Reputation: 740
I have an excel formula, which is supposed to work but returns #VALUE and I cannot figure out why.
I have this table:
A B
1 | | |
2 | Oranges | 1 |
3 | Apples | 2 |
4 | Grapes | 3 |
5 | Oranges | 4 |
6 | Apples | 5 |
7 | Grapes | 6 |
8 | Apples | 7 |
I want to Check for matching values in Column A like "Apples", "Oranges", etc. and return all the corresponding values from Column B in one row:
The output should be like this but I only get #VALUE:
A B C D
11 | Apples | 2 | 5 | 7 |
12 | Oranges | 1 | 4 | #NUM|
This is the formula:
=INDEX($B$2:$B$8, SMALL(IF($A$11=$A$2:$A$8, ROW($A$2:$A$8)-ROW($A$2)+1), COLUMN(A1)))
Upvotes: 1
Views: 44492
Reputation: 56
I hope this formula help you.. you need to press Ctrl + shift + enter to get the formula working, you need to order the PRODUCT column by name to get the formula working properly.
=IF(COLUMN()-4<=COUNTIF($A$2:$A$8,$D2),INDEX($B$2:$B$8,MATCH($D2,$A$2:$A$8,0)+COLUMN()-5),"")
the -4 is referencing the column where you are going to lookup the value and the -5 is where you are going to get the value.
The column "c" is empty
COL A B C D E F G H
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION uniquevalues descr1 descr2 descr3 descr4
oranges 1 oranges 1 2
oranges 2 apples 3 4 5
grapes 6 grapes 6 7
grapes 7
apples 3
apples 4
apples 5
I hope it is not too late :P.. you're welcome.
Upvotes: 4
Reputation: 117
To avoid #NUM error use this modified formula
=IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$8,SMALL(IF($A$11=$A$2:$A$8,ROW($A$2:$A$8)-ROW($A$2)+1),COLUMN(A1))),"")
Upvotes: 0