andybrad on "excel question"
Always seem to see some boffins on here. So i have a list of co ordinates for a cad file. I can read this in to my file fine but what i would like to do is limit the amount thats read in. So i only...
View Articlepetefromearth on "excel question"
Import the whole lot then delete everything from row 6 downwards?
View Articletwicewithchips on "excel question"
I don't know an easy way, but have a look at:data > get data > launch query editorthen set what you want there.that always makes my brain hurt, so unless it is reproducibly the first x rows you...
View Articletthew on "excel question"
There's a function called MID which chops the centre figures of a string out. You can use it to do the first ones too. It'll be something like =MID(A1,0,5) A1 is the cell where the coordinates are, 0...
View Articledangeourbrain on "excel question"
LEFT and RIGHT are the first and last functions tthew mentions but not sure they're what you're after.Pete's suggestion is simplest if I'm reading your requirement right.
View Articletthew on "excel question"
Ah yes. Cheers dangeourbrian. When I read the OP again, I'm not quite sure I understand it now.
View Articleandybrad on "excel question"
OK so basically I've got a offset and I can bring that into cad via a table link. Think of it as a column of numbers. 1-10 if I put all ten in then the model will pull ten numbers through. However I...
View Articlenjee20 on "excel question"
Any reason you can't have another column with an IF statement? You can do it with arrays, but it's not overly easy.So you have a cell somewhere with a number, say 5 (to use your example) in cell...
View Articledangeourbrain on "excel question"
Are you using OFFSET?If so will OFFSET(a1,0,0,b1,1) not work to give a range starting at a1, value of b1 cells rows long, 1 column wide?If you need to start at a specific value rather than a specific...
View ArticleLittleNose on "excel question"
If I understand the question correctly then I would pull the full set into a separate tab within the spreadsheet and the just reference the first 5 or whatever. I often do that for raw data and...
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andybrad on "excel question"
Gents you are all both brilliant and amazing.Rob hilton and nejee20 have both provided methods that work.Made me happy this morning I actually yelped at my desk
View Articlemogrim on "excel question"
A little late to the game, but for this kind of data wrangling I usually use a script before importing into Excel - particularly if the amount of data you're importing is significant.
View Articleandybrad on "excel question"
actually while it worked it seems the cad program cant read a formula. Despite it being able to link via a variable to the spreadsheet it can actually only read a number in. Which is pretty shit if im...
View Articledangeourbrain on "excel question"
Are you pulling the raw data into cad then defining the data or defining the data (name) in excel then pulling to cad? Assuming the latter why is cad pulling a formula?
View Articlejoshvegas on "excel question"
Cad tables can carry out formulas i can't remember what ones.I don't understand the question. But i do know cad.
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