Comments on: Create unique list from two columns http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/04/10/create-unique-list-from-two-columns/ Quality excel resource Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:47:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: davidhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/04/10/create-unique-list-from-two-columns/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 david Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:09:50 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=996#comment-1392 xcellent!!! thanks!! xcellent!!! thanks!!

]]> By: adminhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/04/10/create-unique-list-from-two-columns/comment-page-1/#comment-1389 admin Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:02:33 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=996#comment-1389 I have updated this blog post. I think the formula is somewhat shorter and uses less named ranges. I have updated this blog post. I think the formula is somewhat shorter and uses less named ranges.

]]> By: davidhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/04/10/create-unique-list-from-two-columns/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 david Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:36:08 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=996#comment-1378 hi, i'm curious on this solution. Is there a simpler/shorter formula to extract non-duplicate entries? output shall be BB and EE (non-duplicates on both columns). hi, i'm curious on this solution.

Is there a simpler/shorter formula to extract non-duplicate entries?

output shall be BB and EE (non-duplicates on both columns).

]]> By: adminhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/04/10/create-unique-list-from-two-columns/comment-page-1/#comment-799 admin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:16:09 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=996#comment-799 I created an array formula that counts unique distinct values in three different ranges. http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/06/11/count-unique-distinct-values-in-three-columns-combined-in-excel/ I created an array formula that counts unique distinct values in three different ranges.

http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/06/11/count-unique-distinct-values-in-three-columns-combined-in-excel/

]]> By: adminhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/04/10/create-unique-list-from-two-columns/comment-page-1/#comment-775 admin Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:10:11 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=996#comment-775 Thanks for commenting! Interesting question, I have to think about this question for a while... Thanks for commenting!

Interesting question, I have to think about this question for a while...

]]> By: Nigel Edwardshttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/04/10/create-unique-list-from-two-columns/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Nigel Edwards Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:36:00 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=996#comment-766 Hi, I've been searching for articles to help me to identify unique data across multiple Excel columns, and yours is the closest I have found. However, it seems to deal with only two (2) columns at a time. Is it expandable to cover more than two, in particular where the columns are not adjacent? What I have is a grid of results: Cols A, B, C reference result set 1 (with the potentially duplicate data in Col C) Cols D, E, F reference result set 2 (with the potentially duplicate data in Col F) and so on, with potentially result sets. The pracical number of rows involved is likely to be no more than 500. What I need to do is to count all the unique entries in Col C, Col D, Col as a combined set, such that if Col C has data "abc", and Col also has the same data, then the data is only counted once. (I don't actually need to generate a new list of the unique data, but if that is a required stage in the calculation it is not a problem.) Note that can be any value, but is likely to not exceed 500 columns. Could you advise me if there is a specific, formulaic (not VBA) solution to the problem? If so, could you provide a clue to solving it? Many Thanks, Nigel Edwards. Hi,

I've been searching for articles to help me to identify unique data across multiple Excel columns, and yours is the closest I have found. However, it seems to deal with only two (2) columns at a time. Is it expandable to cover more than two, in particular where the columns are not adjacent?

What I have is a grid of results:
Cols A, B, C reference result set 1 (with the potentially duplicate data in Col C)
Cols D, E, F reference result set 2 (with the potentially duplicate data in Col F)
and so on, with potentially result sets. The pracical number of rows involved is likely to be no more than 500.

What I need to do is to count all the unique entries in Col C, Col D, Col as a combined set, such that if Col C has data "abc", and Col also has the same data, then the data is only counted once. (I don't actually need to generate a new list of the unique data, but if that is a required stage in the calculation it is not a problem.) Note that can be any value, but is likely to not exceed 500 columns.

Could you advise me if there is a specific, formulaic (not VBA) solution to the problem? If so, could you provide a clue to solving it?

Many Thanks,
Nigel Edwards.

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