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Copying specific data from one sheet to another

2 columns on master sheet: 

col1      col2
Apple     Fruit
Spinach   Veg
Orange    Fruit
Potatoe   Veg   
Pear      Fruit
Bannana   Fruit
Carrot    Veg
Potataoe  Veg

Say I wanted to copy all Fruit data to a another sheet and all Veg data to a 3rd sheet. Is there a way to do this? Does it require a macro or can I somehow do a VLOOKUP?

Also I need this to be dynamic, so if a new row is added the corresponding sheets are updated.

Solution

  • You could use this horrible monstrosity of a formula:

    =INDEX($B$2:$B$9, SMALL(IF("veg"=$A$2:$A$9, ROW($A$2:$A$9)-MIN(ROW($A$2:$A$9))+1, ""), ROW(A1)))

    Enter it as an array formula with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

    HorribleMonstrousityFormula

    I found the formula here: http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/10/25/how-to-return-multiple-values-using-vlookup-in-excel/

    Which might not be the best version or most elegant version of this formula(it is a common formula task) but it will get the job done.