I'm trying to highlight a cell if 3 different conditions are met in 3 other different cells.
A B C D
Highlight A: if B is greater than 5, C is empty, and D doesn't have a duplicate
When I use these formulas individually, they work:
=AND(b:b,>5)
=AND(isblank(c:c))
=AND(countif(A:A,A1)<2)
But when I combine them this way, they don't work:
=AND(b:b,>5),(isblank(c:c)),(countif(A:A,A1)<2)
What am I doing wrong?
Also, if a value occurs multiple times, is there a formula to highlight all but the first occurrence?
Highlight A: if B is greater than 5, C is empty, and D doesn't have a duplicate
apply to range A1:A:
=(B1>5)*(C1="")*(COUNTIF(D:D, D1)<2)
Also, if a value occurs multiple times, is there a formula to highlight all but the first occurrence?
use shorter:
=COUNTIF(A$1:A1, A1)>1
or:
=ARRAYFORMULA(COUNTIFS(A$1:A, A1, ROW(A$1:A), "<="&ROW(A1))>1)
The AND function requires additional brackets:
=AND((b:b>5),(isblank(c:c)),(countif(A:A,A1)<2))
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How can I switch using an array or a range of values in google sheets? In other words, how can I use the range of values in B2:B to work as the "Switch" Parameters in the formula below?
The 1st formula used in the table below generates the desired result in column C
1. arrayformula(if(A2:A<>"",SWITCH(trim(A2:A),"A","B","C","D"),""))
But the 2nd formula I use evaluates as #N/A
2. arrayformula(if(A2:A<>"",SWITCH(trim(A2:A),JOIN(",",FILTER(B2:B,B2:B<>""))),""))
A
B
C
1
Values
Replacement
Desired (using formula 1)
2
A
"A","B"
B
3
C
"C","D"
D
What I tried - replacing using switch
Both textjoin(",",TRUE,B2:B) and JOIN(",",FILTER(B2:B,B2:B<>"")) result in "A","B","C","D" so I figured that replacing those values in formula 1 above as in the 2nd formula would work buy it didn't instead evaluating to #N/A
Can I use SWITCH with a range that is generated or is there some other way to achieve using the joining the values in column B to be used to replace values in column C?
try:
=INDEX(TRIM(REGEXREPLACE(B2:B3, "\b"&A2:A3&"\b", )))
or:
=INDEX(IFNA(IFNA(VLOOKUP(A2:A6, SPLIT(B2, "|"), 2, ),
VLOOKUP(A2:A6, SPLIT(B3, "|"), 2, )), A2:A6))
No. Currently, It's not possible to unpack/unzip/spread a array/range to arguments of a function.
Workaround in this specific case would be to use regex:
=ARRAYFORMULA(REGEXREPLACE(B2:INDEX(B2:B,COUNTA(B2:B)),"["&A2:INDEX(A2:A,COUNTA(A2:A))&",""]",))
This creates a regex like [A",], where
[] is a character class
A", is literal A," and ,
If it matches, it gets replaced with nothing.
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 = '"&$C2&"'",0)),"None")
Limitation:
You need to manually drag the formula to its succeeding rows. Arrayformula() cannot be used in looping the query string values.
What it does?
Using query(), filter the data from A2:C that has the same current row last name(Column B) and food(Column C) at the same time having a different first name(Column A)
If there are multiple results, use textjoin() to combine them with ", " as its delimiter.
If there is no matched found, it will return an error, hence use iferror() to set the default value to "None"
Output
Let's say I have a list of strings and I want to remove specific words from them. I can easily use multiple SUBSTITUTE functions, for example, this will remove the strings in B2, B3 and B4 from the string in A2:
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,$B$2,""),$B$3,""),$B$4,"")
How can I make this dynamic so that when I add more terms to remove in the B column they'll be removed automatically from A2. I tried the following methods but they didn't work:
1 - add the B cells as an array
=SUBSTITUTE(A2,{$B$2:$B$4},"") or =SUBSTITUTE(A2,{$B$2,$B$3,$B$4},"")
2 - Make a single condition
cat|donkey|mouse
3 - Using Indirect and concatenate - I built the correct function as a string (using REPT and CONCATENATE) and tried to activate it with INDIRECT) but this also failed.
Here's the spreadsheet (Col A are the strings to clea, B are the words to remove, D is the manual method that works, F, H and K are the failed 3 attempts).
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15u8qZ0xQkjvTRrJca6AInoQ4aPkijccouAETE4Gyr9I/edit#gid=0
In the 'Copy' of the tab I entered
=ArrayFormula(IF(LEN(A2:A), REGEXREPLACE(A2:A, TEXTJOIN("|", 1, B2:B),),))
See if that works for you?
EXPLANTION
LEN(A2:A) basically limits the output to the rows that a value in column A
REGEXREPLACE uses a regular expression to replace parts of the string. That regular expression is constructed by the TEXTJOIN function.
TEXTJOIN combines the text from the range B2:B, with a specifiable delimiter separating the different texts. Here the pipe character (which means 'or' in regex) is used. The second paramater of this function is set to TRUE (or 1) so that empty cells selected in the text arguments won't be included in the result.
REFERENCES
TEXTJOIN
REGEXREPLACE
You can also try-
=TEXTJOIN(" ",TRUE,FILTER(SPLIT(A2," "),ISERROR(MATCH(SPLIT(A2," "),$B$2:$B$7,0))))
Suppose I've got a text values column (named Data), generated by =unique() function. Also, there is an array of patterns to find and replace for (Find and Replace columns).
Which formula should I use to scan each cell in Data for multiple patterns in Find and replace it, if match?
Data Find Replace Result
1 a c z a
2 b f y b
3 c e x z
4 d d
5 e x
6 c z
Tried =SUBSTITUTE() and =IF() functions, but it fails, when I set an array of patterns, instead of single one.
If the table you is in range A1:E7, try this formula
=TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(REGEXREPLACE(REGEXREPLACE(REGEXREPLACE(ARRAYFORMULA(CONCATENATE($B$2:$B$7&"|")),$C$2,$D$2),$C$3,$D$3),$C$4,$D$4),"|"))
You can read further about this in an older post and google docs forum.
Array solution
This formula takes range to replace, so it can be used for variable number of patterns:
=QUERY(ARRAYFORMULA({REGEXMATCH(A2,$B$2:$B$4),
REGEXREPLACE(A2,$B$2:$B$4,$C$2:$C$4)}),
"select Col2 order by Col1 desc limit 1")
or this one:
=INDEX(ArrayFormula(REGEXREPLACE(A2,$B$2:$B$4,$C$2:$C$4)),IFERROR(MATCH(A2,$B$2:$B$4,0),1))
or this:
=IFERROR(INDEX($C$2:$C$4,MATCH(A2,$B$2:$B$4,0)),A2)
The formula is need to be dragged down.
Single Formula & Array solution
Also this single ArrayFormula will do the trick:
=ArrayFormula(trim(transpose(query({IF(--REGEXMATCH(TRANSPOSE(A2:A7),$B$2:$B$4)=1,
REGEXREPLACE(TRANSPOSE(A2:A7),$B$2:$B$4,$C$2:$C$4),"");
TRANSPOSE(if(--not(REGEXMATCH(A2:A7,JOIN("|",B2:B4))),A2:A7,""))},,COUNTA(A2:A)))))
or this shorter formula:
=ArrayFormula(IFERROR(VLOOKUP(MATCH(A2:A7,B2:B4,0),{ROW(INDIRECT("a1:a"&COUNTA(C2:C4))),C2:C4},2,0),A2:A7))
Please, see explanations in Sample file