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Identify unique records in a field

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    Identify unique records in a field

    Dear all,

    I have a question that make me in trouble.
    I do not know how to write a formula to identify all unique values within the same row, and output the unique values.

    Please refer to attachment.

    I do not want to check b3=c3 then check c3=d3, then check d3=e3...it is because there are 5-6 column, which made up to more than 25 possibility!
    and the database is about 20 000 items, it is not possible for me to check one by one.

    Hope I make my question clear.

    Thank you very much!
    Much appreciate if you could answer me

    Regards,
    Trevor
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    Re: Identify unique records in a field

    Not entirely sure I follow... based on your sample:

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    You would keep the above as it would help you minimise the number of subsequent calculations you perform in retrieving the values themselves

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    It is imperative I3 (and down) is blank (or does not contain items otherwise found in B:F).

    Note however that in the above the values are being coerced to text by virtue of the REPT call.

    What I would say is that the above is not a practical solution for scaling against large ranges - if you have large ranges to deal with I would suggest you use VBA.

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    Re: Identify unique records in a field

    You could try this macro.

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    I've assumed that you headers are in row 1 and Data 1 is in column A.

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