Trying to gain understanding on writing functions in Microsoft Excel. I created a simple example to practice a few simple actions; namely, how to get all values in a specified order from rows (between two given cells and which have a specified range) and copy them on a separate column.
As can be seen on the example below, I have 3 sets of values (ALPHA
, BETA
and GAMMA
), each with numeric values ranging on 4 columns (A, B, C and D) and on 7 rows where on the last row the last column (column D) is empty. Each set of value has a title name residing on column A before each values (i.e. on (A,1), (A,9) and (A, 18)).
A B C D
1 ALPHA_VALUES
2 2.93E+02 7.15E+02 1.22E+03 1.27E+03
3 1.84E+03 1.77E+03 1.88E+03 1.97E+03
4 2.10E+03 2.14E+03 2.17E+03 2.18E+03
5 2.10E+03 2.20E+03 2.19E+03 2.18E+03
6 1.33E+03 1.25E+03 1.30E+03 1.13E+03
7 9.83E+02 9.03E+02 8.20E+02 7.32E+02
8 5.37E+02 4.24E+02 2.93E+02
9 BETA_VALUES
10 0.00E+00 8.71E-10 2.53E-09 1.50E-08
11 5.20E-07 2.11E-06 6.49E-06 1.61E-05
12 6.38E-05 1.08E-04 1.68E-04 2.43E-04
13 4.32E-04 5.51E-04 7.38E-04 1.00E-03
14 1.88E-03 2.54E-03 3.33E-03 4.27E-03
15 6.06E-03 6.92E-03 7.68E-03 8.31E-03
16 2.67E-03 1.44E-03 0.00E+00
17 GAMMA_VALUES
18 0.00E+00 5.85E-14 8.74E-12 1.47E-10
19 1.29E-08 7.45E-08 3.01E-07 9.09E-07
20 4.51E-06 8.04E-06 1.27E-05 5.81E-05
21 2.89E-05 3.46E-05 4.04E-05 4.44E-05
22 3.83E-05 2.69E-05 1.70E-05 1.27E-05
23 7.26E-06 4.85E-06 3.01E-06 1.78E-06
24 6.17E-14 2.22E-15 0.00E+00
I want to copy each of the 3 sets above on a separate column. For fetching the data on the cells of each row, the order I want the data to be copied to a new separate column if from left to right; i.e. for APLHA_VALUES
the resulting column should be like so:
2.93E+02
7.15E+02
1.22E+03
1.27E+03
1.84E+03
1.77E+03
1.88E+03
1.97E+03
2.10E+03
2.14E+03
2.17E+03
2.18E+03
1.33E+03
1.25E+03
1.30E+03
1.13E+03
9.83E+02
9.03E+02
8.20E+02
7.32E+02
5.37E+02
4.24E+02
2.93E+02
Any sample code to get me starting on how to fetch and copy the specified data on a column will be much appreciated.
MODIFIED EXAMPLE (to better demonstrate a formula's workings):
~Added a 1 extra column and 3 extra rows for each set. Also added some data on the first 6 lines which do not participate in the formula.
A B C D E
1 blah
2 blah 4124
3 blah 342
4 blah 321
5 blah 43
6 blah
7 ALPHA_VALUES
8 2.93E+02 7.15E+02 1.22E+03 1.27E+03 1.27E+03
9 1.84E+03 1.77E+03 1.88E+03 1.97E+03 1.97E+03
10 2.10E+03 2.14E+03 2.17E+03 2.18E+03 1.97E+03
11 2.10E+03 2.20E+03 2.19E+03 2.18E+03 1.97E+03
12 1.33E+03 1.25E+03 1.30E+03 1.13E+03 1.97E+03
13 9.83E+02 9.03E+02 8.20E+02 7.32E+02 1.97E+03
14 2.10E+03 2.20E+03 2.19E+03 2.18E+03 1.97E+03
15 1.33E+03 1.25E+03 1.30E+03 1.13E+03 1.97E+03
16 9.83E+02 9.03E+02 8.20E+02 7.32E+02 1.97E+03
17 5.37E+02 4.24E+02 2.93E+02
18 BETA_VALUES
19 0.00E+00 8.71E-10 2.53E-09 1.50E-08 1.50E-08
20 5.20E-07 2.11E-06 6.49E-06 1.61E-05 1.50E-08
21 6.38E-05 1.08E-04 1.68E-04 2.43E-04 1.50E-08
22 4.32E-04 5.51E-04 7.38E-04 1.00E-03 1.50E-08
23 1.88E-03 2.54E-03 3.33E-03 4.27E-03 1.50E-08
24 6.06E-03 6.92E-03 7.68E-03 8.31E-03 1.50E-08
25 4.32E-04 5.51E-04 7.38E-04 1.00E-03 1.50E-08
26 1.88E-03 2.54E-03 3.33E-03 4.27E-03 1.50E-08
27 6.06E-03 6.92E-03 7.68E-03 8.31E-03 1.50E-08
28 2.67E-03 1.44E-03 0.00E+00
29 GAMMA_VALUES
30 0.00E+00 5.85E-14 8.74E-12 1.47E-10 1.47E-10
31 1.29E-08 7.45E-08 3.01E-07 9.09E-07 1.47E-10
32 4.51E-06 8.04E-06 1.27E-05 5.81E-05 1.47E-10
33 2.89E-05 3.46E-05 4.04E-05 4.44E-05 1.47E-10
34 3.83E-05 2.69E-05 1.70E-05 1.27E-05 1.47E-10
35 7.26E-06 4.85E-06 3.01E-06 1.78E-06 1.47E-10
36 2.89E-05 3.46E-05 4.04E-05 4.44E-05 1.47E-10
37 3.83E-05 2.69E-05 1.70E-05 1.27E-05 1.47E-10
38 7.26E-06 4.85E-06 3.01E-06 1.78E-06 1.47E-10
39 6.17E-14 2.22E-15 0.00E+00
The formula you are looking for is INDEX:
Put it in F2 copy over two columns and down 27.