I'm trying to calculate a Win/Loss formula based on two other cells but it wont work correctly. I attached what I currently have and I do not understand why it wont work.
For betting, I bet on the over (the o in o2.5) 2.5 so if the result is 4, it wins, and should say W. But incorrectly says L.
Any suggestions on how to get this to work?
Thank you in advance!
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You just have a little mistake. What the screenshot shows is the following.
A
B
C
1
Bet line
Result
W/L
2
o2.5
4
L
3
o2.5
1
L
A and B were columns filled with data. Let me firstly mention that the data collection is a bit weird and your over and under would be better just initially be put in an extra column.
In cell C2, the code used was:
=IF(B2>RIGHT(A2,3), "W", "L")
The problem here is that column A now is in a text/string format due to the "o". Your IF() comparison now compares a float (number) to text (string) and it was apparently arbitrarily designated that the float is smaller. I reversed the order of the input and it will actually give the opposite result.
You just have to convert your string to a float, done by the VALUE() function.
=IF(B2>VALUE(RIGHT(A2,3)), "W", "L")
This correctly gives:
A
B
C
1
Bet line
Result
W/L
2
o2.5
4
W
3
o2.5
1
L
Good luck with your Gsheets adventure!
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Suppose my excel sheet looks like this:
Name
Houses
Cars owned
column D
John
3
3
=A&MAX(30,3)
Harry
2
4
..
Vik
5
1
..
..
p
k
..
...
q
n
..
In column D, I want to return the row in column A that corresponds to the larger of the two values in cells B2 and C2. So in cell D2, I would want to return "Vik" because the larger of the two values in B2 (3) and C2 (3) is 3. And the value in cell A3 is Vik.
So in order to arrive at my result, I would input something like ="A"&MAX(B2,C2) in D2.
But suppose my formula was a lot more complex and with different data.
=IFERROR(ArrayFormula(ADDRESS(MAX(index(IF($A$1:$D6=B7,ROW($A$1:$D6),""),,IF($A$1:$D6=B7,COLUMN($A$1:$D6)),"")),MAX(IF($A$1:$D6=B7,COLUMN($A$1:$D6),"")))),"")
and I wanted the result of the first chunk of the formula (from ADDRESS() onwards)
MAX(index(IF($A$1:$D6=B7,ROW($A$1:$D6),"") (which is 3, say) to be the row number that is input into
MAX(IF($A$3:$D3=B7,COLUMN($A$1:$D6),"")) for the range inside the IF condition.
(notice how $A$1:$D6 changed to $A$3:$D6)
So, going by the tabular example above, I would simply input MAX(IF("$A$"&MAX(index(IF($A$1:$D6=B7,ROW($A$1:$D6),""):$D6=B7,COLUMN($A$1:$D6),"")) and that should do the trick. Except it doesn't and I get a formula parse error which I cannot resolve.
Here is the specific excel sheet I'm working on: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12U8U7Jp4FscobIvgr4_sADJB_oSdIHrboCk02cxF_u0/edit?usp=sharing
Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? The solution, I think, should be simple enough but I can't seem to figure it out.
Sorry if it's a bit long but I've been struggling with this for a while now.
I hope this formula will help
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFNA(VLOOKUP(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(B2:C6);"select "&JOIN(",";"max(Col"&row(B2:C6)-1&")")));"select Col2+1 label Col2+1''");{row(A:A)\A:A};2;False)))
Solved using the indirect function and ampersand concatenation.
New function would be: =IFERROR(ArrayFormula(ADDRESS(MAX(index(IF($A$1:$D6=B7,ROW($A$1:$D6),""),,IF($A$1:$D6=B7,COLUMN($A$1:$D6),""))),MAX(IF(INDIRECT("$A$"&(MAX(index(IF($A$1:$D6=B7,ROW($A$1:$D6),""))))):$D6=B7,COLUMN($A$1:$D6),"")))),"")
Here's my problem: I have 2 sheets in my document (lets call them Sheet 1 and Sheet 2). They contain similar stuff and both look like this (Names may differ, as well as values):
Column A, C, D and F contain times (in m:ss).
Column B and E both calculate the time-difference between NameX and NameY and add ">, < or ~ ~" depending on the actual difference (ignore the coloring).
Now here comes my problem: I want to find 3 minima (on Sheet 3).
Minimum 1 is easy, as I can just use this function (it automatically filters out column B and E):
MIN('Sheet 1'!A2:F2, 'Sheet 2'!A2:F2)
Minimum 2 and 3 are were I struggle.
Minimum 2: Using the example values, I want to find the minimum of (1:01+1:02), (1:02+1:05), (1:01+1:01) and (1:01+1:02) (+ whatever times are on sheet 2). Result should be 2:02.
Minimum 3: Again, using the example values, I want to find the minimum of (1:01+1:02+1:03), (1:02+1:05+0:30), (1:01+1:01+1:12) and (1:01+1:02+2:02) (+ whatever times are on sheet 2). Result should be 2:37.
I am currently using this formula (for minimum 3):
=MIN(
IFERROR(FILTER(IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA({'Sheet 1'!A2:F2}+{'Sheet 1'!A3:F3}+{'Sheet 1'!A4:F4})),
IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA({'Sheet 1'!A2:F2}+{'Sheet 1'!A3:F3}+{'Sheet 1'!A4:F4}))<>0)),
IFERROR(FILTER(IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA({'Sheet 2'!A2:F2}+{'Sheet 2'!A3:F3}+{'Sheet 2'!A4:F4})),
IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA({'Sheet 2'!A2:F2}+{'Sheet 2'!A3:F3}+{'Sheet 2'!A4:F4}))<>0))
)
Some notes: The inner IFERROR-function is needed to filter out errors that obviously occur when trying to add up column B and E. FILTER-function filters out columns that are empty (there's none in this example). The second IFERROR-function filters out FILTER-functions that return an error when they get no input at all (all columns in a sheet are empty). I want to filter of these since I don't want to get 0:00 as result
My problem is this: In my actual sheet I have 11 sheets with 16 rows to add up, but I don't want to use the formula above and create an insane monster of a formula that would x-times as long as the formula above.
So my question is: Is there an easier way to solve this problem for mimimum 3 (and therefore 4, 5, 6 ...) that I'm not seeing?
It's a little monstrous, but this might work:
=MIN(FILTER({
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet1!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet1!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet2!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet2!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet3!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet3!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet4!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet4!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet5!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet5!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet6!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet6!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet7!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet7!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet8!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet8!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet9!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet9!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet10!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet10!A2:F));
MMULT(SEQUENCE(1,ROWS(Sheet11!A2:F),1,0),N(Sheet11!A2:F))},
{1,0,1,1,0,1}))
I'd like to insert 2 column wide fields under each other. I tried with embedded arrays but was not successful.
So basically from:
a 1 e 5
b 2 f 6
c 3
I would like to get:
a 1
b 2
c 3
e 5
f 6
I tried with
={{A:A,B:B};{C:C,D:D}}
but could not get it working, however
={{A:A,B:B},{C:C,D:D}}
put the columns the same as they were so its intresting that with ; its not working.
The blocks are always 2 column wide but the rows are different length
Thanks for your help in advance!
Try:
=filter({A:B;C:D},{A:A;C:C}<>"")
This will return rows where Columns A or C are not blank.
Just under c assuming a is in A1:
=ArrayFormula(C1:D2)
You're not going to find a clean built-in formulaic solution to this one that doesn't utilize some sort of built-in magic auto expansion (like pnuts's answer). Here is my approach using OFFSET that will also work in Microsoft Excel.
In two columns, copy this formula.
=OFFSET($A$1,(ROW()-ROW($G$1))/2,IF(MOD(ROW()-ROW($G$1),2)=1,2,0))
In the second column, modify the formula, adding 1 to the column offset parameter:
=OFFSET($A$1,(ROW()-ROW($G$1))/2,1+IF(MOD(ROW()-ROW($G$1),2)=1,2,0))
where $A$1 is replaced with the address of the top left of your range and $G$1 is the starting location of your output range. This should be resistant to auto-update of formulas from range insertions and deletions (which I despise butchering my formulae and conditional formatting rules) by using only the bare number of references, which are all absolute.
This works by dividing the row offset from your starting position by 2 and rounding down (via an implicit cast to integer when used as a parameter to the OFFSET function) to get the row number of your input range. Then it shifts over 2 columns on every odd row to get data from the second column pair.
Note this is not a size-aware function, so it interweaves the second column pair:
a 1
e 5
b 2
f 6
c 3
I've seen a hundred questions with the same 'title', however I can't figure out the right answer for my problem (or maybe it gets too hard for me).
It's about a Dungeons & Dragons sheet I'm creating for me and my friends.
First a screenshot: http://prntscr.com/khmo43
What I would like is, when I input a number below 'Experience - Cell G2' (like 250), the output in cell F2 would be 1 (since a character is level 1 between 0-299 experience). However, when the experience becomes 300 or higher (between 300-900) the output should be come 2 in Cell F2.
How can I, in this case, automatically have the output in Cell F2 be determined by the value in G2. (So like, IF G2 is between A and B, F2 = C).
I'm extremely sorry if I asked a double question. I've been looking for ages.
Actually not to hard, one I had a chance to think about it. You want to use an index match with a search key as 1.
From the docs,
search_type: 1, the default, causes MATCH to assume that the range is sorted in ascending order and return the largest value less than or equal to search_key.
Because your levels are going to be sorted (I assume) you can put in the min value needed for a character to advance E.g. 0xp is the min value for level 1, 200xp is the min amount needed for level 2, 500xp is the min amount needed for level 3, etc.
=INDEX($E$2:$E$7, MATCH($A$2,$D$2:$D$7, 1))
Good luck with the campaign!
Using google spreadsheets is there a way to evaluate a cell value as the row in a lookup operation? For example rather than =D2 to grab the value of D2, I want to evaluate the value of a cell and use it as the row to lookup another cell. I've looked at the google spreadsheet formula documentation and haven't been able to find a solution.
The below pseudocode illustrates what I'm trying to do.
A B C D
1 D
2 =[B1]2 10
3 =[B1]3 9
4 =[B1]4 8
Given the value of B1 is "D" I want cells B2, B3, and B4 to resolve to 10, 9, and 8 respectively.
You might be looking for something like this:
=INDIRECT(INDEX(B$1;1;1)&ROW())
the INDEX(B$1;1;1) gets content of B1 cell (the 1;1 is obligatory parameter, since you can feed INDEX with range and means: 1st row in range;1st column in range which is D
ROW() returns current row number, be it 2, 3 etc.
& concatenates both value, so the result is processed like "D" & "2" => "D2"
INDIRECT(reference) returns reference to a cell or an area (in text form) for which to return the contents.
see https://support.google.com/drive/table/25273?hl=en
Still, depending on what is the original problem, there might be better solutions. Above one is just straightforward answer to your question.
Bearing in mind the correctness and helpfulness of PsychoFish's advice on the use of INDEX() with INDIRECT(), and on the limited usefulness of any one solution for all problems, I think the following formula will work as well in this particular case:
=INDIRECT(B$1&Row())