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    Looking up and returning NON-unique text cells

    Hey all,
    This is my first post, and wasn't sure whether it should go in general, VBA/Macro or formulas, as I don't even know where to begin.

    I have a three-column text array, where the first column is made up of names, the second column is the company the individual works for and the third is the project they are on. The names are unique, there are two-possible options for company and eight possible projects the individual could be working on.

    What I am trying to do is create groupings of all of the individuals working on particular projects, where if the "project" value in the array is changed, that individual is moved to the new relevant project.

    For Example:

    Data Set:

    Column 1:
    Mike Smith
    Steve Kelley
    Kelsey Ross
    Bill Smith
    Lindsey Hersch
    Chelsey Hillup
    Lindsay Rosser

    Column 2:
    PG
    PG
    PG
    Shell
    Shell
    Shell
    PG

    Column 3: (I have a data validation by list in these cells where the values can only be 1 of 6 things)
    M&A
    PM
    Supply Chain
    Finance
    M&A
    Accounting
    HR
    Finance


    Problem: I want the groupings to be shown as follows, where the lists will auto-populate if the data in column 3 is changed

    Column 1:
    M&A
    Mike Smith
    Lindsey Hersch

    Column 2:
    PM
    Steve Kelley

    Column 3:
    Supply Chain
    Kelsey Ross

    Column 4:
    Finance
    Bill Smith
    Lindsay Rosser

    Column 5:
    Accounting
    Karl Lewis

    Hopefully someone can help with this!
    Cheers

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    Re: Looking up and returning NON-unique text cells

    I don't fancy typing all that stuff in just to get started, so please attach your workbook - the FAQ describes how to.

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    Re: Looking up and returning NON-unique text cells

    Excel_Help_File.xlsx

    Thank's a lot. Sorry for the delay, I was away for the weekend. If there are any more questions, let me know.
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    Re: Looking up and returning NON-unique text cells

    Does this work for you?
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    Re: Looking up and returning NON-unique text cells

    Perfect, thank you!

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    Re: Looking up and returning NON-unique text cells

    Thanks for the feedback.

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    Re: Looking up and returning NON-unique text cells

    Thank you for the feedback.

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