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Excel Formula: An easy way to get all combinations of items in different columns

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Excel Version
  1. 365
Using REDUCE function in Office 365 we can get combinations of items in different columns very easily.

Excel Formula: 
=REDUCE(A1:A4,B1:D1,LAMBDA(x,y,TOCOL(x&"-"&TOROW(OFFSET(y,,,99),1))))
REDUCE.xlsx
ABCDEF
1AUP1AppleA-UP-1-Apple
2BDOWN2OrangeA-UP-1-Orange
3C3PearA-UP-1-Pear
4D4A-UP-2-Apple
55A-UP-2-Orange
6A-UP-2-Pear
7A-UP-3-Apple
8A-UP-3-Orange
9A-UP-3-Pear
10A-UP-4-Apple
11A-UP-4-Orange
12A-UP-4-Pear
13A-UP-5-Apple
14A-UP-5-Orange
15A-UP-5-Pear
16A-DOWN-1-Apple
17A-DOWN-1-Orange
18A-DOWN-1-Pear
19A-DOWN-2-Apple
20A-DOWN-2-Orange
21A-DOWN-2-Pear
22A-DOWN-3-Apple
23A-DOWN-3-Orange
24A-DOWN-3-Pear
25A-DOWN-4-Apple
26A-DOWN-4-Orange
27A-DOWN-4-Pear
28A-DOWN-5-Apple
29A-DOWN-5-Orange
30A-DOWN-5-Pear
31B-UP-1-Apple
32B-UP-1-Orange
33B-UP-1-Pear
34B-UP-2-Apple
35B-UP-2-Orange
36B-UP-2-Pear
37B-UP-3-Apple
38B-UP-3-Orange
39B-UP-3-Pear
40B-UP-4-Apple
41B-UP-4-Orange
42B-UP-4-Pear
43B-UP-5-Apple
44B-UP-5-Orange
45B-UP-5-Pear
46B-DOWN-1-Apple
47B-DOWN-1-Orange
48B-DOWN-1-Pear
49B-DOWN-2-Apple
50B-DOWN-2-Orange
51B-DOWN-2-Pear
52B-DOWN-3-Apple
53B-DOWN-3-Orange
54B-DOWN-3-Pear
55B-DOWN-4-Apple
56B-DOWN-4-Orange
57B-DOWN-4-Pear
58B-DOWN-5-Apple
59B-DOWN-5-Orange
60B-DOWN-5-Pear
61C-UP-1-Apple
62C-UP-1-Orange
63C-UP-1-Pear
64C-UP-2-Apple
65C-UP-2-Orange
66C-UP-2-Pear
67C-UP-3-Apple
68C-UP-3-Orange
69C-UP-3-Pear
70C-UP-4-Apple
71C-UP-4-Orange
72C-UP-4-Pear
73C-UP-5-Apple
74C-UP-5-Orange
75C-UP-5-Pear
76C-DOWN-1-Apple
77C-DOWN-1-Orange
78C-DOWN-1-Pear
79C-DOWN-2-Apple
80C-DOWN-2-Orange
81C-DOWN-2-Pear
82C-DOWN-3-Apple
83C-DOWN-3-Orange
84C-DOWN-3-Pear
85C-DOWN-4-Apple
86C-DOWN-4-Orange
87C-DOWN-4-Pear
88C-DOWN-5-Apple
89C-DOWN-5-Orange
90C-DOWN-5-Pear
91D-UP-1-Apple
92D-UP-1-Orange
93D-UP-1-Pear
94D-UP-2-Apple
95D-UP-2-Orange
96D-UP-2-Pear
97D-UP-3-Apple
98D-UP-3-Orange
99D-UP-3-Pear
100D-UP-4-Apple
101D-UP-4-Orange
102D-UP-4-Pear
103D-UP-5-Apple
104D-UP-5-Orange
105D-UP-5-Pear
106D-DOWN-1-Apple
107D-DOWN-1-Orange
108D-DOWN-1-Pear
109D-DOWN-2-Apple
110D-DOWN-2-Orange
111D-DOWN-2-Pear
112D-DOWN-3-Apple
113D-DOWN-3-Orange
114D-DOWN-3-Pear
115D-DOWN-4-Apple
116D-DOWN-4-Orange
117D-DOWN-4-Pear
118D-DOWN-5-Apple
119D-DOWN-5-Orange
120D-DOWN-5-Pear
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
F1:F120F1=REDUCE(A1:A4,B1:D1,LAMBDA(x,y,TOCOL(x&"-"&TOROW(OFFSET(y,,,99),1))))
Dynamic array formulas.


The second parameter of REDUCE function is B1:D1, so the function will calculate B1, C1, D1 one by one. Let's see what happend when calculating B1.

1. When calculating B1, y stands for B1, [OFFSET(B1,,,99)] returns range B1:B99 (0 for blank cells):

1668438676268.png


2. Use TOROW function transform values in B1:B99 to a row and ignore blanks:

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3.The initial x is {"A";"B";"C";"D"} in column A so [x&"-"&TOROW(OFFSET(y,,,99),1)] returns:

1668438936846.png


4.Use TOCOL function tranform the result in step 3 to one column:

1668439000272.png


5.Above result becomes a new x in REDUCE function and will calculate with items in column C.

If you have more columns to add, just need to change the second parameter:

1668439461524.png
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just what I needed. Must easier than Power query: top
only thing: I need the result in three columns for further calcualtion.
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Thanks for the rating :)
I don't know if I have understood you correctly. Do you mean to list the contents of the string “A-UP-1” in three cells, such as A1="A", B1="UP", and C1="1"?
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