Hi Guys,
I have a follow on question from a previous post:
(http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...drag-down.html)
I have attached the .xls file.
The basic setup is as follows:
(1) the user inputs a number into cells B2:B6 (arbitrarily shown as 3,4,3 and 2)
(2) the user then inputs a series of values into the respective columns E, G, I or K (corresponding to examples A-D, respectively) with SPACING between each value corresponding to the value entered in B2:B6.
For example, the value "4" is chosen in B3, so values are entered in column G at time = 0,4,8,12,16,20....etc
As another example, the value "3" is chosen in B4, so values are entered into column I at time = 8,11,14,17,20,23...etc, ie. the starting point is not necessarily t = 0.
(3) once the values have been entered as described in point (2) above, a series of results are automatically calculated in columns F,H,J and L.
NOTE: I have omitted the formulae for the calculation and have just entered arbitrary (color coded for clarity only-i don't need color coding!) numbers alongside each inputted value for the 4 examples A-D.
OK, so what I want to extract from the table for each example is the paired time AND result values, and then show them in a new table.
I have used an OFFSET formula (originally suggested by "daddylonglegs") to do this, and the results i GET are shown in columns O-V.
HOWEVER, what i WANT is the output as shown in columns Y-AF.
So as you will notice, there are 2 problems:
(1) Example C in columns S/T: value in cell B4 = 3, but the first value entered in column I does not start at a multiple of 3, so no values are returned in columns S/T because the offset function only uses row 6 as a reference point. What i want is the result shown in columns AC/AD.
How do i write a formula which says, "look down a column, find the first cell that has a value in it, and then offset from that cell/row" ?
(2) Example D in columns U/V: since the first input in column K starts a t = 12 (ie, cell K18), then i have 5 rows of empty space in columns U/V. What i want is the result shown in columns AE/AF.
Lastly, i should add that i am not necessarily stuck on using OFFSET function, since i keep reading that it is quite volatile. I am open to more succinct solutions if you guys can help!
Thanks again.
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