A SIMPLER FORMULA TO GET A REFERENCE OF WHICH COLUMN IS POPULATED

[Guest]

Hi, need help on for a simpler formula is available if available. The
problem is I have a spreadsheet with many columns and I would like to know
which column is populated, for the moment I'm using the following :

=IF(I15>0,COLUMN(I15),"")&IF(J15>0,COLUMN(J15),"")&IF(K15>0,COLUMN(K15),"")&IF(M15>0,COLUMN(M15),"")&IF(N15>0,COLUMN(N15),"")&IF(O15>0,COLUMN(O15),"")

The values can only be positive.
A simpler version would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

=MATCH(9.99999999999999E+307,I15:IV15)+COLUMN(I15)-1

Hi, need help on for a simpler formula is available if available. The
problem is I have a spreadsheet with many columns and I would like to know
which column is populated, for the moment I'm using the following :

=IF(I15>0,COLUMN(I15),"")&IF(J15>0,COLUMN(J15),"")&IF(K15>0,COLUMN(K15),"")&IF(M15>0,COLUMN(M15),"")&IF(N15>0,COLUMN(N15),"")&IF(O15>0,COLUMN(O15),"")

The values can only be positive.
A simpler version would be appreciated.
Thanks

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[1] The SumProduct function should implicitly coerce the truth values to
their Excel numeric equivalents.
[2] The lookup functions should have an optional argument for the return
value, defaulting to #N/A in its absence.

 

[Max]

.. know which column is populated ..

If only a single cell within I15:O15 would be populated at any time,
then this might suffice:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(TRUE,I15:O15<>"",0)),"",MATCH(TRUE,I15:O15<>"",0)+8)

Formula to be array-entered, i.e. press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

 

[Guest]

Thanks, That's great.

This formula works. Just 1 issue I'm getting which is it also picking up
columns with Zeros' (this is a result of a formula) . I wanted to extract
only the positive values. Is there another tweak to it that I need to make.

=MATCH(9.99999999999999E+307,I15:IV15)+COLUMN(I15)-1

Hi, need help on for a simpler formula is available if available. The
problem is I have a spreadsheet with many columns and I would like to know
which column is populated, for the moment I'm using the following :

=IF(I15>0,COLUMN(I15),"")&IF(J15>0,COLUMN(J15),"")&IF(K15>0,COLUMN(K15),"")&IF(M15>0,COLUMN(M15),"")&IF(N15>0,COLUMN(N15),"")&IF(O15>0,COLUMN(O15),"")

The values can only be positive.
A simpler version would be appreciated.
Thanks

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[1] The SumProduct function should implicitly coerce the truth values to
their Excel numeric equivalents.
[2] The lookup functions should have an optional argument for the return
value, defaulting to #N/A in its absence.

 

[Max]

Perhaps another play to try in the interim ..

Assuming only a single cell within I15:O15 would evaluate to > 0 at any
time, try, array-entered:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(TRUE,I15:O15>0,0)),"",MATCH(TRUE,I15:O15>0,0)+8)

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys. That was very useful and successful.

 

[Max]

Glad to hear that, Ravi !

 

[Krishnakumar]

Hi Ravi,

Try this array formula,

=MAX(IF(ISNUMBER(I15:O15)*(I15:O15<>0),COLUMN(I15:O15)))

HT