dropdown list help

[muppet77]

is there a way i can have a drop down list to pick items from, that auto updates after every pick so that the new list i pick from has the previous selection omitted?

eg : choose from:
apples
bananas
courgettes
drink

select bananas

new list in next cell:
apples
courgettes
drink

ie there is NO SPACE between the omitted selection (i can get a list but it just leaves a blank space like this:

new list:
apples

courgettes
drink


any ideas?

 

[GorD]

How many iterations of this do you need. The reason I ask is it is fairly easy to do this if it is just one, using data validation but i susoect you will want more than that.

What I mean is that your example starts with 4 items you choose 1 and your choice in your new box is for 3 items. Does it stop there or do you want a 3rd choice of the remaining 2 items. If its the latter then I can't think how to do it.

Also the data validation method, i used for the first choice would very quickly become hard to set up with too many items in your original list.

So two questions 1) How many subsequent choices and 2) How many parts on the original list?

 

[muppet77]

22 items in the list, and yes, the list gets smaller by one after each choice.

as i said i have managed it very easily, but a blank is left in the choice list.

 

[Brian from Maui]

22 items in the list, and yes, the list gets smaller by one after each choice.

as i said i have managed it very easily, but a blank is left in the choice list.

Have a look at this link,

http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal03.html

 

[Zack Barresse]

BRIAN!!!

i remember looking for that link when this post first showed up, but gave up exhausted. thanks!

 

[Brian from Maui]

Aladin,


Where did that post go, I was almost done!

 

[Yogi Anand]

Hi muppett77:

I had a little play with what you are trying to do. Let us have a look at ...

Book2
	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1								sourceList
2		TRUE						criteriaforfiltering
3								copytoforAdvancedFilter
4								DropDown
5		drink		MyList	MyList
6				apples
7				bananas
8				courgettes
9				drink
10
Sheet8

I have used Advanced Filter to keep my list updated by excluding the item selected via the validation DropDown.

formula in cell C2 is ... =$E6<>$C$5

and I have used the following code with a Worksheet_Change event to have the AdvancedFilter execute automatically, and then to have the original list refreshed to exclude the item selected via the DropDown ...

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Intersect(Target, [C5]) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    With Range("E5:E" & Range("E65536").End(xlUp).Row)
        .AdvancedFilter xlFilterCopy, [C1:C2], [F5]
    End With
    [F:F].copy [E:E]
End Sub

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Aladin,


Where did that post go, I was almost done!

I had to delete it, but see below. BTW, the OP should have stayed within the original thread...

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

is there a way i can have a drop down list to pick items from, that auto updates after every pick so that the new list i pick from has the previous selection omitted?...

I have no idea how what follows compares to the method the link quoted by Brian...

Problem statement. Given an alphabetized list, List0, set up a data validation cell where List0 is

the source, say cell B2 on sheet Target. Set up a second data validation cell, in B3, on Target where the alphabetized List1 is the source with the proviso that List1 must consist of List0 minus whatever is selected in B2. Set up a third data validation cell in B4, on Target where alphabetized List2 is the source with the proviso thatList2 must consist of List0 minus the selections made in B2 and B3. And so on.

ListAdmin

ShrinkingSublists.xls
	A	B	C	D	E	F
1				Lookup
2
3				1
4				3	3
5				4	4	4
6	AuditCheck	12		Sheet2
7	1	4	List0	List1	List2	List3
8	MainList		bananas	apples	courgettes	drink
9	bananas	2	apples	apples	courgettes	drink
10	apples	1	bananas	courgettes	drink
11	courgettes	3	courgettes	drink
12	drink	4	drink
13
ListAdmin

Just as in my previous post, the source data is audited for distinctness. This bit can, if so desired, be

dropped for efficiency.

Formulas...

A7:

=--(COUNTA(A9:A12)=SUMPRODUCT((A9:A12<>"")/COUNTIF(A9:A12,A9:A12&"")))

B6:

=IF(N(A7),MATCH(REPT("z",255),A:A),"")

B7:

=IF(N(B6),B6-(CELL("Row",A9)-1),"")

B9, which is copied down:

=IF((A9<>"")*N($A$7),SUMPRODUCT((A9>OFFSET($A$9,0,0,$B$7,1))+0)+1,"")

C8, which is copied across...

=INDEX(Target!$B$2:$B$5,COLUMN()-COLUMN($C$8)+1)

This records the selections that are made on Target.

C9, which is copied down...

=IF(ROW()-ROW($C$9)+1<=$B$7,INDEX($A$9:$A$12,MATCH(ROW()-ROW($C$9)+1,$B$9:$B$12,0)),"")

Now define List0 as referring to:

=ListAdmin!$C$9:$C$12

D2,which is copied across & down to row 5...

=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($A9,$C$8:C$8,0)),"",VLOOKUP($A9,$A$9:$B$12,2,0))

D9, which is copied accross & down...

=IF(ROW()-ROW(D$9)+1<=COUNT(D$2:D$5),INDEX($A$9:$A$12,MATCH(SMALL(D$2:D$5,ROW()-ROW(D$9)+1),$B$9:$B$12,0)),"")

Now define:

List1 as referring to:

=ListAdmin!$D$9:INDEX(ListAdmin!$D$9:$D$12,MATCH("*",ListAdmin!$D$9:$D$12,-1))

List2 as referring to:

=ListAdmin!$E$9:INDEX(ListAdmin!$E$9:$E$12,MATCH("*",ListAdmin!$E$9:$E$12,-1))

List3 as referring to:

=ListAdmin!$F$9:INDEX(ListAdmin!$F$9:$F$12,MATCH("*",ListAdmin!$F$9:$F$12,-1))

Target

B2 ===> Allow is set to List, Source to List0.
B3 ===> Allow is set to List, Source to List1.
B4 ===> Allow is set to List, Source to List2.
B5 ===> Allow is set to List, Source to List3.

 

[muppet77]

wow thanks!

Now define:

List1 as referring to:

=ListAdmin!$D$9:INDEX(ListAdmin!$D$9:$D$12,MATCH("*",ListAdmin!$D$9:$D$12,-1))

List2 as referring to:

=ListAdmin!$E$9:INDEX(ListAdmin!$E$9:$E$12,MATCH("*",ListAdmin!$E$9:$E$12,-1))

List3 as referring to:

=ListAdmin!$F$9:INDEX(ListAdmin!$F$9:$F$12,MATCH("*",ListAdmin!$F$9:$F$12,-1))

Target

B2 ===> Allow is set to List, Source to List0.
B3 ===> Allow is set to List, Source to List1.
B4 ===> Allow is set to List, Source to List2.
B5 ===> Allow is set to List, Source to List3.

don't understand that bit. what do i have to do? have copied rest into a work sheet.