Short term: I’m trying to automate transcribing a list from:
A
123
234
B
456
567
789
C
345

Into an array/table
123, A
234, A
456, B
567, B
789, B
345, C

Long term answer I’m looking for: where’s a lemmy community I can ask questions like this (like about using formulas in Librecalc/Onlyoffice suite/maybe VBA with them too) in the future?

Or, if not yet established on lemmy, recommended librecalc/Onlyoffice forums?

Thank you for your time.

  • Donovar@lemmy.world
    7·
    10 months ago

    Okay, I couldn’t wait so here are my formulas based on the following parameters:

    1.) Numeric data always follows in rows after the correct alpha value. IE Anything between A and B values in the A column belong to the A group. Anything between the B and C values in the A column belong to the B group.

    2.) You want the output to be in two separate columns.

    Given that your input data is in column A and the value “A” begins at A1, here is your formula for B2 (B1 will be empty as there is no numeric value to tie to A1)

    =IF(ISERROR(A2/1),“”,A2)

    This will put numeric values only that are in column A into column B.

    Again, given that your input data is in column A and the value “A” begins at A1, here is your formula for C2 (C1 will again be empty as there is no numeric value for your array in A1)

    =IF(ISERROR(A2/1),“”, IF(ISERROR(A1/1),A1,IF(ISERROR(C1/1),C1,1)))

    This will put the correct alpha values from column A into column C in the same rows as the numeric values from column B. If something goes really wrong, it will place the number 1.

    Given that there are no gaps in your data, you should just be able to fill down and it’ll appropriately put the correct values into columns B and C. At that point, I’d just paste the values of columns B and C into a new sheet (or columns) and sort the data to remove the blank rows.

    I just tested it in LibreOffice Calc, and it works perfectly (given those parameters).

    Edit: Repeated a word.