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Hello,

 

I'm been following the instructions on the site entitled "Extract a List Excluding Blank Cells".

As you can see from my attached spread sheet this formula works perfectly in the two examples at the top of the sheet.

I have some names and some blanks in A1-A10 and the formula in A15-A25 copies the names minus the blanks. This also works in column B in the same way.

However, I cannot seem to get it to work further down the sheet. I have some names in B60-B70 and the formula in B71-B80 but it appears not to work in the way it did further up the sheet, does anyone have any ideas why?

This is just a tester sheet as I am trying to use this formula in a rota spread I am working on.

Thanks for any help anyone can offer!

 

James

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Hello,

Apologies no idea how I missed uploading the attachment.

Hopefully its now showing!

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Hi James,

The formulas starting in cell B71 are missing absolute referencing and they're not the same. i.e. the ROW formula in the IF formula's value if true argument is ROW(A1:A10) and it should be ROW($A$1:$A$11) because there are 11 rows being referenced. Also the ROW formula in the IF formula's value if false argument should be ROW(B1). Like this:

=IFERROR(INDEX($B$60:$B$70,SMALL(IF(ISTEXT($B$60:$B$70),ROW($A$1:$A$11)), ROW(B1))),"")

Please read this tutorial on how ROW and ROWS is intended for use in these type of formulas.

Mynda

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Hi Mynda,

Thanks so much for that, amending the formula as you suggest has solved the issue.

James

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