Trying to find the second occurrence in a row.

JoeSw

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Hi there, I've had a problem where I have a row of percentages and I need to find the second occurrence of a percentage that is under 40%. E.g. if I have two rows like this
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Jan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]Feb[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]May[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]56%[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]44%[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]39%[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]25%[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]99%[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



Then I would like it to return April. I have found lots of ways for finding a second occurrence for rows but not for columns.


Bonus question: I was also wondering if anyone smarter than me could work out a good way to find out if there was an instance of three months in a row where the percentage was 40% above the instance of the percentage you have found previously that is found below 40%.

e.g. with the example above if you find the 2nd instance of a percentage that is below 40% which would be April (23%) then it would search down the row for an instance where there were three percentages in a row that were at least 63% or above.

Thanks so much!

Joe
 

Excel Facts

Add Bullets to Range
Select range. Press Ctrl+1. On Number tab, choose Custom. Type Alt+7 then space then @ sign (using 7 on numeric keypad)
With your sample data in A1:E2
and
G2: an upper limit...... 40%

Here are two approaches:
ARRAY FORMULA, completed by holding down CTRL and SHIFT when you press ENTER (insted of just pressing ENTER)
Code:
H2: =INDEX(A1:E1,SMALL(IF(A2:E2 < G2,COLUMN(A2:E2)),2))<g2,column(a2:e2)),2))[ code]
Regular formula (no C+S+E)
Code:
H2: =INDEX(A1:E1,SMALL(INDEX(COLUMN(A2:E2)*(A2:E2 < G2),0),2+COUNTIF(A2:E2,">"&G2)))<g2),0),2+countif(a2:e2,">
Remove the spaces from those formulas....This forum mis-interprets the original formulas when the spaces are not posted.
Does that help</g2),0),2+countif(a2:e2,"></g2,column(a2:e2)),2))[>
 
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For the same set-up described by Ron, another standard-entry formula is
Code:
=INDEX(A$1:E$1,AGGREGATE(15,6,(COLUMN(A2:E2)-COLUMN(A2)+1)/(A2:E2<G2),2))
 
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Hi,

Thanks both of you. So I have tried to use both of your suggestions but it still responded with an erroneous month so I was thinking of giving you the exact data that I am working with. There are some blanks so I am not sure if that is what is throwing the formulae off. Do you know if your suggestions look from left to right or from right to left?

Example:

[TABLE="width: 150"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Aut 12[/TD]
[TD]Spr 13[/TD]
[TD]Sum
13[/TD]
[TD]Aut
13[/TD]
[TD]Spr
14[/TD]
[TD]Sum
14[/TD]
[TD]Aut
14[/TD]
[TD]Spr
15[/TD]
[TD]Sum
15[/TD]
[TD]Aut
15[/TD]
[TD]Spr
16[/TD]
[TD]Sum
16[/TD]
[TD]Aut
16[/TD]
[TD]Spr
17[/TD]
[TD]Sum
17[/TD]
[TD]Aut 17[/TD]
[TD]Spr 18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]10.4%[/TD]
[TD]11.9%[/TD]
[TD]7.8%[/TD]
[TD]57.9%[/TD]
[TD]100%[/TD]
[TD]100%[/TD]
[TD]100%[/TD]
[TD]100%[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


So with the working formula I would expect it to bring Aut14 back as the second month below 40%.

Thanks again,

Joe
 
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There are some blanks ..
That does make a diffence because blanks are treated as zero, which of course is less than 40%. :)

Try this version of my suggestion.

Excel Workbook
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
1Aut 12Spr 13Sum 13Aut 13Spr 14Sum 14Aut 14Spr 15Sum 15Aut 15Spr 16Sum 16Aut 16Spr 17Sum 17Aut 17Spr 18
210.40%11.90%7.80%57.90%100%100%100%100%
3
4Limit40%
52nd ColAut 14
2nd occurrence
 
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That does make a diffence because blanks are treated as zero, which of course is less than 40%. :)

Spreadsheet Formulas
CellFormula
B5=INDEX(A$1:Q$1,AGGREGATE(15,6,(COLUMN(A2:Q2)-COLUMN(A2)+1)/((A2:Q2<B4)*(A2:Q2<>"")),2))

<tbody>
</tbody>

<tbody>
</tbody>

Dear Peter,

Thank you so much, it works perfectly. I wish I could say I understood it however, I at least understand how to use it!
 
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