list returns?

[SineNomine]

I'm aware that excel has some list functionality, though unsure if they can function in my example. I have my Magic: The Gathering card inventory stored in a spreadsheet.

Column A represents the name of the card. The same value can appear in this column multiple times as cards have been reprinted over the years. Column B is the name of the set in which the card was printed in. So for example, a value in Column A could appear four different times, always having a different value in Column B. A different value in column A may have only been printed one time, thus having only one value in Column B.

I have broken the values of Column B into three lists, for now we'll call them 1, 2 and 3. Using the example of the column A entry appearing four times and having four different values in column B, let's say the list the Column B entries are on are, respectively, List 1, List 2, List 1, List 3. What I would like excel to do rather than spit out the return for the four rows like this is give me the highest list any of the four appear in, so I'd like it to return List 3 for all four rows with the same value in Column A.

[AliGW]

Will you please attach a sample Excel workbook? We are not able to work with or manipulate a picture of one and nobody wants to have to recreate your data from scratch.

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

2. Make sure that your desired results are also shown (mock up the results manually).

3. Make sure that all confidential data is removed or replaced with dummy data first (e.g. names, addresses, E-mails, etc.).

4. Try to avoid using merged cells as 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.

Please pay particular attention to point 2 (above): without an idea of your intended outcomes, it is often very difficult to offer appropriate advice.

[SineNomine]

okay, uploaded some sample data with mocked up expected results in column C.

[Glenn Kennedy]

One possibility, with an array formula in C2, copied down:

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Array Formulae are a little different from ordinary formulae in that they MUST be confirmed in the FIRST CELL ONLY by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to activate the array, not just ENTER. After that, the array can be dragged down as normal, to cover the desired range.

You will know the array is active when you see curly brackets { } - or "curly braces" for those of you in the USA, or "flower brackets" for those of you in India - appear around the outside of your formula. If you do not use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER you will (almost always) get an error message or an incorrect answer. Press F2 on that cell and try again.

Don't type the curly brackets yourself - it won't work...

[SineNomine]

Glenn, Thank you. I had five lists and obviously a much larger data set so my array formula now looks like this;

{="List "&MIN(IF($A$2:$A$99999=A2,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($B$2:$B$99999,$J$2:J52,0)),9,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($B$2:$B$99999,$I$2:$I$12,0)),7,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($B$2:$B$99999,$H$2:$H$31,0)),1,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($B$2:$B$99999,$G$2:$G$15,0)),2,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($B$2:$B$99999,$K$2:$K$12,0)),3,"")))))))}

It is working and spitting out the expected list names, interestingly I had to use my right shift and control to make the array turn on as my left shift and control would not O_O?

One followup question
If my lists are not named numerically, what do I need to change. For example I want to name my lists: Modern Set, Modern Core, Classic Set, Classic Core, Other. When I change the 1 2 3 to words it spits #name back at me

[Glenn Kennedy]

Odd behaviour...

With reference to the sample sheet:

=INDEX($G$2:$I$2,MIN(IF($A$2:$A$8=A2,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($B$2:$B$8,$G$3:$G$8,0)),1,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($B$2:$B$8,$H$3:$H$8,0)),2,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($B$2:$B$8,$I$3:$I$8,0)),3,""))))))

array entered.

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