Find multiple cells that match and if they do concatenate the adjacent cells

[bran987]

I have a spreadsheet with thousands of lines but I will just show one line because each row is independent.

For the life of me I cannot figure out how to format the example in this message space, so I put a public link to a Google Sheet, but I am using EXCEL for the actual spreadsheet not Google.

If this is not OK can someone point me to directions on how to post data cell examples?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t8hdGEEkuR8C_hJs-IPY4HcmlNokqKCaE2TJLMpd-TQ/edit?usp=sharing

You can see Treatment is there twice (A1 and G1) so I want to output B1 and H1 into L1 separated by space semicolon space " ; "
Supplement Line is only there once (C1) so I don't need to combine it with anything, I just need D1 to output into M1
Aesthetics is also there twice (E1 and I1) so I want to output F1 and J1 respectively into N1 also separated the same way " ; "

I have 19 different categories that would be in green.

Thanks so much everyone.

 

[Eric W]

If you have a version of Excel with TEXTJOIN, then try this:

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N
1	Treatment	Nutrition Program	Supplement Line	B12	Aesthetics	Botox	Treatment	Personal Trainer	Aesthetics	Juvederm		Nutrition Program ; Personal Trainer	B12	Botox ; Juvederm

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Sheet1​

Array Formulas Cell Formula L1 {=TEXTJOIN(" ; ",TRUE,IF($A1:$I1=INDEX($A1:$I1,SMALL(IF(MOD(COLUMN($A1:$I1),2)=1,IF(MATCH($A1:$I1,$A1:$I1,0)=COLUMN($A1:$I1),COLUMN($A1:$I1))),COLUMNS($L1:L1))),$B1:$J1,""))} <thead> </thead><tbody> </tbody> Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}. Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself

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This formula works if the ranges are A:J, if you change the ranges or add columns, we'll need to adjust the formula. If you don't have TEXTJOIN, you'll probably need some version of VBA.

To display a formatted screen print like I did, check the HTML Maker link in my signature.

 

[bran987]

If you have a version of Excel with TEXTJOIN, then try this:

Wow Eric that worked perfectly all across Row 1! Except when I tried to CTRL+C the formula down into the next row it gives #N/A ?

 

[bran987]

Eric I figured it out! Thanks so much man!!!

 

[Eric W]

Upon thinking upon it a bit more, you may want to wrap the formula in IFERROR in case you pull the formula over past the number of unique terms. In any case, I'm glad it works for you!