On Excel, I am trying to put in a single line both colors separated by semicolon. If the cod and name are equal it must concatenate in just a single line both colors.
What I have:
What I am trying to get:
CodePudding user response:
You can do this in Power Query, using the Table.Group method and a custom aggregation.
Based on your comment in your question, I assumed you did not want to retain the original Color column (first row only), but that is easily added back if not the case.
To use Power Query
- Select some cell in your Data Table
Data => Get&Transform => from Table/Range
- When the PQ Editor opens:
Home => Advanced Editor
- Make note of the Table Name in Line 2
- Paste the M Code below in place of what you see
- Change the Table name in line 2 back to what was generated originally.
- Read the comments and explore the
Applied Steps
to understand the algorithm
M Code
let
//Change next line to reflect actual data source
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table17"]}[Content],
//set data types
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Cod", type text}, {"Name", type text}, {"Color", type text}}),
//Group by Cod amd Name, then aggregate by combining the colors
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"Cod","Name"}, {
{"Colors", each Text.Combine(List.Distinct(_[Color]),";")}})
in
#"Grouped Rows"
CodePudding user response:
Please, use the next code. It uses a dictionary (loaded from an array) to extract unique codes, then processes its content:
Sub CondenseFruitsTable()
Dim sh As Worksheet, lastR As Long, arr, arrFin, mtch, dict As Object, i As Long
Set sh = ActiveSheet 'use here the sheet you need
lastR = sh.Range("A" & sh.rows.count).End(xlUp).row 'last row on column A:A
arr = sh.Range("A1:C" & lastR).Value2 'place the range in an array for faster iteration/processing
Set dict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
For i = 2 To UBound(arr)
If Not dict.Exists(arr(i, 1)) Then
dict(arr(i, 1)) = arr(i, 2) & "|" & arr(i, 3)
Else
mtch = Application.match(arr(i, 3), Split(Split(dict(arr(i, 1)), "|")(1), ";"), 0)
If IsError(mtch) Then 'if the color does not already exist:
dict(arr(i, 1)) = dict(arr(i, 1)) & ";" & arr(i, 3)
End If
End If
Next i
'redim the final array to also include the header:
ReDim arrFin(1 To dict.count 1, 1 To 3)
arrFin(1, 1) = arr(1, 1): arrFin(1, 2) = arr(1, 2): arrFin(1, 3) = arr(1, 3)
For i = 0 To dict.count - 1
arrFin(i 2, 1) = CStr(dict.keys()(i))
arrFin(i 2, 2) = Split(dict.Items()(i), "|")(0)
arrFin(i 2, 3) = Split(dict.Items()(i), "|")(1)
Next i
'drop the result and format a little:
With sh.Range("F1").Resize(UBound(arrFin), 3)
.Columns(1).NumberFormat = "@"
.Value2 = arrFin
.EntireColumn.AutoFit
End With
End Sub
CodePudding user response:
Uniquify Table Data
Sub UniquifyTable()
' Define constants.
Const UNI_COL As Long = 1 ' or 2
Const JOIN_COL As Long = 3
Const JOIN_DELIMITER As String = "; "
Const NEW_COLUMN_TITLE As String = "Color (sep. Semicolon)"
With ActiveSheet.Range("A1").CurrentRegion
' Unique to dictionary.
Dim Data: Data = .Columns(UNI_COL).Value
Dim uDict As Object: Set uDict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
uDict.CompareMode = vbTextCompare
Dim srCount As Long: srCount = .Rows.Count
Dim r As Long
For r = 2 To srCount ' skip headers
If Not uDict.Exists(Data(r, UNI_COL)) Then
Set uDict(Data(r, UNI_COL)) = New Collection
End If
uDict(Data(r, UNI_COL)).Add r
Next r
' Source to array.
Dim scCount As Long: scCount = .Columns.Count
Data = .Value
' Overwrite array with results.
' Resize (add column).
ReDim Preserve Data(1 To srCount, 1 To scCount 1)
Data(1, scCount 1) = NEW_COLUMN_TITLE
Dim jDict As Object: Set jDict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
jDict.CompareMode = vbTextCompare
Dim Key, Item, c As Long, IsNewRow As Boolean
r = 1 ' skip headers
' Populate top.
For Each Key In uDict.Keys
r = r 1
For Each Item In uDict(Key)
If jDict.Count = 0 Then
For c = 1 To scCount
Data(r, c) = Data(Item, c)
Next c
End If
If Not jDict.Exists(Data(Item, JOIN_COL)) Then
jDict(Data(Item, JOIN_COL)) = Empty
End If
Next Item
Data(r, c) = Join(jDict.Keys, JOIN_DELIMITER)
jDict.RemoveAll ' reset for next iteration
Next Key
' Clear bottom.
For r = r 1 To srCount
For c = 1 To scCount
Data(r, c) = Empty
Next c
Next r
' Write back to worksheet.
.Resize(, c).Value = Data
.Columns(c).AutoFit
End With
End Sub