根据在同一工作表中不同单元格上运行的系列或规则填充数据的 Excel 公式

Question

I need to populate a cell with some combination of data from another cell. Here's what my data looks like (sorry I can't post images):Column A = NameColumn B = TeamColumn C = Short Name

I'm trying to populate the Short Name based on a series of rules applied to the Name (column A). I have some of it working. So here's what I'm hoping to get to:

this is the rule that's working: - If the name contains a ":" I'm populating the cell with the first 4 characters after that [IFERROR(B2&""&MID(A2, FIND(":", A2,1)+1,4),"")]. If it doesn't find the:, it's leaving Column C blank. This was working perfectly until a new need was introduced...

So now Column C would be populated based on one of 3 things:

1. Exactly what's happening now. So if: exists populate column C based on the formula above
2. If the: doesn't exist I need to inspect Column A for "(ENH)". If (ENH) exists, I need column C populated with everything that's displayed in column A. If it exists, (ENH) will always be the first 5 characters displayed in column A.
3. If: or (ENH) doesn't exist, Column C stays blank

Using my real data, at the end of the day Column C will display one of the following 3 things, displayed in the order of my rules above:

1. Gold O&M
2. (ENH) UI Refactor
3. BLANK

Answer 1

You can use the following formula to populate the C "Short Name" column:

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(":", A2)), B2&" "&MID(A2,SEARCH(":", A2)+1, 4), IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("(ENH)", A2)), A2, ""))

This results in the following table:

NameColumn	TeamColumn	Short Name
foobar:O&M	Gold	Gold O&M
(ENH) UI Refactor	whatever1	(ENH) UI Refactor
Flubber	whatever2

Notes:

• FIND() is case-sensitive while SEARCH() is not. I used FIND() for "(ENH)" because it seemed as though you wanted an exact match. If "(enh)" should also match, use SEARCH() .
• ISNUMBER(...) can be used to check whether SEARCH() and FIND() returned a valid index instead of #VALUE! , and thus whether the search text was found. NOT(ISERROR(...)) could also be used.

Answer 2

Based on the little info given without posting samples this would work using Office 365: =IFERROR(B2&" "&LEFT(TEXTAFTER(A2,":",1),5),IF(LEFT(A2,5)="(ENH)",A2,""))

TEXTAFTER checks for a (nth) delimiter and shows the text after that. This is (if you ask me) easier to read than MID. But basically it does the same in this case.

If you need a better answer follow dbc's advice to post data as markdown table.

Answer 3

To accomplish this, you can use a combination of the IF, SEARCH, and LEFT functions in Excel. Here's an example formula that you can use in Column C:

=IF(SEARCH(":", A2), MID(A2, FIND(":", A2,1)+1,4), IF(SEARCH("(ENH)", A2), LEFT(A2, 5), ""))

This formula first checks if there is a ":" in the value in Column A. If there is, it populates Column C with the characters after the ":". If there isn't, it checks for "(ENH)" and populates Column C with the first 5 characters if it exists. If neither of these conditions are met, it leaves Column C blank.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.