IF + MATCH + repeated values

lionelcba10

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Hi, maybe some of you guys can help me out, i have the following table:

HourEventDisconnected atTime out
01:25:36Ping down
02:25:17Ping down
03:47:50Ping down
04:50:50Reconnected
05:20:14Ping down
06:14:15Ping down
07:08:55Ping down
08:00:01Reconnected

I need to write a formula that returns the amount of time this machine was disconnected, counting from the first "Ping down" event, it should look like this:

HourEventDisconnected atTime out
01:25:36Ping down01:25:3603:25:00
02:25:17Ping down--
03:47:50Trying to reconnect--
04:50:36Reconnected--
05:20:14Ping down05:20:1402:40:00
05:24:14Ping down--
05:28:15Ping down--
06:14:15Trying to reconnect--
07:08:55Trying to reconnect--
08:00:14Reconnected--

The problem is that i'm stuck with getting the first "ping down" value, i tried with this on C2 cell:

=IF(B2="Ping down";IF(IF.ERROR(MATCH("Ping down";B2:B$1000;0)<MATCH("Reconnected";B2:B$1000;0);A2)=TRUE;"-";A2);"-")

But doesn't work, it only returns the last "ping down".

Maybe the fourth column is not necessary and it can all be calculated on C:C but i think that exceedes my knowledge.
 

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Pasta1
ABCD
1HourEventDisconnected atTime out
201:25:36Ping down01:25:3603:25:00
302:25:17Ping down--
403:47:50Trying to reconnect--
504:50:36Reconnected--
605:20:14Ping down05:20:1402:40:00
705:24:14Ping down--
805:28:15Ping down--
906:14:15Trying to reconnect--
1007:08:55Trying to reconnect--
1108:00:14Reconnected--
Plan8
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C11C2=IF(AND(B2="Ping down",B1<>"Ping down"),A2,"-")
D2:D11D2=IF(ISNUMBER(C2),INDEX(A2:A$1000,MATCH("Reconnected",B2:$B$1000,0))-C2,"-")


Hope this helps

M.
 
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Pasta1
ABCD
1HourEventDisconnected atTime out
201:25:36Ping down01:25:3603:25:00
302:25:17Ping down--
403:47:50Trying to reconnect--
504:50:36Reconnected--
605:20:14Ping down05:20:1402:40:00
705:24:14Ping down--
805:28:15Ping down--
906:14:15Trying to reconnect--
1007:08:55Trying to reconnect--
1108:00:14Reconnected--
Plan8
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C11C2=IF(AND(B2="Ping down",B1<>"Ping down"),A2,"-")
D2:D11D2=IF(ISNUMBER(C2),INDEX(A2:A$1000,MATCH("Reconnected",B2:$B$1000,0))-C2,"-")


Hope this helps

M.
It works but the actual log contains more strings between the "ping down" events, my bad, it actually looks like this:

HourEventDisconnected atTime out
01:25:36Ping down
01:25:50Websocket closed
01:25:59Trying to reconnect to websocket
02:25:17Ping down
03:47:50Trying to reconnect
04:50:36Reconnected
05:20:14Ping down
05:21:22Interface error
05:23:25#Error 47
05:24:14Ping down
05:28:15Ping down
06:14:15Trying to reconnect
07:08:55Trying to reconnect
08:00:14Reconnected

So when i tried your formula it returned the values of every "Ping down" event, and it should be the first (the one at 01:25:36)
 
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I hope this works for all scenarios ?

Pasta1
ABCD
1HourEventDisconnected atTime out
201:25:36Ping down01:25:3603:25:00
301:25:50Websocket closed--
401:25:59Trying to reconnect to websocket--
502:25:17Ping down--
603:47:50Trying to reconnect--
704:50:36Reconnected--
805:20:14Ping down05:20:1402:40:00
905:21:22Interface error--
1005:23:25#Error 47--
1105:24:14Ping down--
1205:28:15Ping down--
1306:14:15Trying to reconnect--
1407:08:55Trying to reconnect--
1508:00:14Reconnected--
Plan9
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C15C2=IF(AND(B2="Ping down",COUNTIF(INDEX(B$2:B2,IFERROR(LOOKUP(2,1/(B$2:B2="Reconnected"),ROW(B$2:B2)-ROW(B$2)+1),1)):B2,"ping down")=1),A2,"-")
D2:D15D2=IF(ISNUMBER(C2),INDEX(A2:A$1000,MATCH("Reconnected",B2:$B$1000,0))-C2,"-")


M.
 
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