formula help

[lirkus84]

Hello I need some help with creating a formula for the below table. What I am trying to achieve is in the "required results" column A. The "Name" entries will always have "Name" preceding
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]required results
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[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Name Jimmy
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Name Jimmy -shoes
[/TD]
[TD]-shoes
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Name Tom
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Name Tom-Balls
[/TD]
[TD]-Balls
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Name Tom-nets
[/TD]
[TD]-nets
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Name Tom-snacks
[/TD]
[TD]-snacks
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Joe4]

Let's say that your data is in the range B1:B6.
Then enter this formula in cell A2 and copy down for all rows:

=IF(LEFT(B2,4)="Name","",IF(LEFT(B1,4)="Name",B1 & B2,LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-LEN(B1)) & B2))

 

[Eric W]

Same general idea as Joe4:

	B	C	D	E
List	Helper	Required Results
	Name Jimmy-shoes
Name Jimmy-shoes	Name Tom-Balls
	Name Tom-nets
Name Tom-Balls	Name Tom-snacks
Name Tom-nets	Name Mary-socks
Name Tom-snacks	Name Mary-shin guards
	Name Alice-chalk
-socks	Name Mary-socks
Name Mary-shin guards
-chalk	Name Alice-chalk

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[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Name Jimmy[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]-shoes[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Name Tom[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]-Balls[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]-nets[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]-snacks[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Name Mary[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]-shin guards[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Name Alice[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]12[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]13[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

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Sheet8​

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[TD]Worksheet Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
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[TH="width: 10px"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
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[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]C2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=IF(LEFT(B2,4)="Name","",LOOKUP(2,1/ISERROR(FIND("-",$B$1:$B1)),$B$1:$B1)&B2)[/TD]
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</tbody>[/TABLE]

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[TD]Array Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
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[TH="width: 10px"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
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</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]D2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]{=IFERROR(INDEX($C$2:$C$20,SMALL(IF($C$2:$C$20<>"",ROW($C$2:$C$20)-ROW($C$2)+1),ROWS($D$2:$D2))),"")}[/TD]
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Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself[/TD]
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</tbody>[/TABLE]



I added an array formula in D to remove the spaces if you want.