Using Array Formulas

Use an array formula to make your worksheet more powerful and simplify it at the same time. The following examples illustrate how you might use array formulas.

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An array formula can do calculations on rows and columns of cells where you might otherwise need to use several formulas. For example:

    // Calculate everyone's total score
    sheet.setArrayFormula(1, 5, 6, 1, 
           '=SUBTOTAL(9,OFFSET($B$2,ROW($A$1:$A$6)-ROW($A$1),,1,3))')

You can use an array formula to help search range items. For example:

    // Find the first value in B1:B5 that does not contain data in A1:A9
    sheet.setArrayFormula(2, 5, 1, 1, 
           '=INDEX(B1:B5,MATCH(TRUE,ISNA(MATCH(B1:B5,A1:A9,0)),0))')

An array formula can help collect statistics information from related range items. For example:

    // Summing Sales: Faxes Sold By Brown
    sheet.setArrayFormula(2, 5, 1, 1, 
           '=SUM((A2:A10="Fax")*(B2:B10="Brown")*(C2:C10))');
    // Logical AND (Faxes And Brown)
    sheet.setArrayFormula(5, 5, 1, 1, 
           '=SUM((A2:A10="Fax")*(B2:B10="Brown"))');
An array formula can do calculations on rows and columns of cells where you might otherwise need to use several formulas. For example: You can use an array formula to help search range items. For example: An array formula can help collect statistics information from related range items. For example:
import * as React from 'react'; import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import './styles.css'; import { AppFunc } from './app-func'; import { App } from './app-class'; // 1. Functional Component sample ReactDOM.render(<AppFunc />, document.getElementById('app')); // 2. Class Component sample // ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
import * as React from 'react'; import GC from '@mescius/spread-sheets'; import { SpreadSheets, Worksheet } from '@mescius/spread-sheets-react'; import './styles.css'; const spreadNS = GC.Spread.Sheets; export function AppFunc() { const initSpread = (spread) => { var fbx = new spreadNS.FormulaTextBox.FormulaTextBox(document.getElementById('formulaBar')); fbx.workbook(spread); var oldArrayRange; var arrayFormulaStyle = new spreadNS.Style(); arrayFormulaStyle.backColor = "#E0E0FF"; for (var i = 0; i < spread.sheets.length; i++) { (function (sheet1) { sheet1.bind(spreadNS.Events.SelectionChanged, null, function (args) { sheet1.suspendPaint(); var formulaBar = document.getElementById("formulaBar"); var formulaInfo = sheet1.getFormulaInformation(sheet1.getActiveRowIndex(), sheet1.getActiveColumnIndex()); if (oldArrayRange && (!formulaInfo || !formulaInfo.isArrayFormula || !formulaInfo.baseRange.equals(oldArrayRange))) { for (var r = oldArrayRange.row; r < oldArrayRange.row + oldArrayRange.rowCount; r++) { for (var c = oldArrayRange.col; c < oldArrayRange.col + oldArrayRange.colCount; c++) { sheet1.setStyle(r, c, null); } } oldArrayRange = null; } if (formulaInfo && formulaInfo.hasFormula) { var formula = "=" + formulaInfo.formula; formula = formulaInfo.isArrayFormula ? "{" + formula + "}" : formula; formulaBar.value = formula; if (formulaInfo.isArrayFormula && !formulaInfo.baseRange.equals(oldArrayRange)) { oldArrayRange = formulaInfo.baseRange; for (var r = oldArrayRange.row; r < oldArrayRange.row + oldArrayRange.rowCount; r++) { for (var c = oldArrayRange.col; c < oldArrayRange.col + oldArrayRange.colCount; c++) { sheet1.setStyle(r, c, arrayFormulaStyle); } } } } else { formulaBar.value = sheet1.getValue(sheet1.getActiveRowIndex(), sheet1.getActiveColumnIndex()); } sheet1.resumePaint(); }); })(spread.sheets[i]); } setCalculation(spread.sheets[0]); setSearch(spread.sheets[1]); setStatistics(spread.sheets[2]); } const setCalculation = (sheet) => { sheet.name("Calculation"); sheet.setArray(0, 0, [ ["", "Match", "Physical", "Chemistry"], ["Alice", 97, 61, 53], ["Jon", 65, 76, 65], ["Bob", 55, 70, 64], ["Jack", 89, 77, 73], ["Tom", 83, 62, 78], ["Robert", 86, 98, 57] ]); sheet.addSpan(0, 5, 1, 4); sheet.setValue(0, 5, "Calculate every body's total score"); sheet.setArrayFormula(1, 5, 6, 1, "=SUBTOTAL(9,OFFSET($B$2,ROW($A$1:$A$6)-ROW($A$1),,1,3))"); } const setSearch = (sheet) => { sheet.name("Search"); sheet.setArray(0, 0, [ ["apple", "apple"], ["banana", "strawberry"], ["pea", "potato"], ["tomato", "potato"], ["potato", "dumpling"], ["cake"], ["noodle"], ["rice"], ["soup"] ]); sheet.addSpan(0, 3, 1, 8); sheet.setValue(0, 3, "Find out the first value on B1:B5 that does not contains on A1:A9"); sheet.setColumnWidth(3, 80); sheet.addSpan(2, 3, 1, 2); sheet.setValue(2, 3, "ArrayFormula Result:"); sheet.setArrayFormula(2, 5, 1, 1, "=INDEX(B1:B5,MATCH(TRUE,ISNA(MATCH(B1:B5,A1:A9,0)),0))"); sheet.getCell(2, 5).backColor("Accent 5 80"); sheet.addSpan(3, 3, 1, 2); sheet.setValue(3, 3, "NormalFormula Result:"); sheet.setFormula(3, 5, "=INDEX(B1:B5,MATCH(TRUE,ISNA(MATCH(B1:B5,A1:A9,0)),0))"); sheet.getCell(3, 5).backColor("Accent 6 80"); } const setStatistics = (sheet) => { sheet.name("Statistics"); sheet.options.allowCellOverflow = true; sheet.setArray(0, 0, [ ["Product", "Salesman", "Units Sold"], ["Fax", "Brown", 1], ["Phone", "Smith", 10], ["Fax", "Jones", 20], ["Fax", "Smith", 30], ["Phone", "Jones", 40], ["PC", "Smith", 50], ["Fax", "Brown", 60], ["Phone", "Davis", 70], ["PC", "Jones", 80] ]); sheet.setValue(1, 5, "Summing Sales: Faxes Sold By Brown"); sheet.setArrayFormula(2, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM((A2:A10=\"Fax\")*(B2:B10=\"Brown\")*(C2:C10))"); sheet.setValue(4, 5, "Logical AND (Faxes And Brown)"); sheet.setArrayFormula(5, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM((A2:A10=\"Fax\")*(B2:B10=\"Brown\"))"); sheet.setValue(7, 5, "Logical OR (Faxes Or Jones)"); sheet.setArrayFormula(8, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM(IF((A2:A10=\"Fax\")+(B2:B10=\"Jones\"),1,0))"); sheet.setValue(10, 5, "Logical XOR (Fax Or Jones but not both)"); sheet.setArrayFormula(11, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM(IF(MOD((A2:A10=\"Fax\")+(B2:B10=\"Jones\"),2),1,0))"); sheet.setValue(13, 5, "Logical AND (All Sales Except Fax And Jones)"); sheet.setArrayFormula(14, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM(IF((A2:A10=\"Fax\")+(B2:B10=\"Jones\")<>2,1,0))"); } return <div class="sample-tutorial"> <div class="sample-spreadsheets"> <SpreadSheets workbookInitialized={spread => initSpread(spread)}> <Worksheet> </Worksheet> <Worksheet> </Worksheet> <Worksheet> </Worksheet> </SpreadSheets> </div> <Panel /> </div>; } function Panel(props) { return ( <div class="options-container"> <textarea id="formulaBar" rows={10} readOnly="readonly" /> </div> ); }
import * as React from 'react'; import GC from '@mescius/spread-sheets'; import { SpreadSheets, Worksheet } from '@mescius/spread-sheets-react'; import './styles.css'; const Component = React.Component; const spreadNS = GC.Spread.Sheets; export class App extends Component { render() { return <div class="sample-tutorial"> <div class="sample-spreadsheets"> <SpreadSheets workbookInitialized={spread => this.initSpread(spread)}> <Worksheet> </Worksheet> <Worksheet> </Worksheet> <Worksheet> </Worksheet> </SpreadSheets> </div> <Panel /> </div>; } initSpread(spread) { var fbx = new spreadNS.FormulaTextBox.FormulaTextBox(document.getElementById('formulaBar')); fbx.workbook(spread); var oldArrayRange; var arrayFormulaStyle = new spreadNS.Style(); arrayFormulaStyle.backColor = "#E0E0FF"; for (var i = 0; i < spread.sheets.length; i++) { (function (sheet1) { sheet1.bind(spreadNS.Events.SelectionChanged, null, function (args) { sheet1.suspendPaint(); var formulaBar = document.getElementById("formulaBar"); var formulaInfo = sheet1.getFormulaInformation(sheet1.getActiveRowIndex(), sheet1.getActiveColumnIndex()); if (oldArrayRange && (!formulaInfo || !formulaInfo.isArrayFormula || !formulaInfo.baseRange.equals(oldArrayRange))) { for (var r = oldArrayRange.row; r < oldArrayRange.row + oldArrayRange.rowCount; r++) { for (var c = oldArrayRange.col; c < oldArrayRange.col + oldArrayRange.colCount; c++) { sheet1.setStyle(r, c, null); } } oldArrayRange = null; } if (formulaInfo && formulaInfo.hasFormula) { var formula = "=" + formulaInfo.formula; formula = formulaInfo.isArrayFormula ? "{" + formula + "}" : formula; formulaBar.value = formula; if (formulaInfo.isArrayFormula && !formulaInfo.baseRange.equals(oldArrayRange)) { oldArrayRange = formulaInfo.baseRange; for (var r = oldArrayRange.row; r < oldArrayRange.row + oldArrayRange.rowCount; r++) { for (var c = oldArrayRange.col; c < oldArrayRange.col + oldArrayRange.colCount; c++) { sheet1.setStyle(r, c, arrayFormulaStyle); } } } } else { formulaBar.value = sheet1.getValue(sheet1.getActiveRowIndex(), sheet1.getActiveColumnIndex()); } sheet1.resumePaint(); }); })(spread.sheets[i]); } this.setCalculation(spread.sheets[0]); this.setSearch(spread.sheets[1]); this.setStatistics(spread.sheets[2]); } setCalculation(sheet) { sheet.name("Calculation"); sheet.setArray(0, 0, [ ["", "Match", "Physical", "Chemistry"], ["Alice", 97, 61, 53], ["Jon", 65, 76, 65], ["Bob", 55, 70, 64], ["Jack", 89, 77, 73], ["Tom", 83, 62, 78], ["Robert", 86, 98, 57] ]); sheet.addSpan(0, 5, 1, 4); sheet.setValue(0, 5, "Calculate every body's total score"); sheet.setArrayFormula(1, 5, 6, 1, "=SUBTOTAL(9,OFFSET($B$2,ROW($A$1:$A$6)-ROW($A$1),,1,3))"); } setSearch(sheet) { sheet.name("Search"); sheet.setArray(0, 0, [ ["apple", "apple"], ["banana", "strawberry"], ["pea", "potato"], ["tomato", "potato"], ["potato", "dumpling"], ["cake"], ["noodle"], ["rice"], ["soup"] ]); sheet.addSpan(0, 3, 1, 8); sheet.setValue(0, 3, "Find out the first value on B1:B5 that does not contains on A1:A9"); sheet.setColumnWidth(3, 80); sheet.addSpan(2, 3, 1, 2); sheet.setValue(2, 3, "ArrayFormula Result:"); sheet.setArrayFormula(2, 5, 1, 1, "=INDEX(B1:B5,MATCH(TRUE,ISNA(MATCH(B1:B5,A1:A9,0)),0))"); sheet.getCell(2, 5).backColor("Accent 5 80"); sheet.addSpan(3, 3, 1, 2); sheet.setValue(3, 3, "NormalFormula Result:"); sheet.setFormula(3, 5, "=INDEX(B1:B5,MATCH(TRUE,ISNA(MATCH(B1:B5,A1:A9,0)),0))"); sheet.getCell(3, 5).backColor("Accent 6 80"); } setStatistics(sheet) { sheet.name("Statistics"); sheet.options.allowCellOverflow = true; sheet.setArray(0, 0, [ ["Product", "Salesman", "Units Sold"], ["Fax", "Brown", 1], ["Phone", "Smith", 10], ["Fax", "Jones", 20], ["Fax", "Smith", 30], ["Phone", "Jones", 40], ["PC", "Smith", 50], ["Fax", "Brown", 60], ["Phone", "Davis", 70], ["PC", "Jones", 80] ]); sheet.setValue(1, 5, "Summing Sales: Faxes Sold By Brown"); sheet.setArrayFormula(2, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM((A2:A10=\"Fax\")*(B2:B10=\"Brown\")*(C2:C10))"); sheet.setValue(4, 5, "Logical AND (Faxes And Brown)"); sheet.setArrayFormula(5, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM((A2:A10=\"Fax\")*(B2:B10=\"Brown\"))"); sheet.setValue(7, 5, "Logical OR (Faxes Or Jones)"); sheet.setArrayFormula(8, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM(IF((A2:A10=\"Fax\")+(B2:B10=\"Jones\"),1,0))"); sheet.setValue(10, 5, "Logical XOR (Fax Or Jones but not both)"); sheet.setArrayFormula(11, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM(IF(MOD((A2:A10=\"Fax\")+(B2:B10=\"Jones\"),2),1,0))"); sheet.setValue(13, 5, "Logical AND (All Sales Except Fax And Jones)"); sheet.setArrayFormula(14, 5, 1, 1, "=SUM(IF((A2:A10=\"Fax\")+(B2:B10=\"Jones\")<>2,1,0))"); } } class Panel extends Component { constructor(props) { super(props); } render() { return ( <div class="options-container"> <textarea id="formulaBar" rows={10} readOnly="readonly" /> </div> ) } }
<!doctype html> <html style="height:100%;font-size:14px;"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="$DEMOROOT$/en/react/node_modules/@mescius/spread-sheets/styles/gc.spread.sheets.excel2013white.css"> <!-- SystemJS --> <script src="$DEMOROOT$/en/react/node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js"></script> <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script> <script> System.import('$DEMOROOT$/en/lib/react/license.js').then(function () { System.import('./src/app'); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="app"></div> </body> </html>
.sample-tutorial { position: relative; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; } .sample-spreadsheets { width: calc(100% - 280px); height: 100%; overflow: hidden; float: left; } .options-container { float: right; width: 280px; padding: 12px; height: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: #fbfbfb; overflow: auto; } textarea { width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; } body { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; } #app { height: 100%; }
(function (global) { System.config({ transpiler: 'plugin-babel', babelOptions: { es2015: true, react: true }, meta: { '*.css': { loader: 'css' } }, paths: { // paths serve as alias 'npm:': 'node_modules/' }, // map tells the System loader where to look for things map: { '@mescius/spread-sheets': 'npm:@mescius/spread-sheets/index.js', '@mescius/spread-sheets-react': 'npm:@mescius/spread-sheets-react/index.js', '@grapecity/jsob-test-dependency-package/react-components': 'npm:@grapecity/jsob-test-dependency-package/react-components/index.js', 'react': 'npm:react/umd/react.production.min.js', 'react-dom': 'npm:react-dom/umd/react-dom.production.min.js', 'css': 'npm:systemjs-plugin-css/css.js', 'plugin-babel': 'npm:systemjs-plugin-babel/plugin-babel.js', 'systemjs-babel-build':'npm:systemjs-plugin-babel/systemjs-babel-browser.js' }, // packages tells the System loader how to load when no filename and/or no extension packages: { src: { defaultExtension: 'jsx' }, "node_modules": { defaultExtension: 'js' }, } }); })(this);