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The problem is, in case you couldn't follow along, that the OP keeps adding
stipulations to the data. Rick and I have ALSO provided working formulas for the data as given, but the OP has unequivocally stated "I am still trying to elicit the rules." So are you telling me that the formulas that you and Ron have given that work on the so far given data will work on all subsequent data, and the formulas that Rick and I have given that work so far on the given data will NOT work on subsequent data? The OP stated that they haven't given us all the rules of the format for the part number. How can you be sure your formulas will cover rules not listed? I think we should wait until the OP actually clarifies the rules of the old part numbering system. -- ** John C ** "Harlan Grove" wrote: "Rick Rothstein" wrote... Even if you don't want a complete solution, you have to give us more than you have already. . . . Really? From the OP's original samples and formula, it sure looks like the OP wants to return 4 if there's either a K or a B following a hyphen. There could be other characters between the hyphen and the K or B, there could be arbitrary characters after the K or B, and the K or B could appear at any character position 2 (assuming there'd need to be at least 1 character to the left of the hyphen). If that's so, Ron Rosenfeld and I have already provided working formulas. Our respective formulas would also work if the K or B in question would follow the LEFTMOST hyphen. If not, e.g., if there could be multiple hyphens and the K or B would need to be to the right of the FINAL hyphen, that'd require either character at a time parsing or regular expressions. For the former, define a name like seq referring to the formula =ROW(INDEX($1:$66536,1,1):INDEX($1:$65536,256,1)) and use a formula like =IF(COUNT(SEARCH({"K","B"},A1,MATCH(2,1/(MID("-"&A1,seq,1)="-")))), 4,1) For the latter, best to download and install Laurent Longre's MOREFUNC.XLL and use a formula like =IF(REGEX.COMP(A1,"^.*-[^-KB]*[KB][^-]*$"),4,1) The regular expression approach is the only way to go if the K or B of interest is after the 2nd or subsequent hyphen but possibly followed by more hyphens. In that case, if the K or B follows the n_th hyphen (n 1), use =IF(REGEX.COMP(A1,"^([^-]*-){n}[^-KB]*[KB]"),4,1) [note that n here should be a literal number]. Is this still an ambiguous problem? |
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John C johnc@stateofdenial wrote...
The problem is, in case you couldn't follow along, that the OP keeps adding stipulations to the data. Actually I was amused by the following exchange. http://groups.google.com/group/micro...0bc73ae3e2f29d in which OP stated 'I neglected to mention there could be other alpha characters at the end of the company's so I didn't use the right function.' to which Rick responded in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...196d63469b3dca 'Does this formula do what you want? =IF(OR(RIGHT(A3)={"B","K"}),4,1)' to which the OP responded in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...b9099c93b49cb7 'It's close, but there could be other characters after the K or B' When the OP STARTS OFF saying there could be extraneous characters at the end of the string, then a respondent asks the OP whether they've tried a simplistic RIGHT call, and the OP follows up politely saying it doesn't work, it's just a bit rich for the respondent to begin complaining about lack of specs. Rick and I have ALSO provided working formulas for the data as given, . . . Making several assumptions, several of which required hardcoding the position of the K or B or hyphen. Hardcoding character position may have happened to match a few samples the OP provided, but it's clearly suboptimal. While you did state your assumptions, it's nevertheless blindingly obvious you didn't pay much if any attention to the formula in the OP's first follow-up, =IF(FIND("K",UPPER(A3),FIND("-",A3,1)),4, IF(FIND("B",UPPER(A3),FIND("-",A3,1)),4,1)) Maybe that's too difficult for you to decipher, but to me it shows clearly that the OP wants to find the first K or B after the first hyphen. Nothing at all about ABSOLUTE character positions, ONLY the RELATIVE position that the K or B is to the RIGHT of the FIRST hyphen. To me, the problem seems to be either that the OP didn't realize FIND returns #VALUE! if the substring sought doesn't occur in the string searched or that IF won't treat error values as FALSE. the OP has unequivocally stated "I am still trying to elicit the rules." So are you telling me that the formulas that you and Ron have given that work on the so far given data will work on all subsequent data, and the formulas that Rick and I have given that work so far on the given data will NOT work on subsequent data? From the OP in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...8560fc12fa367e 'So far, these two work the best: Harlan's =IF(OR(COUNTIF(A3,"*-*"&{"K","B"}&"*")),4,1) or Ron's =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("B",A1,FIND("-",A1))), ISNUMBER(SEARCH("K",A1,FIND("-",A1)))),4,1)' Is that too ambiguous for you? The OP stated that they haven't given us all the rules of the format for the part number. How can you be sure your formulas will cover rules not listed? .... Either there's a hyphen involved or there isn't. If a hyphen's involved, then the K or B sought seems to follow one of the hyphens. Maybe that's not yet completely specified, but if it's always after a specific hyphen but not necessarily at a specific absolute character position, then my last set or reguar expression formulas should cover all reasonable possibilities. If it's always after the first/leftmost hyphen, Ron and I already provided working formulas that DO handle any string lengths Excel itself can accommodate, any arbitrary characters between the hyphen and the K or B and any arbitrary characters following the K or B. Seems reasonably comprehensive. Only if no hyphen is involved would absolute character position become essential. |
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Hi Harlan,
I still report that: 'So far, these two work the best: Harlan's =IF(OR(COUNTIF(A3,"*-*"&{"K","B"}&"*")),4,1) or Ron's =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("B",A1,FIND("-",A1))), ISNUMBER(SEARCH("K",A1,FIND("-",A1)))),4,1)' I truly enjoyed your post! I feel like someone really understood what I was saying. Thanks again Harlan, Dan |
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I realize the error of my ways, lawks a mussy, harlan is the brightest man on
the planet, he guesses at specs with the best of them, lawks a mussy, yessa massa. Don't you have some halls to monitor? Some bathroom passes to check? The simple fact is, and I really really don't care what you think about it, the OP gave ambiguous information. My formulas that I gave both work for the criteria that the OP did give. I know you think you are the best thing since sliced bread, but let's face it, your act is old and stale, and has green mold on the edges. If you truly want to be an asset to the community, perhaps you should remember that asset is a 5 letter word, and doesn't just stop after 3 letters. -- ** John C ** "Harlan Grove" wrote: John C johnc@stateofdenial wrote... The problem is, in case you couldn't follow along, that the OP keeps adding stipulations to the data. Actually I was amused by the following exchange. http://groups.google.com/group/micro...0bc73ae3e2f29d in which OP stated 'I neglected to mention there could be other alpha characters at the end of the company's so I didn't use the right function.' to which Rick responded in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...196d63469b3dca 'Does this formula do what you want? =IF(OR(RIGHT(A3)={"B","K"}),4,1)' to which the OP responded in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...b9099c93b49cb7 'It's close, but there could be other characters after the K or B' When the OP STARTS OFF saying there could be extraneous characters at the end of the string, then a respondent asks the OP whether they've tried a simplistic RIGHT call, and the OP follows up politely saying it doesn't work, it's just a bit rich for the respondent to begin complaining about lack of specs. Rick and I have ALSO provided working formulas for the data as given, . . . Making several assumptions, several of which required hardcoding the position of the K or B or hyphen. Hardcoding character position may have happened to match a few samples the OP provided, but it's clearly suboptimal. While you did state your assumptions, it's nevertheless blindingly obvious you didn't pay much if any attention to the formula in the OP's first follow-up, =IF(FIND("K",UPPER(A3),FIND("-",A3,1)),4, IF(FIND("B",UPPER(A3),FIND("-",A3,1)),4,1)) Maybe that's too difficult for you to decipher, but to me it shows clearly that the OP wants to find the first K or B after the first hyphen. Nothing at all about ABSOLUTE character positions, ONLY the RELATIVE position that the K or B is to the RIGHT of the FIRST hyphen. To me, the problem seems to be either that the OP didn't realize FIND returns #VALUE! if the substring sought doesn't occur in the string searched or that IF won't treat error values as FALSE. the OP has unequivocally stated "I am still trying to elicit the rules." So are you telling me that the formulas that you and Ron have given that work on the so far given data will work on all subsequent data, and the formulas that Rick and I have given that work so far on the given data will NOT work on subsequent data? From the OP in http://groups.google.com/group/micro...8560fc12fa367e 'So far, these two work the best: Harlan's =IF(OR(COUNTIF(A3,"*-*"&{"K","B"}&"*")),4,1) or Ron's =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("B",A1,FIND("-",A1))), ISNUMBER(SEARCH("K",A1,FIND("-",A1)))),4,1)' Is that too ambiguous for you? The OP stated that they haven't given us all the rules of the format for the part number. How can you be sure your formulas will cover rules not listed? .... Either there's a hyphen involved or there isn't. If a hyphen's involved, then the K or B sought seems to follow one of the hyphens. Maybe that's not yet completely specified, but if it's always after a specific hyphen but not necessarily at a specific absolute character position, then my last set or reguar expression formulas should cover all reasonable possibilities. If it's always after the first/leftmost hyphen, Ron and I already provided working formulas that DO handle any string lengths Excel itself can accommodate, any arbitrary characters between the hyphen and the K or B and any arbitrary characters following the K or B. Seems reasonably comprehensive. Only if no hyphen is involved would absolute character position become essential. |
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John C johnc@stateofdenial wrote...
.... Don't you have some halls to monitor? Some bathroom passes to check? .... Nope. Just enjoy pointing out classless, brainless bozos like you. The simple fact is, and I really really don't care what you think about it, the OP gave ambiguous information. . . . .... Nope. You just couldn't figure it out. And now you can't bring yourself to admit you couldn't figure it out. At least the rest of us have a very clear notion of your (lack of) character. BTW, see the OP's latest follow-up. Better luck next time. |
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Bottomline, both my formulas worked with the OP's criteria. I realize you
hate it when people talk back to you, it's kind of funny really if you think about it. Word of advice, move out of your mommy's basement, and find a real job. Oh, and find the cajones to be an original responder, rather than just trying to pick apart every one elses' responses. By the way, my formulas, both of them, worked. I figured I would have to mention it twice since you are too, well, stupid to catch on. -- ** John C ** "Harlan Grove" wrote: John C johnc@stateofdenial wrote... .... Don't you have some halls to monitor? Some bathroom passes to check? .... Nope. Just enjoy pointing out classless, brainless bozos like you. The simple fact is, and I really really don't care what you think about it, the OP gave ambiguous information. . . . .... Nope. You just couldn't figure it out. And now you can't bring yourself to admit you couldn't figure it out. At least the rest of us have a very clear notion of your (lack of) character. BTW, see the OP's latest follow-up. Better luck next time. |
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John C johnc@stateofdenial wrote...
Bottomline, both my formulas worked with the OP's criteria. . . . Not quite. Your first formula worked with the OP's sample data, but ignored the OP's formula, which the OP provided in a follow-up, that indicated the OP was looking for a K or B after a hyphen. You don't think that was clear. That's your problem and/or failure. Oh, and find the cajones to be an original responder, rather than just trying to pick apart every one elses' responses. I provide a greater service by picking apart bloviating ignoramuses like you who can't figure out specs unless they're spelled out in very simple language. By the way, my formulas, both of them, worked. I figured I would have to mention it twice since you are too, well, stupid to catch on. Again, they worked with the sample data the OP provided. They weren't general solutions. The first was better than the second. The first used the charactere position shown in the OP's sample data. The second required you to ADD a caveat to the OP's specs, namely, that there wouldn't be other instances of K or B in the part number. However, the OP's 3rd follow-up, which PRECEDED your 2nd response included the following additional sample data 440HS030NF2107-3KPT 440HS030NF2107-3KPT-063 440HS030NF2107-3PT 440HS030NF2107-3 440HS030NF2107-3BPT Is that not clear to you that the part numbers COULD include arbitrary letters? Did the OP need to add a bullet point in 24 point type size to lead you to consider that it would be unwise to look for a K or a B anywhere? OK, fine, you don't want to try to figure out OPs' actual specs based on limited samples provided in their postings. But you might consider paying some attention to their FORMULAS, especially as in this case you were the one who asked the OP to provide the formula they were originally trying to use. It's pretty obvious you either ignored it or didn't understand it. Which was it? |
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