I am trying to create a custom data validation formula to determine if the data entered into a cell is a valid first line of address.
The only way I can figure this out is to use begins with, but it would need to contain the 'OR' function.
so for example if the data begins with a number, the letter "F" followed by a number or the word "flat" followed by a number the the data entered should match the validation entered for that cell.
But I can not seem to find the right formula for that method.
If you could help me with this it would be appreciated.
For your examples:
=regexmatch(A1,"^\d|^F\d|^flat\d")
It is case sensitive. REGEXMATCH.
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Using below formula to Reject input if the adjacent cell is empty.
I am trying to made the condition for the Data validation rules that if R2:R500 is empty then Column M will Reject the input when try to add anything but below formula is not working in Validation.
=NOT(ISBLANK(R24))
Here is my Sheet
Try this validation setup.
=$R2:$R500<>""
I've data table with list of names which are having few differences. I am trying to change those text to similar name within data table as image in below.
If part of the text in cells in data table are matching with the "Abbreviations" list(Col-AK) then Data table text must replace with the text in "To be replaced" (Col-AL) into "Expected Return Table". I've tried using may different functions to accomplish my ultimate target, but none of them is giving perfect answer.
Can anybody help me with this problem.
I found an answer to my problem. I could do this using below formula.
Step 01:- I've used below static formula at first to identify the dynamic formula
=IF(LEFT(AC2,4)=$AK$2,$AL$2,AC2)
Step 02:- Then I've used Index function to return the first text in abbreviation list which is Iodine by only changing partial of the formula to return only single value avoiding others. Ex: Firstly I considered only about the Iodine in the list. This will only replace Iodine into the expected data table.
=IF(LEFT(AC2,4)=INDEX($AK$2:$AK$11,1),$AL$2,AC2)
Step 03:- Then row_num turned into dynamic and expanded the return text data into range($AL$2:$AL$11) from single($AL$2) using Match & Left function as below.
=IF(LEFT(AC2,4)=INDEX($AK$2:$AK$11,MATCH(LEFT(AC2,4),$AK$2:$AK$11,0)),INDEX($AL$2:$AL$11,MATCH(LEFT(AC2,4),$AK$2:$AK$11,0)),AC2)
Step 04:- Finaly ignore errors using IFERROR Function.
=IFERROR(IF(LEFT(AC2,4)=INDEX($AK$2:$AK$11,MATCH(LEFT(AC2,4),$AK$2:$AK$11,0)),INDEX($AL$2:$AL$11,MATCH(LEFT(AC2,4),$AK$2:$AK$11,0)),AC2),"")
Expected Return Data Table as shown below.
I've figured out how to do this individually, but need help in combining for a custom formula.
I want a formula that requires the person to enter data that:
* must be numeric (ISNUMBERS);
* requires the manual data entry of eight characters;
* may start with a zero, and if it does, the zero should be displayed
The third requirement is a formatting issue not a data validation issue.
Format the cells as text.
Then the formula is:
=AND(LEN(A1)=8,ISNUMBER(--A1))
I have a column where I want to write down numbers, but the numbers are long, 25 characters, and I could miss type it so at least knowing that I have typed the correct amount of characters would be helpful.
When typing in Google spreadsheets, I can validate the answer of a column within another column by using: '=IF(LEN(B1)=25,B1,"wrong number of digits")'
which means it would return the cell value if has 25 characters, but if its any other amount it will say wrong number, yet I need to use another column...
Is there any way that while I am typing in a cell it would let me proceed if right number of characters or give an error if I have wrong number of characters, in the same column?
UNTESTED
Please try a Data, Validation..., rule of:
=and(B1>999999999999999,len(B1)=25)
I need an urgent help from you guys, the thing i have a column which represent the full name of a user , now i want to split it into first and last name.
The format of the Full name is "World, hello", now the first name here is hello and last name is world.
I am using Derived Column(SSIS) and using Right Function for First Name and substring function for last name, but the result of these seems to be blank, this where even i am blank. :)
It's working for me. In general, you should provide more detail in your questions on places such as this to help others recreate and troubleshoot your issue. You did not specify whether we needed to address NULLs in this field nor do I know how you'd want to interpret it so there is room for improvement on this answer.
I started with a simple OLE DB Source and hard coded a query of "SELECT 'World, Hello' AS Name".
I created 2 Derived Column Tasks. The first one adds a column to Data Flow called FirstCommaPosition. The formula I used is FINDSTRING(Name,",", 1) If NAME is NULLable, then we will need to test for nullability prior to calling the FINDSTRING function. You'll then need to determine how you will want to store the split data in the case of NULLs. I would assume both first and last are should be NULLed but I don't know that.
There are two reasons for doing this in separate steps. The first is performance. As counter-intuitive as it sounds, doing less in a derived column results in better performance because the SSIS engine can better parallelize the operations. The other is more simple - I will need to use this value to make the first and last name split so it will be easier and less maintenance to reference a column than to copy paste a formula.
The second Derived Column is going to actually perform the split.
My FirstNameUnicode column uses this formula (FirstCommaPosition > 0) ? RTRIM(LTRIM(RIGHT(Name,FirstCommaPosition))) : "" That says "If we found a comma in the preceding step, then slice out everything from the comma's position to the end of the string and apply trim operations. If we didn't find a comma, then just return a blank string. The default string type for expressions will be the Unicode (DT_WSTR) so if that is not your need, you will need to cast the resultant into the correct string codepage (DT_STR)
My LastNameUnicode column uses this formula (FirstCommaPosition > 0) ? SUBSTRING(Name,1,FirstCommaPosition -1) : "" Similar logic as above except now I use the SUBSTRING operation instead of RIGHT. Users of the 2012 release of SSIS and beyond, rejoice fo you can use the LEFT function instead of SUBSTRING. Also note that you will need to back off 1 position to remove the comma.