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    Return nth text value from list of other text

    Hi all,

    I have a problem that I cannot get my head around, I was wondering if anyone had any insight;

    I have a list on 'sheet1' column A - listing say fruits. This list is dynamic and changes on user selection- it can be longer or shorter.

    A
    Banana
    Cherry
    Dragon fruit

    On 'sheet2' column A, I have many unsorted duplicates of the same text (fruits), each with their own individual data in adjacent rows - lets say weight in column B:


    A B
    Fruit Weight

    Apple 52
    Apple 48
    Banana 120
    Grape 7
    Grape 7
    Cherry 10
    Apple 52
    Banana 127
    Cherry 11
    Dragon fruit 700


    I want to pull all instances of fruits in 'sheet2' that appear in sheet1 column A, and paste them in a sorted fashion in a column without any spaces.

    So in this case

    Banana 120
    Banana 127
    Cherry 10
    Cherry 11
    Dragon fruit 700

    In a nutshell, the purpose of this is to return all data in a single column for those fruits which a user has selected.

    There are over 15000 rows in the data set and for some reasons it is not feasible to re-sort the data in Sheet2.

    How might one get excel to pull all text duplicates from a list based on another list of text values?

    I tried offsetting an index match, but the offset needs to be dynamic and take into account many duplicates, and duplicates the sheet has already returned, and I cannot figure out how to do so.

    Any help is much appreciated!
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    Re: Return nth text value from list of other text

    Will you please attach a SMALL sample Excel workbook (10-20 rows of data is usually enough)? However, please give us an indication of the approximate number of rows of data you want the solution to work with (100, 1000, 100,000 or whatever). Please don't attach a picture of an Excel sheet (no-one will want to re-type all your stuff before starting).

    1. It does NOT have to be your real sheet - mock up a SAMPLE if you need to. But not 1000's of rows!!! It makes manual checking so tedious. Whatever you do... make sure that all confidential information is removed first!!

    2. Make sure that your sample data are truly REPRESENTATIVE of your real data. The use of unrepresentative data is very frustrating and can lead to long delays in reaching a solution.

    3. Make sure that your desired solution is also shown (mock up the results manually).

    4. Try to avoid using merged cells. They cause lots of problems!

    Unfortunately the attachment icon doesn't work at the moment. So, to attach an Excel file you have to do the following: Just before posting, scroll down to Go Advanced and then scroll down to Manage Attachments. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.
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    Re: Return nth text value from list of other text

    Hi Glenn,

    I've just mocked one up, thank you.data_example.xlsx

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    Re: Return nth text value from list of other text

    Have you looked at advanced filters?

    https://www.ablebits.com/office-addi...vanced-filter/
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    Re: Return nth text value from list of other text

    In B2, copied down:
    =COUNTIF(Sheet2!A:A,Sheet1!A2)

    In C3, copied down:
    =IFERROR(INDEX($A$2:$A$4,MATCH(0,INDEX(--(COUNTIF($C$2:C2,$A$2:$A$4)=$B$2:$B$4),0),0)),"")

    In D3, copied across and down:
    =IFERROR(INDEX(Sheet2!B:B,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW(Sheet2!$A$3:$A$21)/(Sheet2!$A$3:$A$21=Sheet1!$C3),COUNTIF($C$3:C3,C3))),"")
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    Re: Return nth text value from list of other text

    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn Kennedy View Post
    In B2, copied down:
    =COUNTIF(Sheet2!A:A,Sheet1!A2)

    In C3, copied down:
    =IFERROR(INDEX($A$2:$A$4,MATCH(0,INDEX(--(COUNTIF($C$2:C2,$A$2:$A$4)=$B$2:$B$4),0),0)),"")

    In D3, copied across and down:
    =IFERROR(INDEX(Sheet2!B:B,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW(Sheet2!$A$3:$A$21)/(Sheet2!$A$3:$A$21=Sheet1!$C3),COUNTIF($C$3:C3,C3))),"")
    Glenn this is astonishing, there's no way i'd have figured this out in a million years. Thank you so much.

    Quote Originally Posted by AliGW View Post
    Have you looked at advanced filters?
    This also looks like it could solve some elements of the problem. I am not familiar with adavnce features but will check them out.

    Thank you both.

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    Re: Return nth text value from list of other text

    Of course, I wouldn't have bothered trying to help if I hadn't had a sample sheet to work with. I'm kinda lazy!!

    You're welcome.



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