I want to add a character ("~ ") to the front of each value of a columnar array, but every formula I've tried concatenates the values into a single cell rather than back to the column array. Do I need to add SPLIT? What am I doing wrong?
This is what I've tried most recently
=JOIN("~ ",FILTER(Categories!A2:A,LEN(Categories!A2:A)))
=ArrayFormula(TEXTJOIN("~ ",TRUE,Categories!A2:A))
=ArrayFormula(JOIN("~ ",{Categories!A2:A}))
Ultimately, what I would like to see in a single column is:
~ Category 1
~ Category 2
etc.
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(SPLIT(IF(Categories!A2:A<>"", "~ ♦"&Categories!A2:A, ), "♦")))
=ARRAYFORMULA(IF(Categories!A2:A<>"", "~ "&Categories!A2:A, ))
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I have a data set wherein emails are populated. I would like to list all the surnames extracted in the emails per cell and will be all joined to a one single cell but I want to put a separator or delimeter to the emails obtaine per cell.
Here is the data set:
A
B
john.smith#gmail.com, jane.doe#gmail.com
UPDATE
john.smith#gmail.com
CLOSE
And here is the formula to extract
=ARRAYFORMULA(
PROPER(
REGEXEXTRACT(
A:A,
REGEXREPLACE(
A:A,
"(\w+)#","($1)#"
)
)
)
)
This initially yields the ff:
C
D
Smith
Doe
Smith
I would like to use JOIN() inside the ARRAYFORMULA() but it is not working as I seem to think it would since it outputs an error that it only accepts one row or one column of data. My initial understanding of ARRAYFORMULA() is that it iterates through the course of the data, so I thought it will JOIN() first, and then move on to the next element/row but I guess it doesn't work that way. I can use FLATTEN() but I want to have delimiters or separators in between the row elements. I need help in obtaining my intended final result which will look like this:
UPDATE:
Smith
Doe
CLOSE:
Smith
All are located in one cell, C1. UPDATE and CLOSE are from column B.
EDIT: I would like to clarify that the email entries in column A are dynamic and maybe more than two.
I think this will work:
=arrayformula(flatten(if(A2:A<>"",regexreplace(trim(split(B2:B&":"&char(9999)®exreplace(Proper(A2:A),"#[\w\.]+,\ ?|#.*",char(9999)&" "),char(9999))),".*\.",),)))
NOTES:
Proper(A2:A) changes the capitalisation.
The regexreplace "#[\w\.]+,\ ?|#.*" finds:
# symbol...
then any number of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _ [using \w] or . [using \.]
then a comma
then 'optionally' a space \ [the optional bit is ?]
or [using |], the # symbol then an number of characters [using .*]
The result is replaced with a character that you won't expect to have in your text - char(9999) which is a pencil icon, and a trailing space (used later on when the flatten keeps a gap between lines). The purpose is to get all of the 'name.surname' and 'nameonly' values in front of any # symbol and separate them with char(9999).
Then infront of the regexreplace is B2:B&":"&char(9999)& which gets the value from column B, the : chanracter and char(9999).
The split() function then separates then into columns. Trim() is used to get rid of spaces in front of names that don't contain ..
The next regexreplace() function deletes anything before, and including . to keep surname or name without ..
The if(A2:A<>"" only process rows where there is a value in col A. The arrayformula() function is required to cascade the formula down the sheet.
I didn't output the results in a single cell, but it looks like you've sorted that with textjoin.
Here's my version of getting the results into a single cell.
=arrayformula(textjoin(char(10),1,if(A2:A<>"",REGEXREPLACE(B2:B&":"&char(10)®exreplace(Proper(A2:A),"#[\w\.]+,\ ?|#.*",char(10)),".*\.",),)))
Assuming that your A:A cells will always contain only contiguous email addresses separated by commas, you could place this in, say, C1 (being sure that both Columns C and D are otherwise empty beforehand):
=TRANSPOSE(FILTER({B:B,IFERROR(REGEXEXTRACT(SPLIT(PROPER(A:A),","),"([^\.]+)#"))},A:A<>""))
If this produces the desired result and you'd like to know how it works, report back. The first step, however, is to make sure it works as expected.
use:
=INDEX(REGEXREPLACE(TRIM(QUERY(FLATTEN(QUERY(TRANSPOSE({{B1; IF(B2:B="",,"×"&B2:B)},
PROPER(REGEXEXTRACT(A:A, REGEXREPLACE(A:A, "(\w+)#", "($1)#")))})
,,9^9)),,9^9)), " |×", CHAR(10)))
I want to make an array with several columns. The second and subsequent columns are specified as a range pulled from another sheet. The first column is a static constant, that is, every cell in the first column should have the very same literal string value, say 'foo'. I can't find the correct syntax. I'd have thought something like this would work:
={"foo", 'Other Sheet'!C2:F}
but I get "Function ARRAY_ROW parameter 2 has mismatched row size. Expected: 1. Actual: 999." Clearly "foo" needs to be "expanded" to a column with lots of rows. How do I do it, and where are tricks like this documented?
Maybe the answer to this question would give a start: How do I create an array containing a single column, every cell containing "foo", with the number of columns specified by a different range?
Here is an editable sheet illustrating the problem and the desired solution:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17myzKVFN3SDQuubWNdP-dFAbdvdlRbZFkjRpLi2Fas8/edit?usp=sharing
The exact question is this: what formula can I put in cell B9 of Sheet1 to get the current appearance of Sheet1? Notice that I don't know in advance how many rows there are in 'Other Sheet'. It's OK to assume that all rows of Other Sheet have a nonblank value in column C.
You can loop with an arrayformula and assign them to the first column, ending the array with the same size:
={ARRAYFORMULA(if(len('Other Sheet'!C2:C),"foo",)),'Other Sheet'!C2:F}
Side note: that between the {}, if you put a comma ({expr1 , expr2}), the value will be side by side, and if you put a semicolon ({expr1 ; expr2}), the values will be one above the other.
You can use QUERY for that:
=QUERY('Other Sheet'!C2:F, "select 'foo',C,D,E,F where C is not null")
If you want to remove the 'foo' column header, you can use:
=QUERY('Other Sheet'!C2:F, "select 'foo',C,D,E,F where C is not null label 'foo' ''")
This a simple customer sheet:
A B C D
ID First Middle Last
1 John Doe
2 Jane Maia Doe
And in F1 I put this vlookup code:
=VLOOKUP($G$1;$A$1:$D$3;2;FALSE)&" "&VLOOKUP($G$1;$A$1:$D$3;3;FALSE)&" "&VLOOKUP($G$1;$A$1:$D$3;4;FALSE)
When I lookup ID 2, it's perfect nicely spaced between the vlookups
But when I lookup ID 1 you see 2 spaces between the first and last name, because there is no middle name here.
How can I manage that I always see 1 space between the vlookups?
One way you could achieve the result you're looking for is to simply replace multiple spaces with a single space.
=REGEXREPLACE(JOIN(" ",ARRAYFORMULA(VLOOKUP(G1,A:D,{2,3,4},FALSE))),"\s{2,}"," ")
This formula looks up G1 in your table (A:D). VLOOKUP can be used in an ARRAYFORMULA to efficiently retrieve all of the columns you want in one shot. Your JOIN joins all of the retrieved columns, inserting a space between each value. Finally, your REGEXREPLACE function looks for multiple consecutive spaces and replaces them with a single space.
Alternatively, you could filter the resulting array (i.e. the result of what your VLOOKUP returns). The following formula looks up the array of first, middle, and last name, and then filters out any empty cells before joining the remaining elements with a space.
=JOIN(" ",FILTER(VLOOKUP(I1,A:D,{2,3,4},FALSE),INDIRECT("B"&MATCH(I1,A:A,0)&":D"&MATCH(I1,A:A,0))<>""))
all you need is TRIM fx and:
=ARRAYFORMULA(TRIM(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(IFERROR(
VLOOKUP(G1:G2, A1:D3, {2,3,4}, 0))),,999^99))))
I'd like to achieve what's in the Desired Output column in the image below. I need to take what's in row 1 (id1, id2, etc.), add ":" to that, then concatenate it with the values under each of the Field columns, add "|" to each ID-Value pair, and get that all together into one cell. I need the formula to also work for empty cells, as the number of fields to concatenate together is dynamic.
So far I've tried a big CONCATENATE formula in one cell, but I can only get it to work for as many non-blank cells as I include in the formula.
Thanks in advance!
google-sheets
Use JOIN:
=arrayformula(join("|",filter($B$1:$E$1& ":" & B2:E2,B2:E2<>"")))
excel-formula
Use TEXTJOIN
=TEXTJOIN("|",,IF(B2:E2<>"",$B$1:$E$1 & ":" & B2:E2,""))
This will be an array formula and must be confirmed with ctrl-Shift-Enter instead of Enter when exiting edit mode.
I am working with a google sheet that in one column can hold 1+ strings of numbers, and in another column, needs to read those numbers in and concat them with a link.
What I mean by this is and what works thus far: Column A - 324243324 || Column B - =concat("google.com/", Column A) = google.com/324243324
What I hope to get working: Column A - 324243324 5004938 || Column B - =concat("google.com/", Column A) = google.com/324243324 google.com/5004938
Is this possible? Thank you for your help!
You want to (a) split the input by spaces; (b) prepend each part by "google.com/"; and (c) join again, separated by spaces. This is achieved by
=join(" ", arrayformula("google.com/" & split(A1, " ")))
The & operator is equivalent to CONCAT but easier to type. arrayformula indicates that the operation is done on an array (the output of split).
However, these links will not be hyperlinked; joining makes them into plain text. To keep them functional, remove the last step, "join", so that each link appears in its own cell.