Textjoin product names which falls in the same category

Hi, I would like to textjoin product names which falls in the same category. The number of "name" differs in the column. Thank you.



textjoin example: name1, name 2
name 1 category1
name 2 category1
textjoin example: name 3, name 4, name 5
name 3 category 2
name 4 category 2
name 5 category 2

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Assuming that the categories will not always be lumped together, try something like this formula

Formula:

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I didn't want to use INDIRECT but couldn't find a way around it. I'll be interested in other forum solutions.

Assuming ChemistB's solution gives your desired result, here is an alternative (without INDIRECT):

=D1&": "&TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,IF($B$1:$B$5=D1,$A$1:$A$5,""))

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LOL Glenn, I definitely overthought that one. Nice solution.

You can get that in a separate column:

=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,IF($E$11:$E$25=A11,$D$11:$D$25,""))

But... if you want it to appear in the SAME column as the raw data, you will have to do a lot of manual copy/pasting of the formula.

?? A workaround for you??

=IF(E11<>"",D11,TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,IF($E$11:$E$25=A11,$D$11:$D$25,"")))

You're welcome.

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The expected results are to be returned using what criteria???

No... not there yet. Am I looking at column A or column B or BOTH combined?

Cheers. All clear now:

=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,UNIQUE($A$2:$A$8,FALSE))

You're welcome.

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TEXTJOIN is not available in Excel 2013. Try the UDF offered in post #19.