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Are the numeric values always correctly sorted in the cells below the alpha data cells? IE, youd never have A numeric values, then B numeric values, then more A numeric values?
Also just to be clear, are you putting the results in a single cell, or does the comma in your example denote separation between two cells? I'm guessing two cells. I want to work on this, but I just want to make sure I'm working on the correct thing :)
To clarify the first, yes to your example, I think so. I'm trying to optimize my scanning process, so, optimally, yes, I would only record all A numeric values in one go, and not come back to them again for the rest of the list. Good question; I never thought about this as a complication. So, I have shelves among shelves with a strict naming convention and containers with a different naming convention. I'm figuring out how to help me and my family be lazier and just capture the shelf name, then all the stuff there, then move on to the next place.
To clarify the second concern, yeah, I meant to make the comma denote two separate cells. I'm not sure how to make a table on lemmy through the Boost app.
No worries! I just like to be absolutely sure, because I've seen a lot of fringe cases in excel that really make you think hard about how you're going to lay everything out. I just wanted to be sure before I worked on it. I love Excel, though, and wouldn't have minded doing it over lol.
The formulas in my other reply should absolutely work. Let me know if you need help with that!
Also, I'd definitely be interested in a "Libre/OpenOffice help" group. I think it's fun finding creative and clean ways to solve things that seem difficult.