Excel- concatenate cells into 1 cell that have a coinciding marker

[dhopler625]

Good morning. I have a spreadsheet where I want to find a formula that I can put in a cell that looks at all cells to the right and for each instance where it finds an "x", concatenates the column headers into that cell. For instance in the example below:

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Sites[/TD]
[TD]Site 1[/TD]
[TD]Site 2[/TD]
[TD]Site 3[/TD]
[TD]Site 4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Person 1[/TD]
[TD]Site 1, Site 3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Person 2[/TD]
[TD]Site 2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Person 3[/TD]
[TD]Site 2, Site 3, Site 4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Person 4[/TD]
[TD]Site 1, Site 2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

I want to put a formula in the Sites column that produces the above result based on if there's an "x" in the corresponding columns for that row.

Thank you.

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Good morning. I have a spreadsheet where I want to find a formula that I can put in a cell that looks at all cells to the right and for each instance where it finds an "x", concatenates the column headers into that cell. For instance in the example below:

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Sites[/TD]
[TD]Site 1[/TD]
[TD]Site 2[/TD]
[TD]Site 3[/TD]
[TD]Site 4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Person 1[/TD]
[TD]Site 1, Site 3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Person 2[/TD]
[TD]Site 2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Person 3[/TD]
[TD]Site 2, Site 3, Site 4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Person 4[/TD]
[TD]Site 1, Site 2[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

I want to put a formula in the Sites column that produces the above result based on if there's an "x" in the corresponding columns for that row.

How many sites do you have in total?

 

[dhopler625]

Rick,
Currently I have 21 but as new facilities come on board that number may change.

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Rick,
Currently I have 21 but as new facilities come on board that number may change.

I do not know how to do what you want in any practical way with a formula for that many columns. Here is a macro that will do what you want though...

[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
	[td]Sub ConcatSites()
  Dim R As Long, C As Long, LastRow As Long, LastCol As Long, Sites As String
  LastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
  LastCol = Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
  For R = 2 To LastRow
    Sites = ""
    For C = 3 To LastCol
      If Cells(R, C) Like "[Xx]" Then Sites = Sites & ", " & Cells(1, C)
    Next
    Cells(R, "B") = Mid(Sites, 3)
  Next
End Sub[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

HOW TO INSTALL MACROs
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If you are new to macros, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. To use the macro, go back to the worksheet with your data on it and press ALT+F8, select the macro name (ConcatSites) from the list that appears and click the Run button. The macro will execute and perform the action(s) you asked for. If you will need to do this again in this same workbook, and if you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "Yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.

 

[dhopler625]

OK, thank you so much.