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Gareth001
Sep 15, 2023Copper Contributor
Automatically applying a formula to a variable number of cells based on the value in cells in anothe
Hi, I have a spreadsheet generated daily which has a variable number of rows. I need to add a column to the spreadsheet and add a formula to all cells in that column where a value exists in a cell in...
Gareth001
Sep 18, 2023Copper Contributor
Thank you for your reply but I couldn't get it to work. Either that or I wasn't clear. Here is my current simple script:
// Set range B2 on selectedSheet
selectedSheet.getRange("B2").setFormulaLocal("=VLOOKUP(E2,'New Sheet'!D:AC,26,0)");
// Auto fill range
selectedSheet.getRange("B2").autoFill("B2:B21", ExcelScript.AutoFillType.fillDefault);
}
This runs well with the pre-defined range "B2:B21" but I need it to work over a variable range which could be B10 or 30,000, or anything in between. I need it to stop when column "E" is empty.
I know this should be simple but I'm not familiar with Script or Macros.
Many thanks
Patrick2788
Sep 18, 2023Silver Contributor
I'm guessing you're using an older version of Excel and receiving a #NAME? error. You could create a traditional dynamic named item for legacy Excel with OFFSET/COUNTA but I think we may have a difference in philosphies. I prefer using worksheet functions for calculation-based tasks.