Find Column Letters

Pestomania

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I have searched through numerous threads but cannot get any of the formulas to work.

I am trying to get the lookup for column values for the following data. The other options is if we start with the first column letter (ex: AW), how can I add 11 to that to get BH? That might be an easier option.


Book1
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAAABACADAEAFAGAHAIAJAKALAMANAOAPAQARASATAUAVAWAXAYAZBABBBCBDBEBFBGBHBIBJBKBLBMBNBOBPBQBRBSBT
1'23'24'25'26'27'28'29'30'31'32'33'34'35'36'37'38'39'40'41'42'43
2
3
41/1/20232/1/20233/1/20234/1/20235/1/20236/1/20237/1/20238/1/20239/1/202310/1/202311/1/202312/1/20231/1/20242/1/20243/1/20244/1/20245/1/20246/1/20247/1/20248/1/20249/1/202410/1/202411/1/202412/1/20241/1/20252/1/20253/1/20254/1/20255/1/20256/1/20257/1/20258/1/20259/1/202510/1/202511/1/202512/1/20251/1/20262/1/20263/1/20264/1/20265/1/20266/1/20267/1/20268/1/20269/1/202610/1/202611/1/202612/1/20261/1/20272/1/20273/1/20274/1/20275/1/20276/1/20277/1/20278/1/20279/1/202710/1/202711/1/202712/1/20271/1/20282/1/20283/1/20284/1/20285/1/20286/1/20287/1/20288/1/20289/1/202810/1/202811/1/202812/1/2028
5
6
7Start of YearEnd of Year
8AL2023
9MX2024
102025
112026
122027
132028
142029
152030
162031
172032
182033
192034
202035
212036
222037
232038
242039
252040
262041
272042
282043
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A1A1="'"&23
B1:U1B1="'"&RIGHT(A1,2)+1
 

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Why do you need column letters?
 
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Why do you need column letters?
This formula was written by my boss in an old file that I am trying to update and make a little more dynamic. All of these formulas use a "lookup" for year end and year start and row numbers. I am trying to clean these up a little bit. The Row # unfortunately cannot be automated that I can figure out at this time either.

'23'24'25'26'27'28'29'30'31'32'33'34'35'36'37'38'39'40'41'42'43TotalRowYear startYear End
0000000000000000000000174AYBJ2023
000000000000000000000094BKBV2024
0000000000000000000000466BWCH2025
2325.8160.40120.3-40.1-280.7160.4-80.280.2-80.280.22326160.40120.3-40.1-281160-80.280.2-80.22446433CICT2026
134201000-100.500000134201000-1010000235225CUDF2027
3900000000000390000000000390277DGDR2028
0000000000000000000000329DSED2029
601.50000000000602000000000602393EEEP2030
EQFB2031
0000000000000000000000599EEEP2032
2400000000000240000000000240638EQFB2033
00000000000000000000006862034
2.1500000000002.150000000002.155232035
00000000000000000000005632036
00000000000000000000007362037
00000000000000000000007862038
00000000000000000000008352039
24000000000024000000000248842040
00000000000000000000009282041
2042
2043
 
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You haven't posted the formulas, but I can't imagine why some combination of Index and Match wouldn't work. I haven't needed a column letter in 30+ years of Excel work so I'm always a little suspicious. ;)
 
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Here we go, sorry. Selected the wrong option:

Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B198B198="'"&23
C198:V198C198="'"&RIGHT(B198,2)+1
B199:B206,B208:B217B199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$199,$Y199,":",$AA$199,$Y199)))
C199:C206,C208:C217C199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$200,$Y199,":",$AA$200,$Y199)))-B199
D199:D206,D208:D217D199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$201,$Y199,":",$AA$201,$Y199)))-(SUM(B199:C199))
E199:E206,E208:E217E199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$202,$Y199,":",$AA$202,$Y199)))-SUM(B199:D199)
F199:F206,F208:F217F199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$203,$Y199,":",$AA$203,$Y199)))-SUM(B199:E199)
G199:G206,G208:G217G199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$204,$Y199,":",$AA$204,$Y199)))-SUM(B199:F199)
H199:H206,H208:H217H199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$205,$Y199,":",$AA$205,$Y199)))-SUM(B199:G199)
I199:I206,I208:I217I199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$206,$Y199,":",$AA$206,$Y199)))-SUM(B199:H199)
J199:J206,J208:J217J199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$207,$Y199,":",$AA$207,$Y199)))-SUM(B199:I199)
K199:K206,K208:K217K199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$208,$Y199,":",$AA$208,$Y199)))-SUM(B199:J199)
L199:V206,L208:V217L199=MAX(INDIRECT(CONCAT("'Capacity Charts'!",$Z$209,$Y199,":",$AA$209,$Y199)))-SUM(B199:K199)
X199:X206,X208:X217X199=SUM(B199:L199)
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
X199:X206,X208:X219Cell Value>0textNO
B199:W206,B208:W219Cell Value>0textNO
 
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The other options is if we start with the first column letter (ex: AW), how can I add 11 to that to get BH? That might be an easier option.

Excel Formula:
=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,( COLUMN(AW1) +11 ),4),1,"")
 
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Excel Formula:
=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,( COLUMN(AW1) +11 ),4),1,"")
See below data. It worked for the first attempt and then failed.

10 Year Capacity Planning Model Rev 20231002.xlsm
ZAAAB
198Year startYear End
199AYAK2023
200ALAK2024
201ALAK2025
202ALAK2026
203ALAK2027
204ALAK2028
205ALAK2029
206ALAK2030
207ALAK2031
208ALAK2032
209ALAK2033
210ALAK2034
211ALAK2035
212ALAK2036
213ALAK2037
214ALAK2038
215ALAK2039
216ALAK2040
217ALAK2041
218ALAK2042
219ALAK2043
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Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
AA199:AA219AA199=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,( COLUMN(Z199) +11 ),4),1,"")
Z200,Z202:Z219Z200=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,( COLUMN(Z199) +12 ),4),1,"")
Z201Z201=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1,( COLUMN(Z200)+12),4),1,"")
 
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See if this does what you ar trying to do:

Book1
YZAAAB
6
7Year StartYear End
8AL
9MX
10AWBH
11AKAV
12
Sheet3
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
AA8:AA11AA8=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1, COLUMN(INDIRECT(Z8 & 1))+11, 4), 1, "")
 
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Solution
See if this does what you ar trying to do:

Book1
YZAAAB
6
7Year StartYear End
8AL
9MX
10AWBH
11AKAV
12
Sheet3
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
AA8:AA11AA8=SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1, COLUMN(INDIRECT(Z8 & 1))+11, 4), 1, "")
This did great JohnnyL! Thank youfor your help and the table works now as originally intended. At some point in time, I'd like to make it based more in the table itself rather than running indirects, but time does not permit.
 
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