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Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or "
". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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Sherri,
I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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I am looking for the first nonblank in the column. The name will be
different and in a different row every time. Some columns will have more than one name which I will need to access, but I am pretty sure I could do that after I figure out how to get the first one. Does that help? Sherri "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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Assuming the blank cells contain formula blnaks (""):
=INDEX(A2:A15,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(A2:A15<"",,1),0)) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... I am looking for the first nonblank in the column. The name will be different and in a different row every time. Some columns will have more than one name which I will need to access, but I am pretty sure I could do that after I figure out how to get the first one. Does that help? Sherri "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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I am looking for the non blank answer because it could be any name. Let's say I have 20 people, working in 6 possible locations, in 2 possible positions and with varied availability. I am trying to get a schedule established, so I have a column in another sheet for location1-position1 and depending on availability someone's name will show up in that column. So it goes for location1-position2, etc. Sometimes 2 or 3 people will rotate to fill the position, so that column will have 2 or 3 names. I have the name(s) show up in the column, but I can't transfer them into a schedule on another sheet. "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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T. Valko,
That worked great! I am unfamiliar with the index function, so I have another question. If there are 2 names in the column, can I get both to show up somewhere? Thanks a lot! Sherri "Sherri" wrote: G I am looking for the non blank answer because it could be any name. Let's say I have 20 people, working in 6 possible locations, in 2 possible positions and with varied availability. I am trying to get a schedule established, so I have a column in another sheet for location1-position1 and depending on availability someone's name will show up in that column. So it goes for location1-position2, etc. Sometimes 2 or 3 people will rotate to fill the position, so that column will have 2 or 3 names. I have the name(s) show up in the column, but I can't transfer them into a schedule on another sheet. "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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Are you saying that there will only be 1 or 2 names in the column?
If there are 2 or more names this will return the *last* name: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A15<""),A2:A15) Note that if there is only 1 name in the column that 1 name will be *both* the first name and the last name at the same time! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... T. Valko, That worked great! I am unfamiliar with the index function, so I have another question. If there are 2 names in the column, can I get both to show up somewhere? Thanks a lot! Sherri "Sherri" wrote: G I am looking for the non blank answer because it could be any name. Let's say I have 20 people, working in 6 possible locations, in 2 possible positions and with varied availability. I am trying to get a schedule established, so I have a column in another sheet for location1-position1 and depending on availability someone's name will show up in that column. So it goes for location1-position2, etc. Sometimes 2 or 3 people will rotate to fill the position, so that column will have 2 or 3 names. I have the name(s) show up in the column, but I can't transfer them into a schedule on another sheet. "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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Biff,
There could be 1-3 names (Mary T.,Tony W., Bill F.) in a column. The lookup which you just gave me returned " " (the first cell in the row?). Could this be because it considers the formula in the cell as not blank? Thanks again, Sherri "T. Valko" wrote: Are you saying that there will only be 1 or 2 names in the column? If there are 2 or more names this will return the *last* name: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A15<""),A2:A15) Note that if there is only 1 name in the column that 1 name will be *both* the first name and the last name at the same time! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... T. Valko, That worked great! I am unfamiliar with the index function, so I have another question. If there are 2 names in the column, can I get both to show up somewhere? Thanks a lot! Sherri "Sherri" wrote: G I am looking for the non blank answer because it could be any name. Let's say I have 20 people, working in 6 possible locations, in 2 possible positions and with varied availability. I am trying to get a schedule established, so I have a column in another sheet for location1-position1 and depending on availability someone's name will show up in that column. So it goes for location1-position2, etc. Sometimes 2 or 3 people will rotate to fill the position, so that column will have 2 or 3 names. I have the name(s) show up in the column, but I can't transfer them into a schedule on another sheet. "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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Could this be because it considers the formula
in the cell as not blank? Yes. If you have formulas like this: =IF(something=something,something," ") That formula returns a *space character* if the logical test if false. That is not a formula blank. This is how you return a formula blank: =IF(something=something,something,"") Now, if you have 1 to 3 names in a column and you want to return *all* names it gets more complicated! Make sure you fix those other formulas to return formula blanks. Let's assume you want to extract *all* the names from the range A2:A15 into a list starting in cell C2. Enter this array formula** in C2 and copy down until you get blanks (formula blanks): =IF(ROWS(C$2:C2)<=COUNTIF(A$2:A$15,"?*"),INDEX(A$2 :A$15,SMALL(IF(A$2:A$15<"",ROW(A$2:A$15)),ROWS(C$ 2:C2))-MIN(ROW(A$2:A$15))+1),"") If you'll have at most 3 names in column A then you need to copy the formula to at least 3 cells. ** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER). Hold down both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key then hit ENTER. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... Biff, There could be 1-3 names (Mary T.,Tony W., Bill F.) in a column. The lookup which you just gave me returned " " (the first cell in the row?). Could this be because it considers the formula in the cell as not blank? Thanks again, Sherri "T. Valko" wrote: Are you saying that there will only be 1 or 2 names in the column? If there are 2 or more names this will return the *last* name: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A15<""),A2:A15) Note that if there is only 1 name in the column that 1 name will be *both* the first name and the last name at the same time! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... T. Valko, That worked great! I am unfamiliar with the index function, so I have another question. If there are 2 names in the column, can I get both to show up somewhere? Thanks a lot! Sherri "Sherri" wrote: G I am looking for the non blank answer because it could be any name. Let's say I have 20 people, working in 6 possible locations, in 2 possible positions and with varied availability. I am trying to get a schedule established, so I have a column in another sheet for location1-position1 and depending on availability someone's name will show up in that column. So it goes for location1-position2, etc. Sometimes 2 or 3 people will rotate to fill the position, so that column will have 2 or 3 names. I have the name(s) show up in the column, but I can't transfer them into a schedule on another sheet. "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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Biff,
I have replaced all the " " with "". I then copied your formula into my worksheet, and changed the references to my actual cells. I entered it with ctrl, shift, enter. It did not return the names, but did not error out. I was looking in column B3:B100 and pasted your formula into cells B105:B110. I then tried to enter your formula onto a new worksheet, referencing the other sheet and cells, but I got the same result - nothing. I replaced your original Index formula (which worked wonderfully) with the new IF formula and now that first name in the list doesn't appear anymore. I tried leaving the index formula in the C2 cell (using your references), then using the IF formula in C3:C6 but still no luck. I really appreciate your help on this! Sherri "T. Valko" wrote: Could this be because it considers the formula in the cell as not blank? Yes. If you have formulas like this: =IF(something=something,something," ") That formula returns a *space character* if the logical test if false. That is not a formula blank. This is how you return a formula blank: =IF(something=something,something,"") Now, if you have 1 to 3 names in a column and you want to return *all* names it gets more complicated! Make sure you fix those other formulas to return formula blanks. Let's assume you want to extract *all* the names from the range A2:A15 into a list starting in cell C2. Enter this array formula** in C2 and copy down until you get blanks (formula blanks): =IF(ROWS(C$2:C2)<=COUNTIF(A$2:A$15,"?*"),INDEX(A$2 :A$15,SMALL(IF(A$2:A$15<"",ROW(A$2:A$15)),ROWS(C$ 2:C2))-MIN(ROW(A$2:A$15))+1),"") If you'll have at most 3 names in column A then you need to copy the formula to at least 3 cells. ** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER). Hold down both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key then hit ENTER. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... Biff, There could be 1-3 names (Mary T.,Tony W., Bill F.) in a column. The lookup which you just gave me returned " " (the first cell in the row?). Could this be because it considers the formula in the cell as not blank? Thanks again, Sherri "T. Valko" wrote: Are you saying that there will only be 1 or 2 names in the column? If there are 2 or more names this will return the *last* name: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A15<""),A2:A15) Note that if there is only 1 name in the column that 1 name will be *both* the first name and the last name at the same time! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... T. Valko, That worked great! I am unfamiliar with the index function, so I have another question. If there are 2 names in the column, can I get both to show up somewhere? Thanks a lot! Sherri "Sherri" wrote: G I am looking for the non blank answer because it could be any name. Let's say I have 20 people, working in 6 possible locations, in 2 possible positions and with varied availability. I am trying to get a schedule established, so I have a column in another sheet for location1-position1 and depending on availability someone's name will show up in that column. So it goes for location1-position2, etc. Sometimes 2 or 3 people will rotate to fill the position, so that column will have 2 or 3 names. I have the name(s) show up in the column, but I can't transfer them into a schedule on another sheet. "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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Here's a small sample file that demonstrates this:
xSherri.xls 14kb http://cjoint.com/?dif6eOyzOI I use the array formula to extract all the names and I use another (simpler) formula to extract the first name in the list. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... Biff, I have replaced all the " " with "". I then copied your formula into my worksheet, and changed the references to my actual cells. I entered it with ctrl, shift, enter. It did not return the names, but did not error out. I was looking in column B3:B100 and pasted your formula into cells B105:B110. I then tried to enter your formula onto a new worksheet, referencing the other sheet and cells, but I got the same result - nothing. I replaced your original Index formula (which worked wonderfully) with the new IF formula and now that first name in the list doesn't appear anymore. I tried leaving the index formula in the C2 cell (using your references), then using the IF formula in C3:C6 but still no luck. I really appreciate your help on this! Sherri "T. Valko" wrote: Could this be because it considers the formula in the cell as not blank? Yes. If you have formulas like this: =IF(something=something,something," ") That formula returns a *space character* if the logical test if false. That is not a formula blank. This is how you return a formula blank: =IF(something=something,something,"") Now, if you have 1 to 3 names in a column and you want to return *all* names it gets more complicated! Make sure you fix those other formulas to return formula blanks. Let's assume you want to extract *all* the names from the range A2:A15 into a list starting in cell C2. Enter this array formula** in C2 and copy down until you get blanks (formula blanks): =IF(ROWS(C$2:C2)<=COUNTIF(A$2:A$15,"?*"),INDEX(A$2 :A$15,SMALL(IF(A$2:A$15<"",ROW(A$2:A$15)),ROWS(C$ 2:C2))-MIN(ROW(A$2:A$15))+1),"") If you'll have at most 3 names in column A then you need to copy the formula to at least 3 cells. ** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER). Hold down both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key then hit ENTER. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... Biff, There could be 1-3 names (Mary T.,Tony W., Bill F.) in a column. The lookup which you just gave me returned " " (the first cell in the row?). Could this be because it considers the formula in the cell as not blank? Thanks again, Sherri "T. Valko" wrote: Are you saying that there will only be 1 or 2 names in the column? If there are 2 or more names this will return the *last* name: =LOOKUP(2,1/(A2:A15<""),A2:A15) Note that if there is only 1 name in the column that 1 name will be *both* the first name and the last name at the same time! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sherri" wrote in message ... T. Valko, That worked great! I am unfamiliar with the index function, so I have another question. If there are 2 names in the column, can I get both to show up somewhere? Thanks a lot! Sherri "Sherri" wrote: G I am looking for the non blank answer because it could be any name. Let's say I have 20 people, working in 6 possible locations, in 2 possible positions and with varied availability. I am trying to get a schedule established, so I have a column in another sheet for location1-position1 and depending on availability someone's name will show up in that column. So it goes for location1-position2, etc. Sometimes 2 or 3 people will rotate to fill the position, so that column will have 2 or 3 names. I have the name(s) show up in the column, but I can't transfer them into a schedule on another sheet. "GSnyder" wrote: Sherri, I'm a little confused. Can you clarify a little more? When you say you're looking for "that name," are you looking for a specific name out of many or are you looking for the first nonblank "" name in that column? Can you perhaps provide an example? Thanks! "Sherri" wrote: Cells A3:A100 each contain a formula which will result in either a name or " ". How can I retreive that name when I don't know which row it will be in. I have many columns of similar formulas and each name will appear in a different row. I have tried the lookup, but because each cell contains a formula, I believe it considers every cell not blank. I hope this is clear. Thanks, |
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