Using a Macro or Formula, is there a way to achieve the result of the following formula of Office 365?
=FILTER(B:B,A:A = "x")
What it does is get all the values from Column B if Column A on the same row has a value of x.
My PC has office 365 but the one I'm working with only has Office Pro Plus 2019. I had to use my pc when I needed the function and I'm getting tired of it, maybe it can be done on Office Pro Plus 2019 too using a formula or a macro?
Use:
=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$B$100,AGGREGATE(15,7,ROW($A$1:$A$100)/($A$1:$A$100="x"),ROW($ZZ1))),"")
Note the use of a set range and not full columns. That is done on purpose, This being an array formula it will do a lot of calculations each cell it is placed. Limiting the range to the data set will speed it up.
Put this in the first cell of the output and copy down till blanks are returned.
I had some spare time and I am recently interested in User defined functions so I decided to make my own version of what I imagine this would be. I'm prefacing this by saying its not good and is excessively long but it works!
Function JOINIF(ByRef IfRange As Range, ByVal Criteria As String, Optional JoinRange As Range, Optional Delimeter As String = ",") As String
'IfRange is the range that will be evaluated by the Criteria
'Criteria is a logical test that can be applied to a cell value.
'Examples of Criteria: "=Steve", ">100", "<>Toronto", "<=-1"
'JoinRange is the range of values that will be concatenated if the corresponding -
'IfRange cell meets the criteria. JoinRange can be left blank if the values to be -
'concatenated are the IfRange values.
'Delimeter is the string that will seperate the concatenated values.
'Default delimeter is a comma.
Dim IfArr() As Variant, JoinArr() As Variant, OutputArr() As String
Dim IfArrDim As Integer, JoinArrDim As Integer
Dim JCount As Long, LoopEnd(1 To 2) As Long
Dim MeetsCriteria As Boolean, Expression As String
Dim i As Long, j As Long
'PARSING THE CRITERIA
Dim Regex As Object
Set Regex = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
Regex.Pattern = "[=<>]+"
'Looking for comparison operators
Dim Matches As Object
Set Matches = Regex.Execute(Criteria)
If Matches.Count = 0 Then
'If no operators found, assume default "Equal to"
If Not IsNumeric(Criteria) Then
'Add quotation marks to allow string comparisons
Criteria = "=""" & Criteria & """"
End If
Else
If Not IsNumeric(Replace(Criteria, Matches(0), "")) Then
Criteria = Matches(0) & """" & Replace(Criteria, Matches(0), "") & """"
End If
'Add quotation marks to allow string comparisons
End If
'Trim IfRange to UsedRange
Set IfRange = Intersect(IfRange, IfRange.Parent.UsedRange)
'Default option for optional JoinRange input
If JoinRange Is Nothing Then
Set JoinRange = IfRange
Else
Set JoinRange = Intersect(JoinRange, JoinRange.Parent.UsedRange)
End If
'DIMENSIONS
'Filling the arrays
If IfRange.Cells.Count > 1 Then
IfArr = IfRange.Value
IfArrDim = Dimensions(IfArr)
Else
ReDim IfArr(1 To 1)
IfArr(1) = IfRange.Value
IfArrDim = 1
End If
If JoinRange.Cells.Count > 1 Then
JoinArr = JoinRange.Value
JoinArrDim = Dimensions(JoinArr)
Else
ReDim JoinArr(1 To 1)
JoinArr(1) = JoinRange.Value
JoinArrDim = 1
End If
'Initialize the Output array to the smaller of the two input arrays.
ReDim OutputArr(IIf(IfRange.Cells.Count < JoinRange.Cells.Count, IfRange.Cells.Count - 1, JoinRange.Cells.Count - 1))
'DEFINING THE LOOP PARAMETERS
'Loop ends on the smaller of the two arrays
If UBound(IfArr) > UBound(JoinArr) Then
LoopEnd(1) = UBound(JoinArr)
Else
LoopEnd(1) = UBound(IfArr)
End If
If IfArrDim = 2 Or JoinArrDim = 2 Then
If Not (IfArrDim = 2 And JoinArrDim = 2) Then
'mismatched dimensions
LoopEnd(2) = 1
ElseIf UBound(IfArr, 2) > UBound(JoinArr, 2) Then
LoopEnd(2) = UBound(JoinArr, 2)
Else
LoopEnd(2) = UBound(IfArr, 2)
End If
End If
'START LOOP
If IfArrDim = 1 Then
For i = 1 To LoopEnd(1)
If IsNumeric(IfArr(i)) And IfArr(i) <> "" Then
Expression = IfArr(i) & Criteria
Else
'Add quotation marks to allow string comparisons
Expression = """" & IfArr(i) & """" & Criteria
End If
MeetsCriteria = Application.Evaluate(Expression)
If MeetsCriteria Then
If JoinArrDim = 1 Then
OutputArr(JCount) = CStr(JoinArr(i))
Else
OutputArr(JCount) = CStr(JoinArr(i, 1))
End If
JCount = JCount + 1
End If
Next i
Else
For i = 1 To LoopEnd(1)
For j = 1 To LoopEnd(2)
If IsNumeric(IfArr(i, j)) And IfArr(i, j) <> "" Then
Expression = IfArr(i, j) & Criteria
Else
'Add quotation marks to allow string comparisons
Expression = """" & IfArr(i, j) & """" & Criteria
End If
MeetsCriteria = Application.Evaluate(Expression)
If MeetsCriteria Then
If JoinArrDim = 1 Then
OutputArr(JCount) = CStr(JoinArr(i))
Else
OutputArr(JCount) = CStr(JoinArr(i, j))
End If
JCount = JCount + 1
End If
Next j
Next i
End If
'END LOOP
ReDim Preserve OutputArr(JCount + 1 * (JCount > 0))
JOINIF = Join(OutputArr, Delimeter)
End Function
Private Function Dimensions(var As Variant) As Long
'Credit goes to the great Chip Pearson, chip@cpearson.com, www.cpearson.com
On Error GoTo Err
Dim i As Long, tmp As Long
While True
i = i + 1
tmp = UBound(var, i)
Wend
Err:
Dimensions = i - 1
End Function
Examples of it in use:
Seperate IfRange and JoinRange
IfRange as the JoinRange
You might try the following udf (example call: FILTER2(A1:A100,B1:B100)) consisting of the following tricky steps:
=If(A1:A100="x",Row(A1:A100),"?") as tabular Excel formula and assign all valid row numbers to array x (marking the rest by "?" strings),x upon the data column benefitting from the advanced restructuring features of Application.Index()Public Function Filter2(rng1 As Range, rng2 As Variant, Optional ByVal FilterID As String = "x")
Dim a As String: a = rng1.Address(False, False, External:=True)
'a) get all valid row numbers (rng1)
Dim myformula As String: myformula = "if(" & a & "=""" & FilterID & """,row(" & a & "),""?"")"
Dim x: x = Application.Transpose(Evaluate(myformula))
'b) filter out invalid "?" elements
x = VBA.Filter(x, "?", False)
'c) apply x upon data column (rng2)
If UBound(x) > -1 Then Filter2 = Application.Index(rng2, Application.Transpose(x), 1)
End Function
Note that function calls before versions 2019/MS 365 need to be entered as array formula (Ctrl+Shift+Enter).
The function assumes one-column (range) arguments.
Edit due to comment as of 2022-06-08
The whole example is based on the actual row numbers starting in the first row (OP ranges refer to A:A,B:B. If you want to allow ranges to start at any row, you'd need to change the myFormula definition in section a) by correcting the row indices by subtracting possible offsets (row number + 1 - first row):
Dim myFormula As String
myFormula = "if(" & a & "=""" & FilterID & """,row(" & a & ")+1 -" & rng1.Row & ",""?"")"
Try this UDF for the Filter Function:
Function FILTER_HA(Where, Criteria, Optional If_Empty) As Variant
Dim Data, Result
Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long
'Create space for the output (same size as input cells)
With Application.Caller
i = .Rows.Count
j = .Columns.Count
End With
'Clear
ReDim Result(1 To i, 1 To j)
For i = 1 To UBound(Result)
For j = 1 To UBound(Result, 2)
Result(i, j) = ""
Next
Next
'Count the rows to show
For i = 1 To UBound(Criteria)
If Criteria(i, 1) Then j = j + 1
Next
'Empty?
If j < 1 Then
If IsMissing(If_Empty) Then
Result(1, 1) = CVErr(xlErrNull)
Else
Result(1, 1) = If_Empty
End If
GoTo ExitPoint
End If
'Get all data
Data = Where.Value
'Copy the rows to show
For i = 1 To UBound(Data)
If Criteria(i, 1) Then
k = k + 1
For j = 1 To UBound(Data, 2)
Result(k, j) = Data(i, j)
Next
End If
Next
'Return the result
ExitPoint:
FILTER_HA = Result
End Function
=FILTER(B:B,A:A = "x")
Assuming your data is in Sheet1. Create new sheet. Into cell A1 place:
=INDEX(Sheet1!A:A,B1,0))
Automatically fill down column A with this formula. Then into cell B1 place:
=MATCH("x",Sheet1!B:B, 0)
Then into cell B2 place:
=MATCH("x",INDIRECT("Sheet1!B" & B1+1 & ":B"), 0) + B1
Then fill down column B with formula starting from B2.
Thus in column B you will have the indexes of your filtered data from Sheet1. And column A will actually contain the filtered data.
If you need to filter multiple (non-adjacent) columns, you can use CHOOSE:
=INDEX(CHOOSE({1,2,3},Sheet1!A:A,Sheet1!H:H,Sheet1!D:D),B1,0)
