A SIMPLER FORMULA TO GET A REFERENCE OF WHICH COLUMN IS POPULATED
 

Hi, need help on for a simpler formula is available if available. The
problem is I have a spreadsheet with many columns and I would like to know
which column is populated, for the moment I'm using the following :

=IF(I150,COLUMN(I15),"")&IF(J150,COLUMN(J15),"") &IF(K150,COLUMN(K15),"")&IF(M150,COLUMN(M15),"") &IF(N150,COLUMN(N15),"")&IF(O150,COLUMN(O15), "")

The values can only be positive.
A simpler version would be appreciated.
Thanks

=MATCH(9.99999999999999E+307,I15:IV15)+COLUMN(I15)-1

Ravi wrote:
Hi, need help on for a simpler formula is available if available. The
problem is I have a spreadsheet with many columns and I would like to know
which column is populated, for the moment I'm using the following :

=IF(I150,COLUMN(I15),"")&IF(J150,COLUMN(J15),"") &IF(K150,COLUMN(K15),"")&IF(M150,COLUMN(M15),"") &IF(N150,COLUMN(N15),"")&IF(O150,COLUMN(O15), "")

The values can only be positive.
A simpler version would be appreciated.
Thanks

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[1] The SumProduct function should implicitly coerce the truth values to
their Excel numeric equivalents.
[2] The lookup functions should have an optional argument for the return
value, defaulting to #N/A in its absence.

.. know which column is populated ..

If only a single cell within I15:O15 would be populated at any time,
then this might suffice:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(TRUE,I15:O15<"",0)),"",MATCH(TRUE, I15:O15<"",0)+8)

Formula to be array-entered, i.e. press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
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Rgds
Max
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"Ravi" wrote in message
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Hi, need help on for a simpler formula is available if available. The
problem is I have a spreadsheet with many columns and I would like to know
which column is populated, for the moment I'm using the following :


=IF(I150,COLUMN(I15),"")&IF(J150,COLUMN(J15),"") &IF(K150,COLUMN(K15),"")&
IF(M150,COLUMN(M15),"")&IF(N150,COLUMN(N15),"")& IF(O150,COLUMN(O15),"")

The values can only be positive.
A simpler version would be appreciated.
Thanks

Thanks, That's great.

This formula works. Just 1 issue I'm getting which is it also picking up
columns with Zeros' (this is a result of a formula) . I wanted to extract
only the positive values. Is there another tweak to it that I need to make.


"Aladin Akyurek" wrote:

=MATCH(9.99999999999999E+307,I15:IV15)+COLUMN(I15)-1

Ravi wrote:
Hi, need help on for a simpler formula is available if available. The
problem is I have a spreadsheet with many columns and I would like to know
which column is populated, for the moment I'm using the following :

=IF(I150,COLUMN(I15),"")&IF(J150,COLUMN(J15),"") &IF(K150,COLUMN(K15),"")&IF(M150,COLUMN(M15),"") &IF(N150,COLUMN(N15),"")&IF(O150,COLUMN(O15), "")

The values can only be positive.
A simpler version would be appreciated.
Thanks

--

[1] The SumProduct function should implicitly coerce the truth values to
their Excel numeric equivalents.
[2] The lookup functions should have an optional argument for the return
value, defaulting to #N/A in its absence.

Perhaps another play to try in the interim ..

Assuming only a single cell within I15:O15 would evaluate to 0 at any
time, try, array-entered:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(TRUE,I15:O150,0)),"",MATCH(TRUE,I1 5:O150,0)+8)

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Rgds
Max
xl 97
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GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E
xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom
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Thanks guys. That was very useful and successful.

"Max" wrote:

Perhaps another play to try in the interim ..

Assuming only a single cell within I15:O15 would evaluate to 0 at any
time, try, array-entered:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(TRUE,I15:O150,0)),"",MATCH(TRUE,I1 5:O150,0)+8)

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Rgds
Max
xl 97
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GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E
xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom
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Glad to hear that, Ravi !
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Rgds
Max
xl 97
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GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E
xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom
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"Ravi" wrote in message
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Thanks guys. That was very useful and successful.

Hi Ravi,

Try this array formula,

=MAX(IF(ISNUMBER(I15:O15)*(I15:O15<0),COLUMN(I15: O15)))

HTH


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