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Hello everybody,


I have two sheets with information in Excel, one (SheetB) where there are unique values like the one below:

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Part1[/TD]
[TD]Part2[/TD]
[TD]Part3[/TD]
[TD]Concat[/TD]
[TD]Value-1[/TD]
[TD]Value-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]WUX[/TD]
[TD]45[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX45[/TD]
[TD]12000[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]RL[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCARL[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[TD]7000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]WUX[/TD]
[TD]48[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX48[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]COMP[/TD]
[TD]ASQ[/TD]
[TD]N5[/TD]
[TD]COMPASQN5[/TD]
[TD]1000[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]R8[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCAR8[/TD]
[TD]5155[/TD]
[TD]1548[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]




And I have another sheet (SheetA), with the same values as above, but:

  • They repeat
  • Some might have in part3 concatenated information like: 45, 4F, 65D, S


So, I need a macro that, when a value changed in a specific range in SheetB (range might grow in rows, no columns would be added), will search in sheetA for matching values in Part1 and Part2, and will do a search() like formula in Part3, where a cell in SheetB.Part3 is the search text, and SheetA.Part3 is the within text.


So,
**SheetB**
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Part1[/TD]
[TD]Part2[/TD]
[TD]Part3[/TD]
[TD]Concat[/TD]
[TD]Value-1[/TD]
[TD]Value-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]QEE[/TD]
[TD]45[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX45[/TD]
[TD]12000[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]RL[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCARL[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[TD]7000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]QEE[/TD]
[TD]48[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX48[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]COMP[/TD]
[TD]ASQ[/TD]
[TD]N5[/TD]
[TD]COMPASQN5[/TD]
[TD]1000[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]R8[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCAR8[/TD]
[TD]5155[/TD]
[TD]1548[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



**SheetA**
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Part1[/TD]
[TD]Part2[/TD]
[TD]Part3[/TD]
[TD]Concat[/TD]
[TD]Value-1[/TD]
[TD]Value-2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]QEE[/TD]
[TD]42,45,89[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX[/TD]
[TD]12000[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]Part1 and 2 matched, "45" was found in part3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]R4[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCA[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]part1 and 2 matched, no match part3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]QEE[/TD]
[TD]45,48,49[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX[/TD]
[TD]12000[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[TD]part1 and 2 matched, 2 matches in part3. 45 and 48 both found, get biggest value from SheetB
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]COMP[/TD]
[TD]ASQ[/TD]
[TD]N5[/TD]
[TD]COMPASQ[/TD]
[TD]1000[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[TD]all parts matched[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]NDM[/TD]
[TD]R8[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCA[/TD]
[TD]5155[/TD]
[TD]1548[/TD]
[TD]Part1 and Part3 matched, part2 not.[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



I am not sure if this can be done by formula, if so it should be an array type or something. I rather not use complicated formulas because there will be lots of data columns in SheetA to be recalculated thanks to changes in SheetB.


The only part where a SEARCH would be done would be Part3, because Part1 and Part2 and the Value-x will not have concatenated information.


How can I do this?
 

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Zenru said:
Hello everybody,


I have two sheets with information in Excel, one (SheetB) where there are unique values like the one below:

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Part1[/TD]
[TD]Part2[/TD]
[TD]Part3[/TD]
[TD]Concat[/TD]
[TD]Value-1[/TD]
[TD]Value-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]WUX[/TD]
[TD]45[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX45[/TD]
[TD]12000[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]RL[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCARL[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[TD]7000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]WUX[/TD]
[TD]48[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX48[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]COMP[/TD]
[TD]ASQ[/TD]
[TD]N5[/TD]
[TD]COMPASQN5[/TD]
[TD]1000[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]R8[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCAR8[/TD]
[TD]5155[/TD]
[TD]1548[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]




And I have another sheet (SheetA), with the same values as above, but:

  • They repeat
  • Some might have in part3 concatenated information like: 45, 4F, 65D, S


So, I need a macro that, when a value changed in a specific range in SheetB (range might grow in rows, no columns would be added), will search in sheetA for matching values in Part1 and Part2, and will do a search() like formula in Part3, where a cell in SheetB.Part3 is the search text, and SheetA.Part3 is the within text.


So,
**SheetB**
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Part1[/TD]
[TD]Part2[/TD]
[TD]Part3[/TD]
[TD]Concat[/TD]
[TD]Value-1[/TD]
[TD]Value-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]QEE[/TD]
[TD]45[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX45
[/TD]
[TD]12000[/TD]
[TD]0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]RL[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCARL
[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[TD]7000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]QEE[/TD]
[TD]48[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX48
[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]COMP[/TD]
[TD]ASQ[/TD]
[TD]N5[/TD]
[TD]COMPASQN5[/TD]
[TD]1000[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]R8[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCAR8[/TD]
[TD]5155[/TD]
[TD]1548
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



**SheetA**
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Part1[/TD]
[TD]Part2[/TD]
[TD]Part3[/TD]
[TD]Concat[/TD]
[TD]Value-1[/TD]
[TD]Value-2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]QEE[/TD]
[TD]42,45,89[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX
[/TD]
[TD]12000[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]Part1 and 2 matched, "45" was found in part3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]SCA[/TD]
[TD]R4[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCA[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]part1 and 2 matched, no match part3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ASND[/TD]
[TD]QEE[/TD]
[TD]45,48,49[/TD]
[TD]ASNDWUX
[/TD]
[TD]12000[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[TD]part1 and 2 matched, 2 matches in part3. 45 and 48 both found, get biggest value from SheetB
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]COMP[/TD]
[TD]ASQ[/TD]
[TD]N5[/TD]
[TD]COMPASQ[/TD]
[TD]1000[/TD]
[TD]5000[/TD]
[TD]all parts matched[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]PUGB[/TD]
[TD]NDM[/TD]
[TD]R8[/TD]
[TD]PUGBSCA
[/TD]
[TD]5155[/TD]
[TD]1548[/TD]
[TD]Part1 and Part3 matched, part2 not.
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



I am not sure if this can be done by formula, if so it should be an array type or something. I rather not use complicated formulas because there will be lots of data columns in SheetA to be recalculated thanks to changes in SheetB.


The only part where a SEARCH would be done would be Part3, because Part1 and Part2 and the Value-x will not have concatenated information.


How can I do this?
Click to expand...

I don't understand the values in red in column Concat in both tables. Shouldn't they be the concatenation of ColumnA & ColumnB?
Are these values in red typos?
Could you clarify?

M.
 
Upvote 0
My bad, it was typo.
The concat column is a concatenation of values from ColumnA B and C in SheetB and only Column A and B in SheetA (because Column3 there is a concatenated strings of multiple values separated by a comma)
 
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Can you clarify which cells in which sheet you want this macro or formula to populate?
 
Upvote 0
I know you've asked for a solution using VBA but i think it's possible to use a non very complex formula.

My suggestion

SheetB

[TABLE="class: grid"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
A​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
B​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
C​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
D​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
E​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
F​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
1​
[/TD]
[TD]
Part1​
[/TD]
[TD]
Part2​
[/TD]
[TD]
Part3​
[/TD]
[TD]
Concat​
[/TD]
[TD]
Value-1​
[/TD]
[TD]
Value-2​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
2​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASND​
[/TD]
[TD]
QEE​
[/TD]
[TD]
45​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASNDQEE​
[/TD]
[TD]
12000​
[/TD]
[TD]
0​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
3​
[/TD]
[TD]
PUGB​
[/TD]
[TD]
SCA​
[/TD]
[TD]
RL​
[/TD]
[TD]
PUGBSCA​
[/TD]
[TD]
5000​
[/TD]
[TD]
7000​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
4​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASND​
[/TD]
[TD]
QEE​
[/TD]
[TD]
48​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASNDQEE​
[/TD]
[TD]
0​
[/TD]
[TD]
5000​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
5​
[/TD]
[TD]
COMP​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASQ​
[/TD]
[TD]
N5​
[/TD]
[TD]
COMPASQ​
[/TD]
[TD]
1000​
[/TD]
[TD]
5000​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
6​
[/TD]
[TD]
PUGB​
[/TD]
[TD]
SCA​
[/TD]
[TD]
R8​
[/TD]
[TD]
PUGBSCA​
[/TD]
[TD]
5155​
[/TD]
[TD]
1548​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
7​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


Observe that column D is the concatenation of columns A & Column B

SheetA

[TABLE="class: grid"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
A​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
B​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
C​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
D​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
E​
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
F​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
1​
[/TD]
[TD]
Part1​
[/TD]
[TD]
Part2​
[/TD]
[TD]
Part3​
[/TD]
[TD]
Concat​
[/TD]
[TD]
Value-1​
[/TD]
[TD]
Value-2​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
2​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASND​
[/TD]
[TD]
QEE​
[/TD]
[TD]
42,45,89​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASNDQEE​
[/TD]
[TD]
12000​
[/TD]
[TD]
0​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
3​
[/TD]
[TD]
PUGB​
[/TD]
[TD]
SCA​
[/TD]
[TD]
R4​
[/TD]
[TD]
PUGBSCA​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
4​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASND​
[/TD]
[TD]
QEE​
[/TD]
[TD]
45,48,49​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASNDQEE​
[/TD]
[TD]
12000​
[/TD]
[TD]
5000​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
5​
[/TD]
[TD]
COMP​
[/TD]
[TD]
ASQ​
[/TD]
[TD]
N5​
[/TD]
[TD]
COMPASQ​
[/TD]
[TD]
1000​
[/TD]
[TD]
5000​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
6​
[/TD]
[TD]
PUGB​
[/TD]
[TD]
SCA​
[/TD]
[TD]
R8​
[/TD]
[TD]
PUGBSCA​
[/TD]
[TD]
5155​
[/TD]
[TD]
1548​
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #DCE6F1"]
7​
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Also in SheetA the column D is the concatenation of column A & column B

Array formula in E2 copied across to F2 and down
=IFERROR(LARGE(IF(SheetB!$D$2:$D$6=$D2,IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(SheetB!$C$2:$C$6,$C2)),SheetB!E$2:E$6)),1),"")
Ctrl+Shift+Enter

M.
 
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Zenru said:
I want to populate the Value-1… columns in SheetA from the sheetB.
Click to expand...
Thanks for the clarification.

Comment:
I don't think Marcelo has quite nailed it - yet at least. For example, as I understand it the values in SheetB can be changed so if SheetB cell C2 in Marcelo's example is changed from 45 to 4 the formula still returns 12000 for Value-1 even though 4 is not one of the values in C2 of SheetA.

This is my attempt.

Excel Workbook
ABCDEF
1Part1Part2Part3ConcatValue-1Value-2
2ASNDQEE45ASNDQEE120000
3PUGBSCARLPUGBSCA50007000
4ASNDQEE48ASNDQEE05000
5COMPASQN5COMPASQ10005000
6PUGBSCAR8PUGBSCA51551548
SheetB



Formula in E2 is copied across and down after adjusting the $100 values to be sure to be big enough for whatever size your data might become in SheetB.

Excel Workbook
ABCDEF
1Part1Part2Part3ConcatValue-1Value-2
2ASNDQEE42,45,89ASNDQEE120000
3PUGBSCAR4PUGBSCA
4ASNDQEE45,48,49ASNDQEE120005000
5COMPASQN5COMPASQ10005000
6PUGBSCAR8PUGBSCA51551548
SheetA
 
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Peter_SSs said:
Comment:
I don't think Marcelo has quite nailed it - yet at least. For example, as I understand it the values in SheetB can be changed so if SheetB cell C2 in Marcelo's example is changed from 45 to 4 the formula still returns 12000 for Value-1 even though 4 is not one of the values in C2 of SheetA.
Click to expand...

Peter, you are right - thank you for pointing out

The formula can be easily adjusted
E2 copied across to F2 and down
=IFERROR(LARGE(IF(SheetB!$D$2:$D$6=$D2,IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(","&SheetB!$C$2:$C$6&",",","&SUBSTITUTE($C2," ","")&",")),SheetB!E$2:E$6)),1),"")
Ctrl+Shift+Enter

By the way, a possible solution with VBA

Code: 
Sub aTest()
    Dim dic As Object
    Dim vDataB As Variant, lastRowA As Long, vDataA As Variant, vResult As Variant
    Dim i As Long, j As Long
    Dim spl As Variant, Max1 As Double, Max2 As Double, bFound As Boolean
    
    Set dic = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
    dic.CompareMode = vbTextCompare
    With Sheets("SheetB")
        vDataB = .Range("C2:F" & .Cells(.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row)
        For i = LBound(vDataB) To UBound(vDataB)
            dic(vDataB(i, 2) & "|" & vDataB(i, 1)) = Array(vDataB(i, 3), vDataB(i, 4))
        Next i
    End With
        
    With Sheets("SheetA")
        lastRowA = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
        vDataA = .Range("C2:D" & lastRowA)
        .Range("E2:F" & lastRowA).ClearContents
        vResult = .Range("E2:F" & lastRowA)
        For i = LBound(vDataA) To UBound(vDataA)
            bFound = False
            Max1 = 0
            Max2 = 0
            spl = Split(Replace(vDataA(i, 1), " ", ""), ",")
            For j = LBound(spl) To UBound(spl)
                If dic.exists(vDataA(i, 2) & "|" & spl(j)) Then
                    bFound = True
                    Max1 = Application.Max(Max1, dic(vDataA(i, 2) & "|" & spl(j))(0))
                    Max2 = Application.Max(Max2, dic(vDataA(i, 2) & "|" & spl(j))(1))
                End If
            Next j
            If bFound Then
                vResult(i, 1) = Max1
                vResult(i, 2) = Max2
            End If
        Next i
        .Range("E2:F" & lastRowA) = vResult
    End With
End Sub

M.
 
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IFERROR(AGGREGATE(14,6,SheetB!E$2:E$100/(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(","&SheetB!$C$2:$C$100&",",","&$C2&","))*(SheetB!$D$2:$D$100=$D2)),1),"")

I dont understand where is $C2 and $D2 from. Are they from SheetA? I need to pull from SheetB to SheetA.
 
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