Okay, I'm an huge noob with that kind of stuff, and I don't really know where to begin with. Google help is somehow not enough :/.
I want to make a conditionnal count on a single column :
COUNTIF(A1:A10, "3")
It will return the number of 3 in the cells from A1 to A10. Now the problem is, there can be multiples values in each cell formatted like this : "1; 3; 5". I can easily match this using regex :
B1 = REGEXEXTRACT(A1,"3")
Then repeat and sum on the second column. Now, how can I do this using a single formula?
COUNTIF(A1:A10, REGEXEXTRACT(A1:A10,"3"))
This doesn't work because regexextract take as an input a single cell. I would like to tell it to use the same cell than in the countif, but I have no clue on how to achieve this.
you can have regextract working on an array. E.g.:
=ArrayFormula(sum(--regexmatch(A2:A&"", "3")))
should count all threes (either single or in cells with multiple values), but in case you have multiple threes in one cell, you may need to use something like this:
=ARRAYFORMULA(sum(len(A:A)-len(SUBSTITUTE(A:A,"3","")))/len("3"))
This should work:
=COUNTIF(SPLIT(JOIN(";",A:A),";"),"3")
Related
I got into a bit of problem. I have data like this
Date Repeat
7-Oct-2018 1
8-Oct-2018 1
9-Oct-2018 2
10-Oct-2018 2
11-Oct-2018 3
12-Oct-2018 2
13-Oct-2018 1
Now the result i want is a column where the date is repeated as per the repeat numbers, like this.
Result
7-Oct-2018
8-Oct-2018
9-Oct-2018
9-Oct-2018
10-Oct-2018
10-Oct-2018
11-Oct-2018
11-Oct-2018
11-Oct-2018
12-Oct-2018
12-Oct-2018
13-Oct-2018
So how can i get this result. Please do help
I tried to think of it for own study. For example, how about this sample formula? I think that there might be simpler formulas. So please think of this as one of them. When you use this, please put the following formula to a cell.
=TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(JOIN(",",ARRAYFORMULA(REPT(A2:A8&",",B2:B8))),","))
This formula supposes that the values of Date and Repeat are put in A2:A8 and B2:B8, respectively.
Show repeatedly Date using REPT(). At this time, , is used as a delimiter.
Join each cell with , using JOIN().
Split the cell with , using SPLIT().
Transpose the cells using TRANSPOSE().
I think that you can also use CONCATENATE() and TEXTJOIN() for joining cells.
References:
REPT
JOIN
SPLIT
TRANSPOSE
CONCATENATE
TEXTJOIN
Here's the straightforward version of my question:
I want to change the following formula to an array formula...
Original formula (from cell J2):
=if(F4="VM:",G4,J1)
My attempt at converting to an array formula (in cell K1):
=arrayformula(if(row(A:A)=1,G3,if(F:F = "VM:",G:G,indirect("K"&row(A:A)-1))))
This works on rows where F = "VM:", but returns a #REF error on other rows. Function INDIRECT parameter 1 value is 'K0'. It is not a valid cell/range reference.
Thoughts on how to fix this?
The more complex version of my question. i.e. Why am I trying to do this?...
I have a weird spreadsheet with data that should really be in a Wiki.
I want to create filter views for each person so they can easily filter on only their own vendors. The original formula will work, but as more vendors are added, I'd like for the formula to automatically work for those rows as well.
If there's a better way to do this, I'm listening.
I don't exactly understand your needs, but If you want to autopopulate your formula, then you only need this code in desire column in row 4 (you can change this to any other - this will autofill down from this point):
=ArrayFormula(if(F4:F="VM:",G4:G,J1:J))
Is this what you are trying to get?
After clarification:
You need this code in J2 only:
=ArrayFormula(VLOOKUP(ROW(J2:J),
QUERY({F:G,ROW(G:G)},"select Col3,Col2 where Col1='VM:'",1)
,2,1)
)
Works for you?
maybe you just need to hide errors?
=IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA(IF(ROW(A:A)=1,G3,IF(F:F = "VM:",G:G,INDIRECT("K"&ROW(A:A)-1)))),)
I have a formula as follows which I'm using for a scheduling system within Google Sheets:
=IF(B2="","",(CONCATENATE($B$1&" "&B2&CHAR(10)&$C$1&" "&C2&CHAR(10)&$D$1&" "&D2&CHAR(10)&$E$1&" " &E2&CHAR(10)&$F$1&" " &F2&CHAR(10)&$G$1&" " &G2)))
currently my formula works b2 has a value inside it which is great, what I want however, is for the formula only to show if one value is inside either.
B2, C2, D2, E2, F2 or G2.
so if c2 has a value I want the formula to parse.
I've tried
=IF(B2,C2,E2) etc with no luck.
I've also tried:
=IF(OR(B2="",C2="") which parsed the formula but kept it visible even with no data.
Reason for this is that I pull these fields into a master schedule and I only want it to show when one of the fields is populated, if that makes sense? otherwise the schedule will look far to busy.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KE3VOI43M4-QlWB0EZldCqR73d3RHDnRnUNlv1MqLMo/edit?usp=sharing
Document for you guys.
Cheers!
If your goal is to show a formula when any of a given range of cells is not empty (and display nothing if they are all empty), you can simplify your condition check by first joining all ranges, and then comparing to the empty string:
=IF(JOIN("", B2:G2)="", "", "Your Formula")
You need to use AND() instead of OR().
=IF(AND(B2="", C2=""), "", "Formula")
Also, although this makes the formulas longer, I do prefer to use a combination of IFERROR(), ISBLANK(), and NA(). I prefer this because a blank cell is not the same as one with an empty string in it. So my preferred way of writing the above would actually be:
=IFERROR(IF(AND(ISBLANK(B2), ISBLANK(C2)), NA(), "Formula"))
just another solution I came across which I thought was much better than my own and made the data above a little tidier.
=IF(A2<>"",CONCATENATE(IF(B2<>"",$B$1&": "&B2&CHAR(10),),
IF(C2<>"",$C$1&": "&C2&IF(OR(D2<>"",E2<>"",F2<>"",G2<>""),CHAR(10),),),
Essentially this will populate only whats selected instead of populating all the fields in headers and then populating the scheduled work stream.
I watched a tutorial where the author uses an IF statement along with the ARRAYFORMULA function to add a title row to a column of data. Links are given to the docs; however, for an example of how to use ARRAYFORMULA see this answer.
An example can be seen below:
I was able to populate the C column by placing the following formula in C1:
=ARRAYFORMULA(if(row(A:A) = 1, "spent", B:B - A:A))
I'm confused about the syntax. I understand that X:X references the entire X column but I don't understand how it's being used to check if we're at cell A1 in one context and then being used to apply mass formulas in another context.
How does the above line work?
Can you illustrate with some examples?
It sounds to me that the information you learned led you to expect that row(A:A)=1 translates to row A1?
It works a little different than that, the syntax as your using it now, is basically saying if any row in A:A has a value of 1, then write "spent" else subtract B-A
My suggestion:
use a literal array to make your header, then use the if(arrayformula) to only populate rows with values, for aesthetics:
Example:
={"Spent";arrayformula(if(isnumber(A2:A),B2:B-A2:A,))}
Explanation:
The {} allow you to build a literal array, and using a semicolon instead of a comma allows you to stack your cells vertically, following that we check if there is a value in column A, if so, subtract A from B, else leave it blank.
why not just put the column title directly on the first row cell, and start the array formula from the 2nd row, using the A2:A, B2:B syntax?
If something does not have to be in a formula, better put it directly on the cell - simpler for others to understand what's going on, and the formula will be simpler.
If you put the array formula in line 2, and someone sorts the data, then the arrayformula will move. If it is in the header line, this is less likely to happen.
You can also use the IFS function to achieve a similar effect to the array,
=arrayformula(ifs(row(A1:A)=1,"Spent",A1:A="",,True,B1:B-A1:A)
Here the first condition checks the row number, and if it is row ONE, then inserts a Column Header.
The Second condition - A1:A="",, - ensures that blank lines are ignored.
The Third condition True (ELSE) performs the calculation.
This method also allows for different calculations to performed on different rows depending on requirements.
I'm trying to look at all cells in a set of columns/cells to count how many of them contain the word WORDHERE (in this example)
I've tried using:
=SUM(COUNTIF(A1:A100, "WORDHERE"))
However this finds 0 as the cell contains other words/letters/numbers, if the cell only contains WORDHERE it works perfectly.
I've tried using several regeexxtract and regexmatch including the actual word as you can see below:
=SUM(COUNTIF(A1:A100,REGEXEXTRACT(A1:A100, "WORDHERE")))
But again, it finds 0 matches.
What am I doing wrong?
Not exactly answering what you are doing wrong, but here is what you can do:
=COUNTIF(A1:A100, "*WORDHERE*")
You don't need SUM around the COUNTIF.
=COUNTIF(A1:A100, "*WORDHERE*")
will work just as fine. The same can indeed be achieved with regexmatch in a more complicated formula:
=sum(ArrayFormula(N(regexmatch(A7:A, "WORDHERE"))))
Here N-function is used to 'convert' the boolean values (TRUE or FALSE) to 1 or 0.