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    formular to help sort data, sorting text in to values across columns

    hi all

    back again lol

    basically please see excel spreadsheet below. i know it would be easier if all was in the same column, however thats not possible as this is only one question from 60 imported from a online survey. i cannot control how the date is exported from survey monkey.

    what i need to happen is for column H to search across columns B-G and then convert the text in to the number as per the values bottom right

    is this possible

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    Re: formular to help sort data, sorting text in to values across columns

    Hi,

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    =VLOOKUP(B2&C2&D2&E2&F2&G2,$K$22:$L$27,2,FALSE)


    You'll need to take the trailing space from the word never in K22.
    In addition name your lookup table and use the name in the formula instead.
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    Re: formular to help sort data, sorting text in to values across columns

    richard

    thank you

    when i name the table values does this mean instead of $K$22:$L$27 it will read values do i need to place any $ signs on there?

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    Re: formular to help sort data, sorting text in to values across columns

    Hi,

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    Re: formular to help sort data, sorting text in to values across columns

    richard

    cancel my friend i have used what you have done and worked it our from there thank you again that was amazing

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    Re: formular to help sort data, sorting text in to values across columns

    Seems there is only 1 response per line/person so do you want the value in Total to represent that value or do you want the actual response to be modified to a number?

    You could do a Search and replace on the 7 possible answers or we could use a VLOOKUP in the Total Column.

    NOTE: Your "never" in your list contains an extra space ("never ") and will not work in the vlookup. Remove the space from cell K22
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    Re: formular to help sort data, sorting text in to values across columns

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    sorry just noticed your post, Richard has sorted it for me thank you so much for your input

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