1st occurance of value identification

[quibilty]

Is there a formula that identifies the first occurrence of a value that is either: A) <-499 or B) >499 in both columns a & b?

example 1

-----a-----------b
1--"120"-------"120"
2--"250"-------"250"
3-"-100"------"375"
4-"-250"------"500"
5-"-650"------"600"
6
7-"500"

example 2

-----a-----------b
1--"120"-------"120"
2--"250"-------"250"
3-"-100"------"375"
4-"-250"-------"0"
5-"-650"------"-300"
6
7-"-650"

[alansidman]

Is this what you had in mind?

[quibilty]

I'm looking for the first number that occurs given a parameter (<-499 or >499) from A:1 to B:5 to be listed in A:7.

[alansidman]

Try this:

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[quibilty]

Wow, that is way out of my league. I tried copy and pasting that into my spreadsheet, but nothing happened.

[alansidman]

How to install your new code

1. Copy the Excel VBA code
2. Select the workbook in which you want to store the Excel VBA code
3. Press Alt+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor
4. Choose Insert > Module
5. Edit > Paste the macro into the module that appeared
6. Close the VBEditor
7. Save your workbook (Excel 2007+ select a macro-enabled file format, like *.xlsm)

To run the Excel VBA code:

1. Press Alt-F8 to open the macro list
2. Select a macro in the list
3. Click the Run button

[quibilty]

I completed the install steps just fine, but when I select the macro and press "Run" nothing happens.

[quibilty]

Oh, sorry! I'm such a space case. What I gave you was for example purposes only. Also, would it help if narrowed from two columns to one? So....

Looking for the first occurrence of a value that is either: A) <-499 or B) >499 in:

O2:O163, and the answer to appear in cell O168

R2:R163, and the answer to appear in cell R168

V2:V163, and the answer to appear in cell V168

Y2:Y163, and the answer to appear in cell Y168

AC2:AC163, and the answer to appear in cell AC168

AF2:AF163, and the answer to appear in cell AF168

AJ2:AJ163, and the answer to appear in cell AJ168

AM2:AM163, and the answer to appear in cell AM168

[bebo021999]

May be try this:

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[bebo021999]

For last info from you:
In O168:

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Copy to R168,...

[quibilty]

bebo, that works GREAT! Thanks a lot.

If you don't mind do you think you could alter that formula to do the same thing but in just column "O"? Also, if there is no value that meets the criteria do you know how to make the 168 value to reflect the value in O:163? Thanks again!

[bebo021999]

Not clear your mind at all,
You mean to find the first value that match either >499 or <-499 in only one column?
And what does the "make the 168 value to reflect the value in O:163" mean?

[quibilty]

Yes, I mean to find the first value that matches either >499 or <-499 in just column "O".


Let's say that there are NO values that meet the criteria (>499 or <-499) in O2 to O163, is there a way to get the formula in O:168 to show the value that is in O163 if that is the case?

Example:

-----O
1--"120"
2--"250"
3-"-100"
4-"-250"
5-"450"
.
.
.
.
163-"-200"
.
.
.
168-"-200"

[bebo021999]

Try this array formula:

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Confirmed with Ctrl-shift-enter

[quibilty]

It works perfectly!

[quibilty]

bebo, just ONE more question:

Could you give me the formula I would use if I wanted to switch the min/max values from +/-499 to min -399 and max 599?