Hi Ken
adding 500 rows to the existing data will not affect the autofilter in any
way so just tack them on the end (don't leave a blank row or anything) ...
however, just a note, that the drop down box of the autofilter will only
show the first 1000 unique entries in the column
Cheers
JulieD
"Ken" wrote in message
k.net...
Actually I want to add the 500 rows to the existing data. But I'm glad you
provided this info. I'm sure it will come in handy.
Thanks, Ken
"JulieD" wrote in message
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Hi Ken
okay ... now i need to know what you mean by "add to your lists" ... do
you mean add another 500 rows to the existing data or do you mean, you've
got the info for Donald Getts and you also want to see the info for Fred
Bloggs without hiding Donald Gett's info - if so
use the drop down arrow and choose CUSTOM
in the first drop down box choose
equals
choose
Donald Getts
select "OR"
choose
equals
the in the last drop down box choose Fred Bloggs
... you'll see the records for both people.
if you want more than two you'll need to use the advance filters instead
of autofilters.
is this what you're after?
Cheers
JulieD
"Ken" wrote in message
nk.net...
"Ken" wrote:
Hi,
I have two columns 300+ rows long. One (A) contains names. One (B)
contains single digit numbers; either 1 or 2 or 3, etc. through number
8.
What I would like to do is type in a name in, lets say (C10) that would
return EVERY number in column (B) that was next to that name. If I type
in(C10) Donald Getts and this name appears 20 times in (A) I need the
20 numbers that are in column (B) next to Donald Getts.
Of course I need the numbers separated by a comma or have them appear
in separate cells would be better yet.
Sorry to drabble on but I see so many questions here that are harder to
decipher than the answers provided.
Thank you, Ken Williams
(RESPONSE)
Julie, The suggestion below works fine for the existing data but I would
like to add to the lists.
Ken
Use the AutoFilter functionality
Make sure you have a column heading for each of the two columns
With any cell in your 'database' active, select Data | Filter |
Autofilter
from the menu. This will add little drop down arrows next to each
column
heading.
Click on the drop down arrow for the names and select Donald Getts from
the
list. Excel will filter the table to show every occurrence of his name,
and
the associatiated numbers. Just highlight & copy/paste the numbers to a
new
location
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