I need to create a fórmula that when it is dragged down it jumps a certain pre defined number of cells. For example, I have this column:
However I want a formula that when I drag down it jumps 6 rows, something like =A(1+6) in the second row and so on, so it gets to look like this:
Is there a "pythonic" way to do that or I need to create some regexextract in a new column + query formula getting only non blank cells?
Example sheet in this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RYzX31i8sBFROwFrQGql_eZ6tPu69KDesqzQ3hSj028/edit#gid=0
Try in B2
=offset($A$1;5*row(A2)-10;)
try instead:
=QUERY(A1:A; "skipping 5"; 0)
I have a Google Sheet with a script to move rows at a set interval. The last row is moved to the top and all consecutive rows move down one, thus creating a loop. This sheet feeds a dynamic gallery of 10 stores which appear in consecutive blocks, managed by left and right arrows. Each block has a button which takes the value of the particular store of the block being viewed.
I want to register the row a store is on when this button is clicked so, in order to identify it, I have placed a MATCH function in a cell of each row with a formula like this: =MATCH("Store 10",B2:B11,0). All's fine up to this point however, when the row moves, the range also shifts. For example, when Store 10 moves from the last row to the first, the above formula changes to =MATCH("Store 10",B3:B11,0). This obviously renders the whole idea useless since Store 10, which now resides in the first row (B2), is not even found, since B2 is not included in the formula's range anymore!
Is there a fix to this or a better way to achieve my goal?
Try this in G1
={"title of column";arrayformula(MATCH(offset(B1,1,,10),offset(B1,1,,10),0))}
I am making a spreadsheet to manage my spending on food at work. At the moment, I am getting the total of every week in the last column, but I would also like to total the spending for the month, something like this, but neater and so I can just drag down the rows instead of manually type it every 4 rows.
Thanks for the help!
This is easy to manage - its all a question of which cell(s) you choose to select and drag. Don't just click and drag the cell with the formula; select the three blank cells as well - then drag four cells down the column. This will give a formula in every fourth row.
The SUM formula calculates the costs for the first 4 week period. All Good.
Now, if you select this cell and simply drag it down, then every cell will get a copy of that formula. not good.
But... if you select the first four rows of the first month (including the blank weeks 1, 2 and 3). Like this
and then drag all four cells down the column, then only every fourth cell will have a formula and the preceding three cells will be blank.
I have a spreadsheet with 195,000 rows, There are 3 columns with different numbers in in the 4th column (D1) I enter =A1+B1+C1 and it comes up with the answer, But I can only drag down the AutoSum feature slowly.
Is there a way to automate it so I can have the Autosum for all columns in D so it'd be D1 : D195000?
Here is a simple trick you can do: Write your type on the first cell (D1) and anything to the last one (D198K - use the Navigator tool (F5) to go there fast). Then, copy the cell from the first cell, and press Ctrl + Shift + End (selection till the last cell that contains data) and then make a Paste.
This should paste the type to the selected shells, applying the type in analogy to each cell - unless you have used $ in the type for a cell row and/or column, in order to preserve a cell.
You could simply follow this logic in order to create your own function in OpenOffice Calc.
I'm changing all the zip codes from Column A into Column B with the formula:
=TEXT(A1,"00000")
Like this:
I want every cell in Column B to be transformed using the formula above. But I have over 40,000 rows, so it is not feasible to drag the formula down to apply it to the entire Column B because it takes so long.
Are there any alternatives to dragging?
It looks like some of the other answers have become outdated, but for me this worked:
Click on the cell with the text/formula to copy
Shift+Click on the last cell to copy to
Ctrl + Enter (Cmd + Enter on Mac.)
(Note that this replaces text if the destination cells aren't empty)
I think it's a more recent feature, but...
Double clicking the square on the bottom right of the highlighted cell copies the formula of the highlighted cell.
I think you are in luck. Please try entering in B1:
=text(A1:A,"00000")
(very similar!) but before hitting Enter hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
This is a shortcut for wrapping the formula with ArrayFormula():
=ArrayFormula(text(A1:A,"00000"))
This worked for me:
Input the formula in the first cell.
Press Enter.
Click on the first cell and press Ctrl + Shift + down_arrow. This will select the last cell in the column used on the worksheet.
Ctrl + D. This will fill copy the formula in the remaining cells.
This is for those who want to overwrite the column cells quickly (without cutting and copying). This is the same as double-clicking the cell box but unlike double-clicking, it still works after the first try.
Select the column cell you would like to copy downwards
Press Ctrl+Shift+⇓ to select the cells below
Press Ctrl+Enter to copy the contents of the first cell into the cells below
BONUS:
The shortcut for going to the bottom-most content (to double-check the copy) is Ctrl+⇓. To go back up you can use Ctrl+⇑ but if your top rows are frozen you'll also have to press Enter a few times.
For Mac:
Click on the first cell having the formula and press Ctrl + Shift + down_arrow. This will select the last cell in the column used on the worksheet.
Command + D
(don't use ctrl). This will fill the formula in the remaining cells.
Let's say you want to substitute something in an array of string and you don't want to perform the copy-paste on your entire sheet.
Let's take this as an example:
String array in column "A": {apple, banana, orange, ..., avocado}
You want to substitute the char of "a" to "x" to have: {xpple, bxnxnx,
orxnge, ..., xvocado}
To apply this formula on the entire column (array) in a clean an elegant way, you can do:
=ARRAYFORMULA(SUBSTITUE(A:A, "a", "x"))
It works for 2D-arrays as well, let's say:
=ARRAYFORMULA(SUBSTITUE(A2:D83, "a", "x"))
Found another solution:
Apply the formula to the first 3 or 4 cells of the column
Ctrl + C the formula in one of the last rows (if you copy the first line it won't work)
Click on the column header to select the whole column
Press Ctrl + V to paste it in all cells bellow
Just so I don't lose my answer that works:
Select the cell to copy
Select the final cell in the column
Press CTRL+D
You can use Ctrl+Shift+Down+D to add the formula to every cell in the column as well.
Simply click/highlight the cell with the equation/formula you want to copy and then hold down Ctrl+Shift+Down+D and your formula will be added to each cell.
The exact formula is:
=ArrayFormula(text(A1:A,"00000"))
ArrayFormula works on multiple rows (in the above example, every row), and results are placed in the cell with the formula and the cells below it in the same column. It looks as if the same formula was copied into all those rows.
If any of the cells in that column are not empty, they won't get overwritten. Instead, you will get an error message.
To save yourself typing, you can use the trick from the answer above by pnuts:
Type: =text(A1:A,"00000") and then hit the following key combination:
On windows: Ctrl+Shift+Enter
On a MAC: Command+Shift+Enter
This will convert the formula to ArrayFormula.
After hitting the key combination, you need to hit Enter, to actually apply the converted formula.
If your sheet contains header row(s), and you want to apply formula from (for example) row 5 on, you would use =text(A5:A,"00000") instead.
This answer includes information from pnuts's answer and LOAS's comment.
Lambda Solution
Using the new LAMBDA and MAP functions, this is now doable without an ArrayFormula or having to drag anything.
=MAP(A2:A6, LAMBDA(value, TEXT(value, "00000")))
LAMBDA defines a function. value is the parameter, which we can use in the formula expression.
MAP applies the LAMBDA to each value in the given range. This also works on 2D ranges.
To be clear when you us the drag indicator it will only copy the cell values down the column whilst there is a value in the adjacent cell in a given row.
As soon as the drag operation sees an adjacent cell that is blank it will stop copying the formula down.
.e.g
1,a,b
2,a
3,
4,a
If the above is a spreadsheet then using the double click drag indicator on the 'b' cell will fill row 2 but not row three or four.
Well, Another easiest and simplest way is as in my file rows were above 16000, which is pretty huge number. So steps which helped me are:
1. Select the cell in which formula is written.
2. Then go to NameBox(it is the box which tells about active cell). Here in my case it was the cell where was formula was written(i.e P2).
3. Then in that cell type your active cell number:your last row.For example last row of my column was 16745 and formula was written in P2.
So write P2:P16745,
4. Press Enter in Name Box and bingo your whole area of column till last row is selected.
5. Now press Ctrl+D(Windows)
try:
=INDEX(TEXT(A2:A; "00000"))
advantages: short, works, smells nice
to map out empty cells you can do:
=INDEX(IF(A2:A="";;TEXT(A2:A; "00000")))
Reading the answers here did not quite work for me, but a combination did. Here are my steps (Windows, Chrome):
Select the cell with the formula you want to apply to the column (for the whole column, ensure this is the top cell)
Ctrl + Shift + Down (selects all below cells)
Ctrl + D (apply formula)
Done!
Based on:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/61112723/3200858
https://stackoverflow.com/a/51411774/3200858
You may fill the column by double-clicking on the bottom right hand corner of the cell which you want to copy from (the point on the box that you would otherwise drag) and it will be applied to whole column.
NB: This doesn't work if you have the filter applied, nor if there is already something already in the cells below.