Method to Distribute a list to proper columns

sbawnh

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[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Type[/TD]
[TD]Date[/TD]
[TD]Dog[/TD]
[TD]Date[/TD]
[TD]Cat[/TD]
[TD]Date[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dog[/TD]
[TD]1/14/2016[/TD]
[TD]Dog[/TD]
[TD]1/14/2016[/TD]
[TD]Cat[/TD]
[TD]7/8/2018[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dog[/TD]
[TD]5/8/2017[/TD]
[TD]Dog[/TD]
[TD]5/8/2017[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cat[/TD]
[TD]7/8/2018[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


Given Column A:B, I want to distribute the dog data to the dog columns {C,D} and the cat data to the cat columns {E,F}.

Any ideas?

Thanks!!
 
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Try this

Code:
Sub [COLOR=#0000ff]Distribute[/COLOR]()
    Dim c As Range, f As Range
    For Each c In Range("A2", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
        Set f = Rows(1).Find(c.Value, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole)
        If Not f Is Nothing Then
            Cells(Cells(Rows.Count, f.Column).End(xlUp)(2).Row, f.Column).Resize(1, 2).Value = c.Resize(1, 2).Value
        End If
    Next
End Sub

INSERT A MODULE
Press Alt-F11 to open the VBA editor. From the menu select Insert > Module. On the sheet that opens, paste the code previous.
Close the editor (press Alt-Q). From Excel, press Alt-F8 to open the macro selector, and select Distribute and press Run.
 
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Lovely solution. I really appreciate your time! Thank you.

BTW, For my sanity, This cannot be done with a formula?
I was hoping some combination of Index/matches with countifs could make it work, but I haven't been successful.
 
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This is so useful!

This Distributes A:A and brings along B:B to the new destination.

What if A:A is C:C and I want to bring along A:A and B:B instead of B:B?

(The two columns to the left instead of the column to the right)
 
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Lovely solution. I really appreciate your time! Thank you.

BTW, For my sanity, This cannot be done with a formula?
I was hoping some combination of Index/matches with countifs could make it work, but I haven't been successful.

Array formulas

<br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff; "> <colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; " /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /></colgroup><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; "><td > </td><td >A</td><td >B</td><td >C</td><td >D</td><td >E</td><td >F</td><td >G</td><td >H</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >1</td><td style="background-color:#ffff00; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; ">Type</td><td style="background-color:#ffff00; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; ">Date</td><td style="background-color:#ffff00; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; ">Dog</td><td style="background-color:#ffff00; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; ">Date</td><td style="background-color:#ffff00; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; ">Cat</td><td style="background-color:#ffff00; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; ">Date</td><td style="background-color:#ffff00; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; ">mar</td><td style="background-color:#ffff00; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; ">date</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >2</td><td >Dog</td><td style="text-align:right; ">04/01/2019</td><td >Dog</td><td style="text-align:right; ">04/01/2019</td><td >Dog</td><td style="text-align:right; ">04/01/2019</td><td >Dog</td><td style="text-align:right; ">04/01/2019</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >3</td><td >Dog</td><td style="text-align:right; ">05/08/2017</td><td >Dog</td><td style="text-align:right; ">05/08/2017</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >4</td><td >Cat</td><td style="text-align:right; ">07/08/2018</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >5</td><td >mar</td><td style="text-align:right; ">06/05/2019</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr></table><br /><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; border-style: groove ;border-color:#00ff00;background-color:#fffcf9; color:#000000; "><tr><td ><b></b></td></tr><tr><td ><table border = "1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt;"><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; font-size:10pt;"><td >Cell</td><td >Formula</td></tr><tr><td >C2</td><td >{=IFERROR(INDEX($A$1:$A$5, SMALL(IF($A$2:$A$5=C$1, ROW()), ROW()-1)),"")}</td></tr><tr><td >D2</td><td >{=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$B$5, SMALL(IF($A$2:$A$5=C$1, ROW()), ROW()-1)),"")}</td></tr><tr><td >E2</td><td >{=IFERROR(INDEX($A$1:$A$5, SMALL(IF($A$2:$A$5=E$1, ROW()), ROW()-1)),"")}</td></tr><tr><td >F2</td><td >{=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$B$5, SMALL(IF($A$2:$A$5=E$1, ROW()), ROW()-1)),"")}</td></tr><tr><td >G2</td><td >{=IFERROR(INDEX($A$1:$A$5, SMALL(IF($A$2:$A$5=G$1, ROW()), ROW()-1)),"")}</td></tr><tr><td >H2</td><td >{=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$B$5, SMALL(IF($A$2:$A$5=G$1, ROW()), ROW()-1)),"")}</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
 
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I'm glad to help you. Thanks for the feedback.
 
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Here is another way with non-array formulas. You will need Excel 2010 or later for the AGGREGATE function.
Copy formulas down as needed.
Excel Workbook
ABCDEF
1TypeDateDogDateCatDate
2Dog1/14/2016Dog1/14/2016Cat7/8/2018
3Dog5/8/2017Dog5/8/2017
4Cat7/8/2018
Sheet
 
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