Problem description & analysis:
Table A-C has multiple rows of data, where certain rows are empty; and column C has duplicate values. Values of column E are unique; they correspond to certain values of column C, but there are inconsistent letter cases among the corresponding values.
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| 1 | PipeID | Length | Material | Configuration_List | |
| 2 | Ko | 1 | plast | Plast | |
| 3 | Hund | 2 | concrete | PVC | |
| 4 | PP | ||||
| 5 | Gris | 3 | plast | ||
| 6 | Lam | 4 | PVC | ||
| 7 | Fisk | 5 | PP |
We need to align table A-C to column E and ignore case difference.
| G | H | I | |
| 1 | PipeID | Length | Material |
| 2 | Ko | 1 | plast |
| 3 | Gris | 3 | plast |
| 4 | Lam | 4 | PVC |
| 5 | Fisk | 5 | PP |
Solution:
Use SPL XLL to do this:
=spl("=?1.align@a(E@1(?2).(upper(~)),upper(~3)).conj()",A2:C7,E2:E4)
As shown in the picture below:
Explanation:
align@a function aligns a sequence to another sequence and performs grouping. conj() function concatenates members of all groups. E@1 converts a multilayer sequence to a single-layer one.
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