Method to Distribute a list to proper columns

[sbawnh]

Type	Date	Dog	Date	Cat	Date
Dog	1/14/2016	Dog	1/14/2016	Cat	7/8/2018
Dog	5/8/2017	Dog	5/8/2017
Cat	7/8/2018

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Given Column A:B, I want to distribute the dog data to the dog columns {C,D} and the cat data to the cat columns {E,F}.

Any ideas?

Thanks!!

 

[DanteAmor]

Try this

Sub [COLOR=#0000ff]Distribute[/COLOR]()
    Dim c As Range, f As Range
    For Each c In Range("A2", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
        Set f = Rows(1).Find(c.Value, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole)
        If Not f Is Nothing Then
            Cells(Cells(Rows.Count, f.Column).End(xlUp)(2).Row, f.Column).Resize(1, 2).Value = c.Resize(1, 2).Value
        End If
    Next
End Sub

INSERT A MODULE
Press Alt-F11 to open the VBA editor. From the menu select Insert > Module. On the sheet that opens, paste the code previous.
Close the editor (press Alt-Q). From Excel, press Alt-F8 to open the macro selector, and select Distribute and press Run.

 

[sbawnh]

Lovely solution. I really appreciate your time! Thank you.

BTW, For my sanity, This cannot be done with a formula?
I was hoping some combination of Index/matches with countifs could make it work, but I haven't been successful.

 

[sbawnh]

This is so useful!

This Distributes A:A and brings along B:B to the new destination.

What if A:A is C:C and I want to bring along A:A and B:B instead of B:B?

(The two columns to the left instead of the column to the right)

 

[DanteAmor]

Lovely solution. I really appreciate your time! Thank you.

BTW, For my sanity, This cannot be done with a formula?
I was hoping some combination of Index/matches with countifs could make it work, but I haven't been successful.

Array formulas

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[sbawnh]

Thank you for all the help

 

[DanteAmor]

I'm glad to help you. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[AhoyNC]

Here is another way with non-array formulas. You will need Excel 2010 or later for the AGGREGATE function.
Copy formulas down as needed.

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	Type	Date	Dog	Date	Cat	Date
2	Dog	1/14/2016	Dog	1/14/2016	Cat	7/8/2018
3	Dog	5/8/2017	Dog	5/8/2017
4	Cat	7/8/2018
Sheet