Hi,
Can someone please tell me why I can't use the following to solve this
problem?
=COUNTIF(LEFT(A1:A10,4),LEFT(A1,4))
Regards - Dave.

"Arun" wrote:

i am entering names+a 4 digit no (eg Arun1254) in one colum
can u help me to find the text is reapeted comming rows
my datas are not sorted ..

Col A Col B

Name+ no yes/no
Arun no
vass no
arun yes
raj no
arun yes

which functinn would hepl to come yes/no in Col B