counting names
I have a two columns A with surname and B with first name, but entered
multiple times: eg: Smith, John Smith, John Smith, Arthur, Rabbit, Peter, Rabbit, Peter Rabbit, Peter What's the easiest way to total up the number of people there are? In this case 3. Thanks |
counting names
Try this:-
=SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(IF(LEN(A1:A10)0,MATCH(A1:A10,A1 :A10,0),""),IF(LEN(A1:A10)0,MATCH(A1:A10,A1:A10,0 ),""))0,1)) It;s an array so Ctrl+Shift+enter " wrote: I have a two columns A with surname and B with first name, but entered multiple times: eg: Smith, John Smith, John Smith, Arthur, Rabbit, Peter, Rabbit, Peter Rabbit, Peter What's the easiest way to total up the number of people there are? In this case 3. Thanks |
counting names
I missed they are in 2 columns so concatenate them into a single column first
in C1 =A1&B1 Apply the formula to the concatenated column. Mike " wrote: I have a two columns A with surname and B with first name, but entered multiple times: eg: Smith, John Smith, John Smith, Arthur, Rabbit, Peter, Rabbit, Peter Rabbit, Peter What's the easiest way to total up the number of people there are? In this case 3. Thanks |
counting names
one way:
InC1: =A1&B1 and copy down in D1: =SUM(1/COUNTIF($C$1:$C$6,$C$1:$C$6)) Enter with Ctrl+Shift+Enter HTH " wrote: I have a two columns A with surname and B with first name, but entered multiple times: eg: Smith, John Smith, John Smith, Arthur, Rabbit, Peter, Rabbit, Peter Rabbit, Peter What's the easiest way to total up the number of people there are? In this case 3. Thanks |
counting names
On 18 Jun, 11:16, Toppers wrote:
one way: InC1: =A1&B1 and copy down in D1: =SUM(1/COUNTIF($C$1:$C$6,$C$1:$C$6)) Enter with Ctrl+Shift+Enter HTH " wrote: I have a two columns A with surname and B with first name, but entered multiple times: eg: Smith, John Smith, John Smith, Arthur, Rabbit, Peter, Rabbit, Peter Rabbit, Peter What's the easiest way to total up the number of people there are? In this case 3. Thanks- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Many thanks to both of you. both worked. Cheers |
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