Filter duplicates from two columns combined and sort from A to Z using array formula in excel
This blog post describes how to extract duplicates sorted from A to Z from two different columns combined.
Array formula in D2:
copied down as far as necessary.
Named ranges
List1 (A2:A13)
List2 (B2:A14)
What is named ranges?
How to implement array formula to your workbook
Change named ranges. If your list starts at, for example, F2. Change $D$1:D1 in the above formula to F1:$F$1.
Download excel example file.
Filter duplicates from two columns and sort from A to Z.xls
(Excel 97-2003 Workbook *.xls)
Functions in this article:
IF(logical_test;[value_if:true];[value_if_false])
Checks whether a condition is met, and returns one value if TRUE, and another value if FALSE
INDEX(array,row_num,[column_num])
Returns a value or reference of the cell at the intersection of a particular row and column, in a given range
SMALL(array,k) Returns the k-th smallest row number in this data set.
NOT(logical)
Changes FALSE to TRUE or TRUE to FALSE
MATCH(lookup_value;lookup_array; [match_type]
Returns the relative position of an item in an array that matches a specified value
INDEX(array,row_num,[column_num])
Returns a value or reference of the cell at the intersection of a particular row and column, in a given range
COUNTIF(range,criteria)
Counts the number of cells within a range that meet the given condition
MIN(number1,[number2])
Returns the smallest number in a set of values. Ignores logical values and text
MAX(number1,[number2],)
Returns the largest value in a set of values. Ignores logical values and text.
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This is an awesome resource.
I am struggling with a similar task but I need to REMOVE the duplicates from the two columns and get a "clean" (i.e. a list of unique names without the duplicates) as an output. It must have been discussed before, could you point me to a relevant article please?
Dimitri Kryukov,
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