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HSTACK, Autofill, and Skipping rows of data
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Navigating data organization can be challenging, especially when managing multiple sets for each participant. In your case, using HSTACK is an excellent approach to streamline the process, but autofill inconsistencies can be frustrating. Instead of copying and pasting, you can enhance your efficiency by adjusting your formula or leveraging features like array formulas. Explore these options to ensure that your condensed data aligns perfectly with your organized sheet, making your thesis data management smoother and more effective. Let’s unlock the potential of your spreadsheet!
Hi everyone. I had a question about data and manipulating it. I am currently working on collecting data for my thesis and I have created an excel sheet and it is going pretty well. However I am having trouble formatting my sheet.
I have a sheet for the original data and a condensed version with the information I care about. This was relatively easy to do. The problem I am running into is the I have 3 sets of data per participant. So I organized it as E_1, E_2, E_3. Basically it is the first set, second set, and third set listed across the columns. The rows are the participants ID number.
The problem I am running into is getting the data from the condensed sheet into the organized sheet effectively. I originally was just copying and pasting each row into the other sheet but I am supposed to have 150 participants so doing this for every one would be annoying. So I turned to code to make it less difficult. I was using HSTACK which does make it easier. However when I try to autofill, it goes to the next available cell instead of skipping 3 cells. So it looks kinda like this =HSTACK(A1:C1,A2:C2, A3:C3). Then the next one should be =HSTACK(A4:C4,A5:C5,A6:C6) and so on. It is autofilling it as =HSTACK(A1:C1,A2:C2, A3:C3) then =HSTACK(A2:C2,A3:C3, A4:C4). I don't know how to fix this. I thought that maybe it just needed more examples of the format so I put the HSTACK filled out correctly in rows 1-4. Sometimes it recognizes that it needs to skip 3 but it is inconsistently doing so. And it is like back tracking (like HSTACK(A1:C1, A2:C2) then HSTACK(A2:C2, A3:C3)) instead of just carrying on the pattern. Am I autofilling incorrectly? I am so confused and I am sure there is a way to get it to work but I cannot figure it out on my own
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