+1,FIND(",",Q15,FIND(",",Q15)+1)-FIND(",",Q15)-1)
Do I have to keep doing the same thing for length -1 essentially? Is there someway to simplify this or make it more dynamic?
Please excuse the sample formula cell references, I know they don't match up with the images provided. Hopefully what I'm asking makes enough sense though.
And I also just found this and it works to extract the value between the second and third comma, but I'm not really sure why it works.
=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(P16,",",REPT(" ",100)),200,100))
Instead of using Find, Mid, etc. use =transpose(split(your Cell,","))
try in D151:
=INDEX(IFEROR(TRIM(SPLIT(B151:B, ",")&" "&SPLIT(C151:C, ","))))
I have made a google form to which some answers are formatted as comma separated strings inside the automatically populated google spreadsheet. I would like to read from this sheet to another sheet and reformat the answers so that each comma separated answer is shown on a new row. I have tried to apply an ARRAYFORMULA that reads from the original sheet and then use a solution that uses SPLIT and TRANSPOSE the cell content, however combined with the ARRAYFORMULA this fails since it would overwrite contents in other cells.
Here is an example spreadsheet with the responses, a solution sheet, and a desired results sheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r_l5fVJ9lGfpubO2o3pXicV7JlZWmANjwSgNi7_DL0A
Any suggestions for how I can achieve the end result?
Okay, I assume this isn't really what you want, but visually it looks okay...
Try this formula:
={{'Form responses'!A2:A3},ArrayFormula(regexreplace('Form responses'!B2:E3,", ",CHAR(10)))}
Then format the cells so that the cell contents are TOP-aligned, instead of the default BOTTOM-aligned.
Realistically, I imagine that you want each question answer split into multiple cells. But if your data responses really contain letter values separated by commas, as you've indicated, you can still search through those cells to find whether an answer contains a certain value. It all depends on why you want the results structured the way you do.
If you can clarify what you want to do with the form results, instead of just appearing vertically for each question, perhaps we can provide a full solution for that requirement?
UPDATE1:
Okay, I may be getting close. I can get your data transformed to look like the following:
This would let you do the analysis that you want, by searching for Q.1 (question 1 responses) in the first column, and then all the answers in the third column, along with the owner in column 2. And from this, it will also definitely be possible to put the results in the exact form you want. It just may take an intermediate step.
UPDATE2:
Okay, I think I have something you can use. I can convert your data to either of the following two layouts.
The one on the right is closest to what you asked for, with the exception that the answers on the right are bottom aligned, with blanks above. But you can still process them for analysis, with queries. I honestly think having the user identifier (email address) on each row would make things simpler, but I can provide it either way.
The layout on the left is more of a traditional database layout, and would make analysis very simple. Each row has the date and email identifiers, the question number, and the answer (or one of the answers) to that question, from that user.
If this is helpful, it might be best if you enabled your sample sheet to allow us to edit it, to enable me to implement it in your sheet. But here is my sample sheet, in case anyone wants to look through it. Note that the main formula to reformat the data, in Solution!B3, could benefit from a lot of cleanup, and is probably nowhere near the best way to achieve this. Just throwing up one possible solution...
I'll try to add some explantion for the formula at some point, but ask if you have any questions.
in my original workbook i want to display some values from another sheet for multiple actions.. so i put drop down list for each actions. but when the actions increased i couldn't recognize each formulas. (all of them are import range) so that if i can name each formulas in the drop down then i can recognize fast which action to be performed. here a sample sheet is attached for a solution.. pls take a look. in the dropdown list i included (=a2+b2) instead of that if it displayed as addition in drop down list would be help ful. please take a look.
sorry for my english
Any type of help would be appreciated.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mpIWyQASMlxRVdlTkv9K1e4oihsrckjT6sD1mLDxvEc/edit#gid=0
If I understand correctly, you want to have a dropdown list menu (from Data Validation) that displays the operation name, but when you click it, it displays just the result.
This is very hacky, but here's a way to create some "labels" in your criteria box:
=IF(;"ADDITION";A2+B2),
=IF(;"SUBTRACTION";A2-B2),
=IF(;"DIVISION";A2/B2),
=IF(;"MULTIPLICATION";A2*B2),
How?(!)
After kicking around some no-op ideas, I finally settled on this as the cleanest and most flexible approach. (By some freak coincidence, it also makes some semantic sense too.) It works because when the first argument to IF is omitted, it defaults to 0 -> FALSE. This effectively makes the second argument to IF a comment/no-op, and always just selects the formula.
Yes, the semicolons are intentional or the parser will think of the args as list items.
Productivity Tip/Footnotes
Sheets will remove any line breaks in your validation criteria, so the formula will be hard to read when you have to edit it. If you anticipate that you'll be adding a bunch of functions later, save the above block in a text file and edit that. Then you can copy+paste it into the validation field.
It will also always show up as "INVALID" because the value will of course never match the formula text.
I am trying to create a gadget for some people, where all they need to do is really copy the contents of a spreadsheet, then paste it in a textbox, which will in turn create a nice table for them to embed in their articles.
I managed to do everything, however Google docs, when copying and pasting data in a text editor, seems to get the size (width) of the tab delimiter wrong between values. So, instead of getting 4 spaces that is the default, i am getting 2 in some cases and so far i managed to find out that the reason is that some of the cells contain strings with spaces. For some reason, this seems to confuse Google docs, thus supplying wrong spacings, which in turn, ruin my script.
I know i can use comma separated values here, but the issue is we are trying to give people the ability to simply copy and paste. Look at the example output below:
School Name Location Type No. eligible pupils
In this example, School Name is one cell, Location is another, Type is another and No. eligible pupils is the last one. It is clear that the first cell does not have the necessary space on the right.
Any ideas? I thought about converting all blank spaces that take more than 1 space to commas, but this might lead to a situation users might actually use 2... which would not work again.
For some reason, it was the code editor that was actually not showing the tabs right. Using a regexp and another code editor (vim) showed that all of them were actual tabs. :)
I have, I hope at least, a very simple question.
I have a simple sheet with the 3 first columns being a table of results, and a bunch of options that I can fill in some columns on the right. Obviously, the values in the table are supposed to change when I change the different options.
The formulas are very simple : =B2+F9 (each value in the table is based on the previous entry, the first one being specified in the options.
When I select the cell, grab the little square on its bottom right and drag it down it generates something like this :
=B2+F9
=B3+F10
=B4+F11
=B5+F12
It's basically incrementing each reference... wich is the probem I face as the F9 reference is an option and should not change.
What I want basically is something like :
=B2+F9
=B3+F9
=B4+F9
=B5+F9
Thus incrementing the B column, but not the F9 cell.
I tried to "hard-write" some of the first cells, kind of telling him "keep this F9" but without any success :(
How am I supposed to do this ? :'(
Use absolute references for that. In your case, you'd have the following:
=B2+F$9
The $ symbol means that the row is absolute, and should not change when you extend the formula. So, it would generate:
=B2+F$9
=B3+F$9
=B4+F$9
...
If you want the column to be fixed, you can reference it like $B2, for example. And if both the column and the row must be fixed, you'd use $B$2 syntax.