First and last
| 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: =CHOOSEROWS(B2:B6,1,-1)
Result: Spills down: Ana, Eli
Row 1 is Ana and -1 points to the bottom row, Eli.
Google Sheets function
CHOOSEROWS in Google Sheets
CHOOSEROWS 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 CHOOSEROWS Excel guide; check the function help in Google Sheets for its own argument list.
Worked examples in Google Sheets
Repeated rows
| 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: =CHOOSEROWS(B2:B6,2,2,4)
Result: Spills down: Ben, Ben, Dan
Row 2 appears twice and is followed by row 4.
Add specific rows
| 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: =SUM(CHOOSEROWS(C2:C6,1,3,5))
Result: 3130
Rows 1, 3 and 5 hold 1200, 430 and 1500.
Try it
A tiny spreadsheet with example data. Edit the formula or any number and see the result.
Formula in F2: =CHOOSEROWS(A2:D7,1,-1)
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Region | Product | Units | Price | Result | ||||
| 2 | East | Pen | 120 | 2.5 | East | Pen | 120 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | West | Pen | 80 | 2.5 | East | Lamp | 15 | 25 | |
| 4 | East | Book | 45 | 12 | |||||
| 5 | North | Book | 60 | 12 | |||||
| 6 | West | Lamp | 30 | 25 | |||||
| 7 | East | Lamp | 15 | 25 |
Result in F2: East
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