Presenting dynamic paired cells

kirksmim

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Hi all,

Firstly apologies for the vague title, I had no idea what to call it.

My problem:
I have two sets of multiple drop down menus (data validation lists) (let's say in column A and B), and I want to present the information which repeats the values in column A for every value in column B, with the value in column B accompanying it.

Below I've attached two example of how I would want the data to look. (Letters are used for clarity, they will actually be fairly long strings of text)

Example 1
Excel 2012
A
B
C
D
E
a
x
a
x
b
y
a
y
c
z
a
z
d
b
x
e
b
y
b
z
c
x
c
y
c
z
d
x
d
y
d
z
e
x
e
y
e
z

<tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]2
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]3
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]4
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]5
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]6
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]10
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]11
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

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

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

[TD="align: center"]14
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]15
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>
Sheet1

Example 2
Excel 2012
A
B
C
D
E
d
j
d
j
f
k
d
k
c
f
j
a
f
k
e
c
j
h
c
k
a
j
a
k
e
j
e
k
h
j
h
k

<tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]2
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]3
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]4
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]5
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]6
[/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]7
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

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

[TD="align: center"]10
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]11
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

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

</tbody>
Sheet1

Remember:
  • The cells in columns A and B will occupied by multiple drop-down menus (data validation lists), which will be deleted/added at will by the user. They won't be in any order and they will be able to enter as many/few values as they require.

If possible I don't want to resort to a vba, and I'm sure it can be done using ingenuity (but if not that's fine).

If anyone can solve this I would be eternally grateful.

Many thanks,
Michael
 

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