Formula to count how many adjacent cells have value that precede specified cell

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lisburl

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Good afternoon!

I need help with a formula that will give me the total the number of cells in a row that contain a value that are adjacent to a target cell (H).

For example: Column H would total the following
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[TD="align: center"]B[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]C[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]D[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]E[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]F[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]G[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]H TOTAL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]0[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #fff2cc"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


Thank you for any help.
 
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I figured out why this formula did not work for me at first. I had added an additional so my data had shifted from C to H.

It works now that I updated it to reflect the correct columns. I have run into a challenge though because occasionally the vlookups are returning empty cells. This does not affect the outcome if the last column is a 0, but if it's a 1 it is adding the blank cells as 1s. Is there any way around this?

BTW - your formula has saved me sooooo much time!! Thank you!!!
 
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lisburl said:
I figured out why this formula did not work for me at first. I had added an additional so my data had shifted from C to H.

It works now that I updated it to reflect the correct columns. I have run into a challenge though because occasionally the vlookups are returning empty cells. This does not affect the outcome if the last column is a 0, but if it's a 1 it is adding the blank cells as 1s. Is there any way around this?

BTW - your formula has saved me sooooo much time!! Thank you!!!
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Hi!

I'm happy that my suggestion help you.

Try the new version below:

=COLUMNS(B2:G2)-IFERROR(MATCH(2,INDEX(1/((B2:G2=0)+(B2:G2="")),)),0)

Markmzz
 
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New issue popped up - We are collecting data for more than six months now, and I'd like to extend the formula. So instead of B:G I need it to go from B:M. The issue is that data is uploaded at different times and the blank cells that precede the formula cell make the formula result in a 0. (If the blank cells precede cells that have a 1 or 0 the sum is not affected).

For instance:Everything works if the formula ends at G: =COLUMNS(B2:G2)-IFERROR(MATCH(2,INDEX(1/((B2:G2=0)+(B2:G2="")),)),0)
<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style>[TABLE="width: 0"]
<colgroup><col style="width: 100px"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD]E[/TD]
[TD]F[/TD]
[TD]G[/TD]
[TD]H[/TD]
[TD]I[/TD]
[TD]J[/TD]
[TD]K[/TD]
[TD]L[/TD]
[TD]M[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=daeef3]#daeef3[/URL] , align: right"]N[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=daeef3]#daeef3[/URL] , align: right"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

It doesn't work if the formulat ends at M: =COLUMNS(B2:M2)-IFERROR(MATCH(2,INDEX(1/((B2:M2=0)+(B2:M2="")),)),0)<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style>[TABLE="width: 0"]
<colgroup><col style="width: 100px"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"><col width="100"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=daeef3]#daeef3[/URL] , align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



Any suggestions?
Thank you!!
 
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