I have four ranges of cells on separate rows. I want to be able to
consolidate groups of identical items from these rows into a list in a
column. In addition I need to sum the numbers associated with the
item (numbers are directly below the item in case that helps)

A visual simplification:

Col A Col B Col C Col D
R 1 apple apple apple pear
R 2 5.5 5.5 5.5 3
R 3
R 4 pear dog dog rabbit
R 5 3 5 5 6
R 6
R 7 apple apple apple apple
R 8 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
R 9
R 10 cat apple cat cat
R 11 2 5.5 2 2
R 12

Would consolidate by way of a macro (or perhaps a trick array
formula?) into:

Col A Col B
R 50 Item Sum
R 51 apple 16.5
R 52 pear 3
R 53 pear 3
R 54 dog 10
R 55 rabbit 6
R 56 apple 22
R 57 cat 2
R 58 apple 5.5
R 59 cat 4

Where one row ends in a item that is the same as the first item on the
next row (eg pear on rows 1 and 4) the item appears twice and is not
treated as a 'group'.

I appreciate that providing a complete solution would be a huge ask,
but I thought I'd throw it out there to see what advice I could get.
I've searched these newsgroups and have found valuable chunks of code
and useful formulae, but I have been unable to combine this to work
for my scenario.

Any words of wisdom are appreciated.

Jason,

Here's an example of how to do it (at least, it worked for me using your
sample tables)--I put the source table on Sheet "1" and the results table on
Sheet "2", each table starting in cell "A1":


Private rngItem As Range
Sub Consolidate()
x = 1
y = 0
Do
With Sheets("1")
y = y + 1
sItem = .Cells(x, y)
If sItem < Empty Then
nValue = .Cells(x + 1, y)
If sItem < OldItem Then ItemRange
rngItem.Value = sItem
rngItem.Offset(0, 1).Value = rngItem.Offset(0, 1).Value +
nValue
OldItem = sItem
Else
x = x + 3
y = 0
OldItem = ""
If .Cells(x, 1) = Empty Then Exit Do
End If
End With
Loop
End Sub
Sub ItemRange()
With Sheets("2")
LastRow = .Cells(.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Set rngItem = .Cells(LastRow + 1, 1)
End With
End Sub

HTH,
Shockley




"Jason" wrote in message
om...
I have four ranges of cells on separate rows. I want to be able to
consolidate groups of identical items from these rows into a list in a
column. In addition I need to sum the numbers associated with the
item (numbers are directly below the item in case that helps)

A visual simplification:

Col A Col B Col C Col D
R 1 apple apple apple pear
R 2 5.5 5.5 5.5 3
R 3
R 4 pear dog dog rabbit
R 5 3 5 5 6
R 6
R 7 apple apple apple apple
R 8 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
R 9
R 10 cat apple cat cat
R 11 2 5.5 2 2
R 12

Would consolidate by way of a macro (or perhaps a trick array
formula?) into:

Col A Col B
R 50 Item Sum
R 51 apple 16.5
R 52 pear 3
R 53 pear 3
R 54 dog 10
R 55 rabbit 6
R 56 apple 22
R 57 cat 2
R 58 apple 5.5
R 59 cat 4

Where one row ends in a item that is the same as the first item on the
next row (eg pear on rows 1 and 4) the item appears twice and is not
treated as a 'group'.

I appreciate that providing a complete solution would be a huge ask,
but I thought I'd throw it out there to see what advice I could get.
I've searched these newsgroups and have found valuable chunks of code
and useful formulae, but I have been unable to combine this to work
for my scenario.

Any words of wisdom are appreciated.

PS, You need to put the column labels "Item" and "Sum" in Cells "A1" and
"B1" on Sheet "2" before running the macro.

Shockley



"shockley" wrote in message
...
Jason,

Here's an example of how to do it (at least, it worked for me using your
sample tables)--I put the source table on Sheet "1" and the results table
on
Sheet "2", each table starting in cell "A1":


Private rngItem As Range
Sub Consolidate()
x = 1
y = 0
Do
With Sheets("1")
y = y + 1
sItem = .Cells(x, y)
If sItem < Empty Then
nValue = .Cells(x + 1, y)
If sItem < OldItem Then ItemRange
rngItem.Value = sItem
rngItem.Offset(0, 1).Value = rngItem.Offset(0, 1).Value +
nValue
OldItem = sItem
Else
x = x + 3
y = 0
OldItem = ""
If .Cells(x, 1) = Empty Then Exit Do
End If
End With
Loop
End Sub
Sub ItemRange()
With Sheets("2")
LastRow = .Cells(.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Set rngItem = .Cells(LastRow + 1, 1)
End With
End Sub

HTH,
Shockley




"Jason" wrote in message
om...
I have four ranges of cells on separate rows. I want to be able to
consolidate groups of identical items from these rows into a list in a
column. In addition I need to sum the numbers associated with the
item (numbers are directly below the item in case that helps)

A visual simplification:

Col A Col B Col C Col D
R 1 apple apple apple pear
R 2 5.5 5.5 5.5 3
R 3
R 4 pear dog dog rabbit
R 5 3 5 5 6
R 6
R 7 apple apple apple apple
R 8 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
R 9
R 10 cat apple cat cat
R 11 2 5.5 2 2
R 12

Would consolidate by way of a macro (or perhaps a trick array
formula?) into:

Col A Col B
R 50 Item Sum
R 51 apple 16.5
R 52 pear 3
R 53 pear 3
R 54 dog 10
R 55 rabbit 6
R 56 apple 22
R 57 cat 2
R 58 apple 5.5
R 59 cat 4

Where one row ends in a item that is the same as the first item on the
next row (eg pear on rows 1 and 4) the item appears twice and is not
treated as a 'group'.

I appreciate that providing a complete solution would be a huge ask,
but I thought I'd throw it out there to see what advice I could get.
I've searched these newsgroups and have found valuable chunks of code
and useful formulae, but I have been unable to combine this to work
for my scenario.

Any words of wisdom are appreciated.