I want to validate a cell in google sheet. This cell should be in format
"hh:mm:ss" where ss is optional.
I used the below formula, it returns the same for "1:02" and "1.2"
=regexmatch(text(F3,"hh:mm"), "[0-1][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]$")
I want to distinguish between : and . If user enters 'DOT' . then it should highlight it as wrong and only COLON :.
That's because you format it before with a colon.
1.02 is equal to to 01:02 hours.
1.2 is equal to 04.48 hours as it 1.2 days.
You need to validate the raw text.
Set the cell format to Plain text and change the validation to
=regexmatch(F3, "[0-1]?[0-9]:[0-5]?[0-9](?:\:[0-5]?[0-9])?")
This will accept durations such as:
1:02
1:2 (one hour and two minutes)
01:02
01:02:35
1:2:5 (one hour, two minutes and five seconds)
Just remove the lazy quantifiers if you don't want to allow non-leading zeroes.
In both cases you want it to apply to the whole column or range that has the values in it.
If you want to use data validation to mark or reject the value, you can put this as your "custom function" for data valdation:
=IF(counta(split(indirect(address(row(),1)),"."))>1,false,true)
or if you just want to conditionally format to color the incorrect cells, then choose conditional formatting, choose custom function and enter in this formula:
=IF(counta(split(indirect(address(row(),1)),"."))>1,true,false)
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I am trying to record the time it takes for a number of things to occur, and can't seem to get Google Sheets to understand my input. I want to be able to type something like "26:30" into a cell, and have the spreadsheet understand that this means 26 minutes and 30 seconds, and then be able to use that number in formulas, e.g. to return the shortest of a series of times, or the difference between two times.
Also, the vast majority of the numbers I type in will be under an hour, so I don't want to have to type in something like "0:26:30" every time, just for it to understand that I mean 26 minutes, not 26 hours. However for the rare occasions where something is longer than an hour, I want to be able to be able to type something like "1:10:23" and not "70:23".
If possible, I would rather achieve this through directly formatting the cell I type the time into, rather than enter it in one format and have it converted in a separate cell via a formula.
Is there a way to do this that meets all of these goals?
google sheets is not designed in such a way. if you want to type in 26:30 then the best course of action is as follows:
convert cells to Plain Text, type in your duration, and account for your rules within formulae. to convert a text string into a value for the sake of calculation you can use the following principle
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(IF(REGEXMATCH(A1:A, ":\d+:"), A1:A*1, ("0:"&A1:A)*1)))
few examples:
=ARRAYFORMULA(TEXT(AVERAGE(IF(REGEXMATCH(A1:A2, ":\d+:"),
A1:A2*1, ("0:"&A1:A2)*1)), "[m]:ss"))
=ARRAYFORMULA(TEXT(SUM(IF(REGEXMATCH(A1:A2, ":\d+:"),
A1:A2*1, ("0:"&A1:A2)*1)), "[h]:mm:ss"))
=ARRAYFORMULA(TEXT(IF(REGEXMATCH(A2, ":\d+:"), A2*1, ("0:"&A2)*1)-
IF(REGEXMATCH(A1, ":\d+:"), A1*1, ("0:"&A1)*1), "[m]:ss"))
At this point in time there doesn't seem to be a way to directly format a cell such that Google Sheets recognises it as MM:SS instead of HH:MM, so I've had to go with formulas instead. Sharing the solution I used below.
I set it up so that the user entered the time into cell A1 in the form MM:SS or H:MM:SS and I formatted this cell as plain text, then had a second cell formatted as 'time duration' where it converted the input of A1 using the following formula:
=time(left(A1,if(len(A1)<6,"",len(A1)-6)),right(left(A1,len(A1)-3),2),right(A1,2))
To break this down:
It starts by assuming the contents of A1 is a text string with 5 or more characters in the form MM:SS or H:MM:SS or HH:MM:SS. It does not include any sort of error handling to check this is true.
The time(X,Y,Z) part of the formula converts different inputs into hours, minutes and seconds, respectively, and produces a number in the format HH:MM:SS, which is recognised as a time, and can therefore be used in formulas. Note that the cell has to be formatted as 'time duration' to display correctly.
In the above, Z is right(A1,2) which extracts the last two characters of A1, i.e. the SS part of the input. These end up as seconds.
Likewise, Y is right(left(A1,len(A1)-3),2) which extracts the 4th and 5th characters from the right of the text string of A1, i.e. the MM part of the input, after the :. This number is then recognised as minutes.
Finally, X is left(A1,if(len(A1)<6,"",len(A1)-6)), which basically says "if A1 is less than 6 characters then it must not have hours, so leave blank, otherwise extract out all characters except the last 6", i.e. the HH part of the input, if it exists. This number (which may or may not be 0) is then recognised as hours.
I'm using the function importhtml() on my Google Sheets :
=IMPORTHTML("https://fbref.com/fr/comps/13/Statistiques-Ligue-1";"table";3)
The data are imported but some data are displayed "01.08" and the value is a date. The other values are ok if they contains big number like 1.93. How it's possible to change that and have only numbers and not displayed that value as a date ?
I try to change the format of the cell but the value became a number like 44455.
This is a screen of what I have
Just with the importHTML without any cell formatting
After I format the cell as brut text
How can I have the value as a number so to display 1.08 and not 01.08 ( for Google SHeets this is a date )
Thanks a lot in advance
Just add a fourth parameter, which stands for locale.
=IMPORTHTML("https://fbref.com/fr/comps/13/Statistiques-Ligue-1";"table";3;"en_US")
This solved the problem here, since it turns the decimal points into commas, not allowing GS to interpret it as date format.
How can I format the total time per day to 10:00 and not with the decimal point.
I also tried to Format the Number to Duration ends up changing the total value.
Best regards.
If you do not want a decimal value, remove the *24 from the formula
and see if that works? Optional, if you don't want the seconds to show, use a custom number format as described above.
With the Time-in in C2 and Time-out in D2, in E2 enter:
=D2-C2
and format as follows:
In Google Sheets you have to select a cell you want to format, and then:
menu Format > Number > More Formats > Custom number formats
Or you can click on 123 icon (More formats) and select on drop down menu More Formats > Custom number formats
I have a sheet containing my weekly schedule. Only school cells have a room number in it, so how do I format the cells to color only the ones that contain a number.
note: Actually, the room number is a number in range(A:E) followed by a three digits number in range(000:499). Ex.:(A433, B166, D254)
I tried: Text contains"(A:F)(000:444)" but it didn't work.
EDIT:
For some reason, "=REGEXMATCH(B2, "[A-F][0-9]{3}")" worked. Could anyone tell me why? I tried replacing B2 by B1, but then it didn't work. Does it have anything to do with the fact that B1 is a weekday, and so does not contain REGEXP(B1,"[A-F][0-9]{3}) returned false.
What seemed more logical to me was "=REGEXMATCH(B2:F22, "[A-F][0-9]{3}")" To apply this function in range B2 to F22. What am I missing here?
In order to match patterns, you'll need to use regular expressions. Since the standard Conditional Formatting options don't include regular expressions, you'll need to choose "Custom formula is" and then use REGEXMATCH, which returns a Boolean value.
If you really want to look for the specific room number format you mentioned, then you would use the formula:
=REGEXMATCH(A1, "[A-E][0-9]{3}")
But if you just want to look for any numbers, you can use
=REGEXMATCH(A1, "[0-9]+")
In both cases, the text you're checking is in cell A1
You might try Conditional Formatting with a custom formula rule of the type:
=if(isnumber(A1),1,regexmatch(A1,"\d"))
The above was an attempt to respond to:
Google spreadsheets conditional formatting if text contains numbers
A more particular fit for the stated room number style would be:
=REGEXMATCH(A1,"[A-F]\d\d\d")
where the first character is any of the first six letters of the alphabet, if capitalised, followed by three instances of any number.
Google Forms - I have set up a google form and I want to assign a unique id each of the completed incoming form inputs. My intention is to use the unique ID as an input for another google form I have created which I will use to link the two completed forms. Is there another easier way to do this?
I'm not a programmer but I have programming resources available to me if needed.
I was also banging my head at this and finally found a solution.
I compose a 6-digit number that gets generated automatically for every row and is composed of:
3 digits of the row number - that gives the uniqueness (you can use more if you expect more than 998 responses), concatenated with
3 digits of the timestamp converted to a number - that prevents guessing the number
Follow these instructions:
Create an additional column in the spreadsheet linked to your form, let's call it: "unique ID"
Row number 1 should be populated with column titles automatically
In row number 2, under column "Unique ID", add the following formula:
=arrayformula( if( len(A2:A), "" & text(row(A2:A) - row(A2) + 2, "000") & RIGHT(VALUE(A2:A), 3), iferror(1/0) ) )
Note: An array formula applies automatically to the entire column.
Make sure you never delete that row, even if you clear up all the results from the form
Once a new submission is populated, its "Unique ID" will appear automatically
Formula explanation:
Column A should normally hold the timestamp. If the timestamp is not empty, then this gives the row number: row(A2:A) - row(A2) + 2
Using text I trim it to a 3-digit number.
Then I concatenate it with the timestamp converted to a number using VALUE and trim it to the three right-most digits using RIGHT
Voila! A number that is both unique and hard-to-guess (as the submitter has no access to the timestamp).
If you would like more confidence, obviously you could use more digits for each of the parts.
You can apply unique ID numbers using an arrayformula next to the form data. In row 1 of the first rightmost empty column you can use something like
=arrayformula(if(row(A1:A)=1,"UNIQUE ID",if(len(A1:A)>0,98+row(A1:A),iferror(1/0))).
A few comments regarding the explanation provided by #Ying, which I will try to expand, as it is very good.
> Column A should normally hold the timestamp.
In my case, it is date+time stamp.
> 4. Make sure you never delete that row,
even if you clear up all the results from the form
That issue can easily be avoided by placing the formula in the header like this
={"calculated_id";arrayformula( if( len(C2:C); "" & text(row(C2:C) - row(C2) + 2; "000") & RIGHT(VALUE(C2:C); 3); iferror(1/0) ) )}
This formula provides an string for one cell, and a formula for the next one, which happens to be an array formula which will cover all the cells below.
Note: Depending on your language settings you may need to use ";" or "," as separator among parameters.
> 5. Once a new submission is populated,
its "Unique ID" will appear automatically
Issue
And here is the issue I see with this solution.
If the Google Form allows responders to Edit their responses, the date+time stamp will change and so the calculated_id.
A workaround is to have 2 columns, one is the calculated_id and the other will be static_id.
static_id will take whatever is on calculated_id only if itself has no data, otherwise it will stay as it is.
Doing that we will have an ID that will not change no matter how many updates the response experience.
The sort formula for static_id is
=IF(AND(IFERROR(K2)<>0;K2<>"");K2;L2)
The large one is
={"static_id";ArrayFormula(IF(AND(IFERROR(M2:M)<>0;M2:M<>"");M2:M;L2:L))
}
M or K -> static_id
L -> calculated_id
Remember to put this last one on the header of the column. I tend to change the color to purple when it has a formula behind, so I don't mess with it by mistake.
Extra info.
The numeric value from the date/time stamp differs when it comes from both or just one. Here are some examples.
Note that the number of digits on the fractional part differ quite a lot depending on the case.