Dino wrote:
I have a spreadsheet of names, and I need to assign a unique number to each
of the names. Some entries are repeated, so each duplicate should have the
same number. The numbers assigned would be in a different column than the
names. For example, the result I need would look like this:
1 John Smith
1 John Smith
2 Carla Jones
3 Jenny Fortuna
4 James Wood
4 James Wood

and so on. Is there a formula that I can use to accomplish this, so I don't
have to go through the entire spreadsheet and type these numbers in? If
anyone can help, thanks.


If your data is in B1:Bwhatever, then enter =1 in A1; then in A2 enter
=IF(B2=B1,A1,A1+1) and fill down

Alan Beban