On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:40:01 -0700, JRD wrote:

How do I check whether the same string value appears within a range of cells

e.g.

A
1 JD
2 DF
3 AM
4 FC
5 RS
6 DF
7 JD

How do I get excel to check down column A1:A7 to see if any of the different
strings are repeated? In this example I want to return the answer "yes"
because JD appears in both A1 and A7. However, if this wasn't the case then I
would want excel to return the answer "no"

I am using excel 2007

Many thanks

JD



This formula must be **array-entered**:

=IF(OR(COUNTIF(A1:A7,A1:A7)1),"Yes","No")
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To **array-enter** a formula, after entering
the formula into the cell or formula bar, hold down
<ctrl<shift while hitting <enter. If you did this
correctly, Excel will place braces {...} around the formula.

--ron