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If you want a non-VBA solution that responds immediately to changing
values in your data range, you can create a list of the unique values by entering the following formula in a cell in another column (assuming your data range is named Data) =INDEX($A:$A,SMALL(IF(MATCH(Data,$A:$A,0)=ROW(Data ),ROW(Data),""),ROW(1:1))) Enter it as an array formula with Ctl-Shift-Enter and drag down as far as you need to get all unique values. If you drag beyond that point you will get #NUM errors, which may or may not bother you. If column A contains other values outside the range Data that interfere with the above formula, then use this formula =INDEX(Data,SMALL(IF(MATCH(Data,Data,0)=ROW(INDIRE CT("1:"&ROWS(Data))),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&ROWS(Data)) ),""),ROW(1:1))) also entered as an array, and dragged down as far as necessary. This formula may be longer but it is more reliable, given the potential for extraneous data in the column. You can eliminate the #NUM and replace them with blanks with this array formula =IF(ROW(1:1)COUNT(IF(MATCH(Data,Data,0)=ROW(INDIR ECT("1:"&ROWS(Data))),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&ROWS(Data) )),"")),"",INDEX(Data,SMALL(IF(MATCH(Data,Data,0)= ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&ROWS(Data))),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&R OWS(Data))),""),ROW(1:1)))) or you could simplify the whole thing by using a helper column, say column B. Put this (non-array) formula in B2, assuming your data starts in A2, =IF(COUNTIF($A$2:A2,A2)=1,ROW(),"") and drag down to the end of your data. Then, in the first cell where you want the unique list, enter =IF(ROW(1:1)COUNT(B:B),"",INDEX(A:A,SMALL(B:B,ROW (1:1)))) an drag down as far as necessary. HTH Declan O'R |
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