returning cell number

[professor02]

I have a list with either a "GO" or "STOP" in a particular cell. This is an extraordinarily long list, so I need to know which cells have "GO" in them. How can I get a list of those cell numbers?

[daleyman]

alrighty, in another cell somewhere use the following (i assume your list is in column B, as an example)...

=COUNTIF("B:B","GO")

play with it, you can put any range and any value to search for.

[lenze]

I assume you know the Column your list is in. Let's Say Col A beginning with A2. In B2 (Insert a temporary col if needed) enter
=IF(A2="GO"),"A"&ROW(),""). Copy down the page. This will place the Cell address next to each cell in Col A that contains "GO". You can then copy this coluumn to a new location, remove the blanks and produce your list.

[professor02]

Thanks for the help. That solves of returning th cell address. Unfortunately, the lists are incredibly long (like 12000 rows), so it would be difficult to copy, paste, and take out the blanks of the lists. Is there an easier way to get excel to put the addresses in a range of cells (I know that only 9 out of 12000 cells have "GO")?

On 2002-04-04 14:33, lenze wrote:
I assume you know the Column your list is in. Let's Say Col A beginning with A2. In B2 (Insert a temporary col if needed) enter
=IF(A2="GO"),"A"&ROW(),""). Copy down the page. This will place the Cell address next to each cell in Col A that contains "GO". You can then copy this coluumn to a new location, remove the blanks and produce your list.

[professor02]

Thanks for the help. That solves of returning th cell address. Unfortunately, the lists are incredibly long (like 12000 rows), so it would be difficult to copy, paste, and take out the blanks of the lists. Is there an easier way to get excel to put the addresses in a range of cells (I know that only 9 out of 12000 cells have "GO")?

On 2002-04-04 14:33, lenze wrote:
I assume you know the Column your list is in. Let's Say Col A beginning with A2. In B2 (Insert a temporary col if needed) enter
=IF(A2="GO"),"A"&ROW(),""). Copy down the page. This will place the Cell address next to each cell in Col A that contains "GO". You can then copy this coluumn to a new location, remove the blanks and produce your list.

[anno]

could you use autofilter (data menu)?

[professor02]

Thanks! That works.

On 2002-04-04 15:15, anno wrote:
could you use autofilter (data menu)?

[Al Chara]

You could use VBA, pretty simple:

Sub FindGo()
Dim counter As Integer
Dim rng As Range
Set rng = Intersect(ActiveSheet.UsedRange, Columns("a"))
For Each c In rng
If UCase(c.Value) = "GO" Then
counter = counter + 1
Range("b" & counter).Value = c.Address
End If
Next c
End Sub