Reputation: 61
I have 2 columns. In one of the columns i have the text "Multi-Drop" and blanks (col-2).
In the other one i have "First Line" and blanks (col-1)
I would like to count the duplicates from col-2 until First Line from col-1 occurs leaving out the blanks in col-3
This would need to be flexible as i won't be selecting a certain range, but the whole column.
I have already tried to play around with the below and offset as well, but i only could get so far as counting the whole column.
=IF(B2=A1,C1,C1+1)
This is a demo of my data, and the expected result (The space between the 1st line of text and the second are blanks)
As you can see First-Line occurs on the first instances of Multi-Drop,but that is based on another formula.
col-1 col-2 Expected Result
First Line Multi-Drop 2
Multi-Drop 2
First Line Multi-Drop 5
Multi-Drop 5
Multi-Drop 5
Multi-Drop 5
Multi-Drop 5
First Line Multi-Drop 4
Multi-Drop 4
Multi-Drop 4
Multi-Drop 4
First Line Multi-Drop 2
Multi-Drop 2
Upvotes: 0
Views: 119
Reputation: 6659
Assuming that data is located at A2:B17
enter this FormulaArray
in C2
the copy down till C17
:
Formulas Array are entered pressing [Ctrl]
+ [Shift]
+ [Enter]
simultaneously, you shall see {
and }
around the formula if entered correctly
= IF( EXACT( B2, "" ), "",
IF( EXACT( A2, "First Line" ),
COUNTIF( INDEX(B:B, ROW() )
:INDEX(B:B, IFERROR( - 1 + ROW() + MATCH( "First Line", A3:A$1048576, 0 ), 1048576 ) ), "Multi-Drop" ),
IF( NOT( EXACT( C1, "" ) ), C1,
INDEX(C:C, MAX( ( ( C1:C$2 <> "" ) * 1 ) * ROW( C1:C$2 ) ) ) ) ) )
Suggest to see the following pages for additional information about the functions used: Excel functions (alphabetical)
IFERROR function INDEX function MATCH function ROW function
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 106
This isn't doing 100% of what you want, but you can take it from there.
For cell C2:
=IF(A2="First Line",C3,IF(A1="",C1,Match("First Line",A2:A500,0)))
That works fine if column B has no empty spots.
The last duplicates wont work as it checks the amount of cells between 2 occurances of "First Line". Since no 2nd "First Line" is coming, it gives you an error.
Is that enough help or can you take it from here? I would post a comment instead but I don't have enough points yet, so I can only post answers.
This is a snippet of what I tried
Edit: Forgot that English Excel uses , instead of ;
Fixed that in my code.
Upvotes: 1