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    Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Hi,
    I have a waveform which contains a series of five samples.
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    I need to get the max peak-to peak value from each of the samples.
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    So at the moment my idea is to filter the flat lines between each sample to break them up, then scan through each individually.
    I' managed to filter the flat lines though a comparison:
    C3=ABS(B4-B3) etc
    then
    =IF(AND(C3<0.01,C4<0.01),NA(),B3) etc
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    but I'm stuck as to how I can determine the peak to peak of what remains.

    Any ideas guys?
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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Interesting puzzle, but hard to solve without the data.
    Can you upload the workbook with the data?
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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    and while you're at it, please amend your profile to show which version of Excel you are using and your geographical location. Excel's regional settings and version capabilities may hugely affect the answers that are needed to solve your problem. Your current entries tell us NOTHING USEFUL.
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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Thanks for the reply.
    I've attached the file as a zip and updated location.
    London, UK and using Excel 2013

    EDIT: Won't let me upload a zip or XLSB for some reason.
    Link here to XLSX instead: https://ufile.io/ynzob
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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    I am currently on a slow connection Please reduce the size of your file to < 1 Mb (delete XS data - jusy show us 2 of your waveforms, not 5) and repost HERE, not on that DEADLY slow file sharing site.

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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Here you go. Two columns. There's about half the data set here, but it should be enough to work with.
    Thank you very much!
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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Lawdie!! What a lot of data...

    Normally with this sort of thing, the biggest problem is separating true maxima from adjacent false maxima. In thsi case there are just so many data points, I've taken the "hairy man's approach".

    I plotted the data and (so far, anyhow) manually assigned x-axis bands to cover each peak. Within each band I used an array formula to determine the max/min values.

    =MAX(IF($A$2:$A$50000>$E3,IF($A$2:$A$50000<$F3,$B$2:$B$50000)))

    and similarly for MIN

    =MIN(IF($A$2:$A$50000>$E3,IF($A$2:$A$50000<$F3,$B$2:$B$50000)))

    or, more neatly combined (columns G&H can be deleted):
    =MAX(IF($A$2:$A$50000>$E3,IF($A$2:$A$50000<$F3,$B$2:$B$50000)))-MIN(IF($A$2:$A$50000>$E3,IF($A$2:$A$50000<$F3,$B$2:$B$50000)))

    finally, a simple formula to determine which out of each "pair" of data exhibited the greated peak:peak range:

    =IF(D4=D3,MAX(I3:I4),"")

    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...

    Is this good enough, or do you need some way of automatically assigning the ranges for the max/min formulae?
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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Wow, that's great!

    Instead of manually setting limits, my plan was to zero out the dead time between each sample, then find each sample with something like "find where 100 samples are not zero" to get the start of the series, offset from that point and run "find where 100 samples are zero" to get the end of the sample. Then run something like your algorithm to get max and min points.

    The example I posted is quite an easy sample, where the max and min points in each sample are at roughly the same time, so you assume they belong to the same peak to peak measurement. However, there may be cases where the max and min point don't correspond, like in the crudely drawn example below. That's when things get complicated and I wonder if excel is even the best tool for this job.
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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    That bit's easy... if I've picked you up correctly. Column I.

    incidentally, with so many data points, OFFSET might slow things up soooo much.
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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Yep, I see what you're doing. It's automated the bulk of the process, though it still involves splitting the sample and manually identifying the peaks.
    Easy enough when there's two clear peaks per sample here, but more difficult if there are a dozen similar peaks, especially if the max and min points are mismatched.

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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Post a sample of some "dirtier" data. However, I'm beginning to run aground...

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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Hi,

    I'd do an advanced filter on your data using an "OR" to only select data above a few standard deviations and below the same. See the attached to see how it comes out. This might give you an easier problem. Note - after doing the Advanced filter I deleted the long columns to make it fit.

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    Re: Interesting problem finding peak to peak values in a dataset

    Man, this is wrecking my brains
    Thought I found a method to isolate the samples (that is the main point, rest is easy), but it's not working.

    Are durations of the samples or the pauses between them (almost) equal?

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