The Amount column
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Region | Rep | Amount |
| 2 | East | Ana | 1200 |
| 3 | West | Ben | 850 |
| 4 | East | Cara | 430 |
| 5 | North | Dan | 970 |
| 6 | West | Eli | 1500 |
Formula: F2: =CHOOSECOLS(A2:C6,3)
Result: Spills down: 1200, 850, 430, 970, 1500
Column 3 of the block holds the amounts.
Google Sheets function
CHOOSECOLS in Google Sheets
CHOOSECOLS with worked examples you can test in the live grid. The argument details are in the Excel guide.
In Google Sheets
The arguments and common errors are covered in the CHOOSECOLS Excel guide; check the function help in Google Sheets for its own argument list.
Worked examples in Google Sheets
Counting from the right
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Region | Rep | Amount |
| 2 | East | Ana | 1200 |
| 3 | West | Ben | 850 |
| 4 | East | Cara | 430 |
| 5 | North | Dan | 970 |
| 6 | West | Eli | 1500 |
Formula: F2: =CHOOSECOLS(A2:C6,-2)
Result: Spills down: Ana, Ben, Cara, Dan, Eli
-2 is the second column from the right, which is Rep.
Reordered columns in one cell
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Region | Rep | Amount |
| 2 | East | Ana | 1200 |
| 3 | West | Ben | 850 |
| 4 | East | Cara | 430 |
| 5 | North | Dan | 970 |
| 6 | West | Eli | 1500 |
Formula: F2: =TEXTJOIN("-",,CHOOSECOLS(A2:C2,3,1))
Result: 1200-East
Column 3 (the amount) is placed before column 1 (the region).
Try it
A tiny spreadsheet with example data. Edit the formula or any number and see the result.
Formula in F2: =CHOOSECOLS(A2:D7,1,3)
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Region | Product | Units | Price | Result | ||
| 2 | East | Pen | 120 | 2.5 | East | 120 | |
| 3 | West | Pen | 80 | 2.5 | West | 80 | |
| 4 | East | Book | 45 | 12 | East | 45 | |
| 5 | North | Book | 60 | 12 | North | 60 | |
| 6 | West | Lamp | 30 | 25 | West | 30 | |
| 7 | East | Lamp | 15 | 25 | East | 15 |
Result in F2: East
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