How to fill a column with entries from a matrix of data

**momonga** · 10-21-2012, 11:47 PM

Hi excelforum members,

I would consider myself an intermediate excel user, but trying to create a complicated spreadsheet.

It is for my company's accounts.

Can the pros here help me with creating a "LIST' in a column using excel formulas, or even VBA. The working file is attached.

Example.xlsx

Thanks alot in advance.

**FDibbins** · 10-21-2012, 11:55 PM

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**FDibbins** · 10-22-2012, 12:35 AM

thanks

if you are trying to fill in the data in C11 downwards, use this, copied down...

=INDEX($A$1:$E$7,MATCH(B11,$A$1:$A$74,0),MATCH(A11,$A$1:$E$1,0))

**event21** · 10-22-2012, 01:28 AM

Hi -

VBA solution will be;

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event

**mmfauzi** · 10-22-2012, 01:41 AM

Yup, that would be the next step. Which I figured out thanks to the the posts from this forum.

Im looking for a quick solution to create the list in Column A11 and B11.

event21 solution gives the required results but I tried the VBA in my work file, a much larger matrix and it encountered some difficulties.

Hope to see more ideas.

Thanks alot guys.

**event21** · 10-22-2012, 01:45 AM

Hi -

You need to provide us the actual layout of your file, how many possible columns, rows are in there? are there blank rows / columns etc so that we can provide a more robust solution.

Note that the script has been created based on the sample file layout and might not work in production environment if the layout are not the same.

Regards,
event