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Default Tricky Excel De-Dupe Problem

On Feb 5, 4:52*pm, Glenn wrote:
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On Feb 5, 1:53 pm, Glenn wrote:
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Hi
I have a list of email addresses and wish to filter the duplicates
based on the first few characters only being duplicated....example.....














So, I need to extract a shorter list with only one row for each
"person"
Anyone got any ideas?
Gary
Add a column with the following formula:


=SUBSTITUTE(A1,MID(A1,FIND("@",A1)-12,12),"")


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Thanks for the quick response.....


it almost works....


this is what I need to end up with....


COLUMN
1
COLUMN 2


* * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * THIS ONE TAKEN OUT AS IT IS EFFECTIVELY THE SAME PERSON AS THE ONE ABOVE
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * *










Struggling with this one! ;)


Try this:

=IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(SUBSTITUTE($A$1:A1,MID($A$1:A1,FIND("@",$A$1:A1)-12,12),"*")=
SUBSTITUTE(A1,MID(A1,FIND("@",A1)-12,12),"")))=1,A1,"")- Hide quoted text -

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Jeeeez - where do you learn this stuff - NASA? ;;)) I'll give it a
try! Thanks