Arrayformula Looping Repetition in Google Sheets - google-sheets

For example I have this set of data below:
Header 1 Header 2
Mouse 5
Elephant 4
What I want to happen is for the word "Mouse" to repeat 5 times and the word "Elephant" to repeat 4 times from top to bottom in Column C.
The output will look something like this:
Header 1 Header 2 Header 3
Mouse 5 Mouse
Elephant 4 Mouse
Mouse
Mouse
Mouse
Elephant
Elephant
Elephant
Elephant
How to do this in Google Sheets?
Thank You


Try the below formula:
Assuming your data range is A2:B and you are entering the formula in C2, if not then you can change the range accordingly
=ARRAYFORMULA(TRIM(TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(QUERY(
REPT(A2:A&",", B2:B), ,999^99), ","))))


Supposing that your "Header 1" is in A1 and the rest of your posted sample is in A:B, place the following formula in C1 of an otherwise empty Column C:
=ArrayFormula({"Header 3"; QUERY(FLATTEN(SPLIT(FILTER(REPT(A2:A&"~",B2:B),A2:A<>""),"~",1,1)),"Select * WHERE Col1 Is Not Null")})
This formula will produce the header text (which you can change within the formula as you like) and all results.
REPT will repeat anything in A2:A (with a tilde appended to the end) B2:B times to form virtual single-cell strings.
FILTER will make sure only occupied rows are included in the REPT function.
SPLIT will split those repetitive strings into separate horizontal cells at those intermittent tildes.
FLATTEN will take all of the results of the SPLIT and form one column from them (spaces and all, since the number of cells per virtual row will differ depending on the requested number of repetitions).
QUERY will purge any empty rows that would have otherwise appeared in the FLATTEN results.
ArrayFormula is necessary because the formula is processing a range as opposed to a single row's data.

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How to sum numbers within text in google sheets?

Im looking to sum the numbers within a cell of text, into another cell.
Example of Excel

Try
=sum(split(join("|",REGEXEXTRACT(A1,REGEXREPLACE(A1,"([0-9]+)","($1)"))),"|"))

Clear Col C entirely (including the header "TOTAL"). Then place the following formula in cell C1:
=ArrayFormula({"TOTAL"; MMULT(ARRAY_CONSTRAIN(SPLIT(REGEXREPLACE(A2:A,"[^\d]+","~")&REPT("~0",25),"~"),COUNTA(A2:A),25),SEQUENCE(25,1,1,0))})
You can change the header text within the formula itself if you like.
This one formula will produce the header and all results for all rows in Col C.
How It Works
REGEXREPLACE replaces any groupings of anything other than digits with a single tilde (~). To this new string, REPT adds a repeated string of 25 instances of ~0.
SPLIT then splits this at every tilde, which sends each number (and zero appended by REPT into its own column. Some rows at this point will have more columns than others, because you have a different numbers of listed items in each of your A2:A cells.
ARRAY_CONSTRAIN constrains the results into a regular grid with as many rows as there are non-null entries in A2:A and 25 columns. Based on your data samples, this should be more columns than you'd ever have listed items per cell in A2:A. Those REPT zeros will fill in all columns after your last actual value in A2:A.
MMULT can now act on the constrained grid, along with SEQUENCE to do row-by-row addition.

Get the corresponding non-empty adjacent cell in a column in Google Sheets

I'm trying to find the formula for column "C" in order to obtain this:
A
B
C
1
blue
flower
blue
2
water
blue
3
sky
blue
4
green
grass
green
5
frog
green
6
yellow
lemon
yellow
7
sun
yellow
I've tried with INDEX and MATCH but I haven't found yet the way to go.
Bonus: a unique formula with ARRAYFORMULA would be very nice for my use case.

Given the exact layout and ranges shown in your post, delete everything from Col C and place this array formula in C1:
=ArrayFormula(IF(B2:B="",,VLOOKUP(ROW(A:A),FILTER({ROW(A:A),A:A},A:A<>""),2,TRUE)))
This will lookup each row number for rows where Col B is not empty within a virtual array of only those row numbers where Col A is not empty paired with the value of Col A, and return the result from the second column of that array. Because the final parameter of VLOOKUP is TRUE, any exact row number searched and not present in the limited virtual array will "fall backward" to the last row number that was occupied.

I guess you are looking for this
=ArrayFormula(if(row(A1:A) <= max(if(not(isblank(B1:B)), row(A1:A))),vlookup(row(A1:A),filter({row(A1:A),A1:A},len(A1:A)),2),))

Another way
=ArrayFormula(if(B2:B="",,lookup(row(A2:A),row(A2:A)/if(A2:A<>"",1,0),A2:A)))

Adding the first digit(s) of a cell ending with specific letter

I have a sheet that has blocks of cells. I add them for a total if they don't contain any letter. Letters signify a specific variable or signifier code for tracking. I also want to add the cell value when a cell has an ending code letter. I've tried SUMIF, Substitute, SumProduct and a few others.
For a while I've used the following which worked till the S value changed to another number than "8" which then gave the wrong sum from the range.
=if(countif(D64:Q64,"*S")=0,"",((countif(D64:Q64,"*S"))*8))
In the cell range I have 5 variable groups ending in a letter (A, H, S, C and R) and one group not ending in any letter.
The formula I use to add the cells not containing a letter but have a value is this
=IF(SUM(AA64,(SUMIF(D65:Q65,"<>")),-(COUNTIF(D65:Q65,">=0")*8))>24,24,(SUM(AA64,(SUMIF(D65:Q65,"<>")),-(COUNTIF(D65:Q65,">=0")*8))))
which adds the table data plus the previous lines table data but does not exceed 24.
H is a set value of 6 and doesn't change.
Does anyone know how to add the value of the cells that contain a specific letter?
N (number)
A
S
C
R
H
8.5
H
8A
2S
9
3C
0.5R
17.5
8
2
3
0.5
6
I'd prefer it be a formula usable in Google Sheets because that is where this data is.

Solution:
You can use this formula below column "N" then drag right until below column "H".
=SWITCH(H$1,"N",SUM($A2:$G2),"H",6,SUM(IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA(VALUE(LEFT($A2:$G2,FIND(H$1,$A2:$G2)-1))),0)))
This is a combination of three formulas:
If the row above is N, sum A2 to G2. This will ignore all the strings.
If the row above is H, output 6.
Else, get the number to the left of the defined suffix, set all others to 0, and get the sum.
Output:
References:
Extract number from string in Google Sheets

An alternative could be to use
=SUMPRODUCT(A3:G3, isnumber(A3:G3))
to compute the sum of the cells with numbers only, and to use
=sum(filter(substitute($A$3:$G$3, I$2,)+0, regexmatch($A$3:$G$3, I$2)))
under the 'A' and drag to the right
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How to count rows between 2 non empty cells with their intermediary empty cells in Google Sheets?

I'm trying to count each rows of empty cells between two non-empy cells and adding the upper non empty-cell count (or the lower non-empty cells count) to the result when the empty cells/rows numbers are variable and irregular in this manner:
A1 Empty
A2 Non-empty
A3 Empty
A4 Empty
A5 Empty
A6 Empty
A7 Non-empty
(with A2 to A5 being irregular — could be any number of intermediary empty rows/cells — i.e. 10, 2, 30, 5, etc., and variable — could be located in any location within Column A)
The result should return as follow:
=IFS(
AND(A2="",A3=""),"",
AND(A2="",A3<>""),"",
AND(A2<>"",A3<>""),ROWS(A2),
AND(A2<>"",A3=""),ROWS(A2:UP TO NEXT NON-EMPTY ROW BENEATH (NOT COMPRISED (or minus the next non-empty row(-1)))
How do we program Google Sheets to count rows "UP TO NEXT NON-EMPTY ROW BENEATH (NOT COMPRISED (or minus the next ono empty row(-1)) when the emppty intermediary rows' count is variable/unknown for each occurence and irregular/can be any number of intremediary rows?
I have this data as example:
So far, I've come up with this partial solution:
=IFS(AND(A2="",A3=""),"", AND(A2="",A3<>""),"", AND(A2<>"",A3<>""),ROWS(A2), AND(A2<>"",A3=""),ROWS(A2:UP TO NEXT NON-EMPTY ROW BENEATH (NOT COMPRISED (or minus the next non-empty row(-1)))))
The expected result should return as follows:
The Sheet copy:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eLXdFINKVtS5Fxon8mIQDmBUTZokyY_Fb6tfWJRDOVI/edit?usp=sharing

Well I think you can do it a bit more elegantly using a reverse lookup. The idea is to sort the data on descending order of row number, then use a match with -1 as the last parameter, which is equivalent to searching from the end of the data for the next non-blank.
=ArrayFormula(iferror(if(A2:A="","",rows(A2:A)+2-match(row(A2:A)+1,
query(SORT({IF(A2:A<>"",row(A2:A),""),row(A2:A)},2,false),"select Col1"),-1)-row(A2:A)),1))
If you wanted to keep it simple and just use a pull-down formula, an ordinary match is enough:
=ArrayFormula(iferror(if(A2="","",match(true,A3:A<>"",0)),1))
(it still has to be entered as an array formula because A3:A<>"" is an array of True and False)

I found a solution with a Monster formula but with simple iterative logics, and up to 50 intermediary blanks (for more only need to make the formula larger).
What I was lookind for was simply to print the cells/rows count of intermediary empty cells between 2 non-empty cells + adding to the count either the 1st non-empty cell or the last non-empty cell.
So for example if cell A1 and cell A9 have 8 empty cells between them, then return 8+1 (or 10-1).
The logics used is simple:
probe how many possible empty cells there can be between each 2 non-empty cells counting the 1st non-empty as well within column A (in the formula below the possibility is up to 50 empty cells), and for each case return the intermediary rows -1 (the last row).
The formula:
=IFS(AND(A1="",A2=""),"",AND(A1="",A2<>""),"",AND(A1<>"",A2<>""),ROWS(A1),AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3<>""),ROWS(A1:A3)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4<>""),ROWS(A1:A4)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5<>""),ROWS(A1:A5)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6<>""),ROWS(A1:A6)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7<>""),ROWS(A1:A7)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8<>""),ROWS(A1:A8)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9<>""),ROWS(A1:A9)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10<>""),ROWS(A1:A10)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11<>""),ROWS(A1:A11)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12<>""),ROWS(A1:A12)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13<>""),ROWS(A1:A13)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14<>""),ROWS(A1:A14)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15<>""),ROWS(A1:A15)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16<>""),ROWS(A1:A16)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17<>""),ROWS(A1:A17)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18<>""),ROWS(A1:A18)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19<>""),ROWS(A1:A19)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20<>""),ROWS(A1:A20)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21<>""),ROWS(A1:A21)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22<>""),ROWS(A1:A22)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23<>""),ROWS(A1:A23)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24<>""),ROWS(A1:A24)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25<>""),ROWS(A1:A25)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26<>""),ROWS(A1:A26)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27<>""),ROWS(A1:A27)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27="",A28<>""),ROWS(A1:A28)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27="",A28="",A29<>""),ROWS(A1:A29)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27="",A28="",A29="",A30<>""),ROWS(A1:A30)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27="",A28="",A29="",A30="",A31<>""),ROWS(A1:A31)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27="",A28="",A29="",A30="",A31="",A32<>""),ROWS(A1:A32)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27="",A28="",A29="",A30="",A31="",A32="",A33<>""),ROWS(A1:A33)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27="",A28="",A29="",A30="",A31="",A32="",A33="",A34<>""),ROWS(A1:A34)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",A15="",A16="",A17="",A18="",A19="",A20="",A21="",A22="",A23="",A24="",A25="",A26="",A27="",A28="",A29="",A30="",A31="",A32="",A33="",A34="",A35<>""),ROWS(A1:A35)-1,AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4="",A5="",A6="",A7="",A8="",A9="",A10="",A11="",A12="",A13="",A14="",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Here the images sheet of the result:
The Sheet
Can it be done in a simpler way but still with a single formula?
Thanks a lot for your next input!

In the mean time I did some simplification of my previous Monster formula and learned the ArrayFormula application in the process.
1st I tried to shorten the big blank cells intervals into ranges formulations to see if it still worked.
For example I changed:
AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3="",A4<>""),ROWS(A1:A4)-1,
into
AND(A1<>"",A2:A3="",A4<>""),ROWS(A1:A4)-1,
And it shortened my formula from this:
to this:
But then when pasting the new formula I got a #VALUE! error 'an array value could not be found'.
After further tests, I used the ArrayFormula and it worked by adapting the simple 'ranges' previously used to Arrays:
from this
AND(A1<>"",A2:A3="",A4<>""),ROWS(A1:A4)-1,
into this
AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A3=""),A4<>""),ROWS(A1:A4)-1,
With this final result:
=IFS(AND(A1="",A2=""),"",AND(A1="",A2<>""),"",AND(A1<>"",A2<>""),ROWS(A1),AND(A1<>"",A2="",A3<>""),ROWS(A1:A3)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A3=""),A4<>""),ROWS(A1:A4)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A4=""),A5<>""),ROWS(A1:A5)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A5=""),A6<>""),ROWS(A1:A6)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A6=""),A7<>""),ROWS(A1:A7)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A7=""),A8<>""),ROWS(A1:A8)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A8=""),A9<>""),ROWS(A1:A9)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A9=""),A10<>""),ROWS(A1:A10)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A10=""),A11<>""),ROWS(A1:A11)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A11=""),A12<>""),ROWS(A1:A12)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A12=""),A13<>""),ROWS(A1:A13)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A13=""),A14<>""),ROWS(A1:A14)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A14=""),A15<>""),ROWS(A1:A15)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A15=""),A16<>""),ROWS(A1:A16)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A16=""),A17<>""),ROWS(A1:A17)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A17=""),A18<>""),ROWS(A1:A18)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A18=""),A19<>""),ROWS(A1:A19)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A19=""),A20<>""),ROWS(A1:A20)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A20=""),A21<>""),ROWS(A1:A21)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A21=""),A22<>""),ROWS(A1:A22)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A22=""),A23<>""),ROWS(A1:A23)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A23=""),A24<>""),ROWS(A1:A24)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A24=""),A25<>""),ROWS(A1:A25)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A25=""),A26<>""),ROWS(A1:A26)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A26=""),A27<>""),ROWS(A1:A27)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A27=""),A28<>""),ROWS(A1:A28)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A28=""),A29<>""),ROWS(A1:A29)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A29=""),A30<>""),ROWS(A1:A30)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A30=""),A31<>""),ROWS(A1:A31)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A31=""),A32<>""),ROWS(A1:A32)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A32=""),A33<>""),ROWS(A1:A33)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A33=""),A34<>""),ROWS(A1:A34)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A34=""),A35<>""),ROWS(A1:A35)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A35=""),A36<>""),ROWS(A1:A36)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A36=""),A37<>""),ROWS(A1:A37)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A37=""),A38<>""),ROWS(A1:A38)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A38=""),A39<>""),ROWS(A1:A39)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A39=""),A40<>""),ROWS(A1:A40)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A40=""),A41<>""),ROWS(A1:A41)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A41=""),A42<>""),ROWS(A1:A42)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A42=""),A43<>""),ROWS(A1:A43)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A43=""),A44<>""),ROWS(A1:A44)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A44=""),A45<>""),ROWS(A1:A45)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A45=""),A46<>""),ROWS(A1:A46)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A46=""),A47<>""),ROWS(A1:A47)-1,AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A47=""),A48<>""),ROWS(A1:A48)-1, AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A48=""),A49<>""),ROWS(A1:A49)-1, AND(A1<>"",ArrayFormula(A2:A49=""),A50<>""),ROWS(A1:A50)-1)
New Sheet here

Search the entire sheet and return an array of cell reference

Hi I am new to Excel/Google Spreadsheet.
I have a problem that I want to search the entire sheet for a given string.
For example the table looks like
A B C D
1 foo 1 bar 2
2 bar 9 abc 3
3 foo 2 bar 4
LOOKUP/MATCH/VLOOKUP can only search one row or column, I need a formula to search for the whole sheet for 'bar', and return the array of all found cells, e.g. {$C$1, $A$2, $C$3}.
What's more (the ultimate goal) is to calculated the sum of the numbers next to the found cells, in this example, 2+9+4=15.
I hope this can be achieved without VBA so that I can use the formula in Google Spreadsheet as well.

For your example, in Excel:
=SUM(IF(A1:C3="foo",B1:D3,0)) entered as an array formula, with ctrl-shift-enter
In Google:
=ARRAYFORMULA(SUM(IF(A1:C3="foo",B1:D3,0)))
The ranges can be as large as you like. The important points are that the first range covers all of the values you want to look for text in, and that the second range is the same size but shifted one cell to the right.

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