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    Filtering but ignoring numbers

    I have a worksheet and one of the columns has the house numbers and street names in. In an ideal world the house numbers would be in a column all of their own but not the case here. So the column might have 4 people living at 1 Letsby Ave, then 2 people at 3 Letsby Ave. Obviously the list is a lot longer but if I want to return Letsby Ave, which is just one return how is the best way to do this?

    I can filter to a degree and then remove duplicates but I would be left with the example as above but wonder if their is a criteria or lookup formula I could use or is it much simpler than that and there is a way of returning no duplicates but ignoring the numbers of the house?

    Thanks for any help.

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    Re: Filtering but ignoring numbers

    pls attach sample excel file
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    Re: Filtering but ignoring numbers

    Here are an quick small example
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    Re: Filtering but ignoring numbers

    Use this formula in B1 and copy down

    =REPLACE(A1,1,FIND(" ",A1),"")

    Row\Col
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    B
    1
    1 Letsby ave Letsby ave
    2
    2 Letsby ave Letsby ave
    3
    3 Letsby ave Letsby ave
    4
    4 Letsby ave Letsby ave
    5
    5 Round Rd Round Rd
    6
    5 Round Rd Round Rd
    7
    5 Round Rd Round Rd
    8
    1 Red Rd Red Rd
    9
    1 Red Rd Red Rd
    10
    1 Red Rd Red Rd
    11
    1 Red Rd Red Rd
    12
    2 Red Rd Red Rd
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    Re: Filtering but ignoring numbers

    Another way to separate the number from the street name:

    Enter in B1 and fill down.
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    Re: Filtering but ignoring numbers

    B2=IFERROR(INDEX(MID($A$1:$A$22,FIND(" ",$A$1:$A$22)+1,256),MATCH(0,MMULT((MID($A$1:$A$22,FIND(" ",$A$1:$A$22)+1,256)=TRANSPOSE($C$1:$C1))*1,(ROW($C$1:$C1)>0)*1),0)),"")
    TRY THIS AND COPPY TOWARDS DOWN
    Note: Don't start this formula in Row 1
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