Hello All:
Here is my dilemma…..I am using Excel 2007. I have a spreadsheet with
17,3322 row of data that spans to Column W (A2:W173322) excluding the
header. I am trying to do conditional formatting to bring to light
the duplicate values that are identical across the row and highlight
them. The problem is that the built in function is highlighting
duplicates whenever it finds it. I need to somehow only highlight if
the entire row is duplicate and not only portion. A2:W2 is the entire
row which represents a data set. I tried using =COUNTIF ($A$2:$W
$173322,A2)1 but it is not quit working.

Any Ideas…….

Ardy

Let's see if I understand what you want....

If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that row.
If *every* cell in that row does not contain the same value then do nothing.

If that's what you want...

Assuming there are no empty/blank cells...

Try:

=COUNTIF($A2:$W2,$A2)=COLUMNS($A2:$W2)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Ardy" wrote in message
...
Hello All:
Here is my dilemma…..I am using Excel 2007. I have a spreadsheet with
17,3322 row of data that spans to Column W (A2:W173322) excluding the
header. I am trying to do conditional formatting to bring to light
the duplicate values that are identical across the row and highlight
them. The problem is that the built in function is highlighting
duplicates whenever it finds it. I need to somehow only highlight if
the entire row is duplicate and not only portion. A2:W2 is the entire
row which represents a data set. I tried using =COUNTIF ($A$2:$W
$173322,A2)1 but it is not quit working.

Any Ideas…….

Ardy

On May 22, 12:16*pm, "T. Valko" wrote:
Let's see if I understand what you want....

If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that row..
If *every* cell in that row does not contain the same value then do nothing.

If that's what you want...

Assuming there are no empty/blank cells...

Try:

=COUNTIF($A2:$W2,$A2)=COLUMNS($A2:$W2)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Ardy" wrote in message

...
Hello All:
Here is my dilemma…..I am using Excel 2007. *I have a spreadsheet with
17,3322 row of data that spans to Column W (A2:W173322) excluding the
header. *I am trying to do conditional formatting to bring to light
the duplicate values that are identical across the row and highlight
them. *The problem is that the built in function is highlighting
duplicates whenever it finds it. *I need to somehow only highlight if
the entire row is duplicate and not only portion. A2:W2 is the entire
row which represents a data set. *I tried using =COUNTIF ($A$2:$W
$173322,A2)1 but it is not quit working.

Any Ideas…….

Ardy

Yes Partly
If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that
row

Here is an Example
A B C D E
1 al bb cc dd ee
2 zz gg mm ll ff
3 al bb cc dd ee
4 ll mm ff pp ll
5 al bb cc dd ee

So the rows that should get highlighted are 1, 3 and 5 becuse the
rows contain the same info.

Ardy

Are you looking for the *specific* entries:

al...bb...cc...dd...ee

Do they have to be in that *specific* order? Would this be a match?

cc...bb...al...ee...dd

All the values are the same but they're in a different order.


--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Ardy" wrote in message
...
On May 22, 12:16 pm, "T. Valko" wrote:
Let's see if I understand what you want....

If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that
row.
If *every* cell in that row does not contain the same value then do
nothing.

If that's what you want...

Assuming there are no empty/blank cells...

Try:

=COUNTIF($A2:$W2,$A2)=COLUMNS($A2:$W2)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Ardy" wrote in message

...
Hello All:
Here is my dilemma…..I am using Excel 2007. I have a spreadsheet with
17,3322 row of data that spans to Column W (A2:W173322) excluding the
header. I am trying to do conditional formatting to bring to light
the duplicate values that are identical across the row and highlight
them. The problem is that the built in function is highlighting
duplicates whenever it finds it. I need to somehow only highlight if
the entire row is duplicate and not only portion. A2:W2 is the entire
row which represents a data set. I tried using =COUNTIF ($A$2:$W
$173322,A2)1 but it is not quit working.

Any Ideas…….

Ardy

Yes Partly
If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that
row

Here is an Example
A B C D E
1 al bb cc dd ee
2 zz gg mm ll ff
3 al bb cc dd ee
4 ll mm ff pp ll
5 al bb cc dd ee

So the rows that should get highlighted are 1, 3 and 5 becuse the
rows contain the same info.

Ardy

On May 22, 2:35*pm, "T. Valko" wrote:
Are you looking for the *specific* entries:

al...bb...cc...dd...ee

Do they have to be in that *specific* order? Would this be a match?

cc...bb...al...ee...dd

All the values are the same but they're in a different order.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Ardy" wrote in message

...
On May 22, 12:16 pm, "T. Valko" wrote:





Let's see if I understand what you want....

If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that
row.
If *every* cell in that row does not contain the same value then do
nothing.

If that's what you want...

Assuming there are no empty/blank cells...

Try:

=COUNTIF($A2:$W2,$A2)=COLUMNS($A2:$W2)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Ardy" wrote in message

...
Hello All:
Here is my dilemma…..I am using Excel 2007. I have a spreadsheet with
17,3322 row of data that spans to Column W (A2:W173322) excluding the
header. I am trying to do conditional formatting to bring to light
the duplicate values that are identical across the row and highlight
them. The problem is that the built in function is highlighting
duplicates whenever it finds it. I need to somehow only highlight if
the entire row is duplicate and not only portion. A2:W2 is the entire
row which represents a data set. I tried using =COUNTIF ($A$2:$W
$173322,A2)1 but it is not quit working.

Any Ideas…….

Ardy

Yes Partly
If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that
row

Here is an Example
* * * *A * * * *B * * * * C * * * * * D * * * * E
1 * * *al * * *bb * * * * cc * * * * dd * * * *ee
2 * * zz * * *gg * * * * mm * * * ll * * * * *ff
3 * * al * * * bb * * * * cc * * * * dd * * * *ee
4 * * ll * * * *mm * * * ff * * * * * pp * * * *ll
5 * * al * * * bb * * * * cc * * * * dd * * * *ee

So the rows that should get highlighted are 1, 3 and 5 *becuse the
rows contain the same info.

Ardy- Hide quoted text -

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They will be a match, same order, exact duplicate.......

Ardy

Ok, because of the amount of data you're dealing with this is not easy!

You need to use a helper column and concatenate all the cells from each row.
Like this:

A B C D E
1 al bb cc dd ee

=A1&B1&C1&D1&E1

This will return the concatenated string: albbccddee

However, this has a potential problem. I'm guessing that your real data is
not al bb cc dd ee. But, if it were here's where a problem could crop up:

al...bb....cc...dd...ee
a....lbb...cc...dd...ee

When concatenated those rows would match. You can take care of that by
adding a unique character between cells like this:

=A1&"-"&B1&"-"&C1&"-"&D1&"-"&E1

Now the concatenated strings would be:

al-bb-cc-dd-ee
a-lbb-cc-dd-ee

As you can probably tell this will be a real PITA with the number of columns
of data you have. That's why this isn't easy!

So, use a helper column and concatenate each row. You can enter the formula
in the first row and then copy down to the end of data.

Now, to format the rows...

Let's assume the helper column is the range H1:H5

Select the range to highlight, assume it's A1:E5

Then use Formula Is:

=COUNTIF($H$1:$H$5,$H1)1



--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Ardy" wrote in message
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On May 22, 2:35 pm, "T. Valko" wrote:
Are you looking for the *specific* entries:

al...bb...cc...dd...ee

Do they have to be in that *specific* order? Would this be a match?

cc...bb...al...ee...dd

All the values are the same but they're in a different order.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Ardy" wrote in message

...
On May 22, 12:16 pm, "T. Valko" wrote:





Let's see if I understand what you want....

If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that
row.
If *every* cell in that row does not contain the same value then do
nothing.

If that's what you want...

Assuming there are no empty/blank cells...

Try:

=COUNTIF($A2:$W2,$A2)=COLUMNS($A2:$W2)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Ardy" wrote in message

...
Hello All:
Here is my dilemma…..I am using Excel 2007. I have a spreadsheet with
17,3322 row of data that spans to Column W (A2:W173322) excluding the
header. I am trying to do conditional formatting to bring to light
the duplicate values that are identical across the row and highlight
them. The problem is that the built in function is highlighting
duplicates whenever it finds it. I need to somehow only highlight if
the entire row is duplicate and not only portion. A2:W2 is the entire
row which represents a data set. I tried using =COUNTIF ($A$2:$W
$173322,A2)1 but it is not quit working.

Any Ideas…….

Ardy

Yes Partly
If *every* cell in the row contains the same value then highlight that
row

Here is an Example
A B C D E
1 al bb cc dd ee
2 zz gg mm ll ff
3 al bb cc dd ee
4 ll mm ff pp ll
5 al bb cc dd ee

So the rows that should get highlighted are 1, 3 and 5 becuse the
rows contain the same info.

Ardy- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

They will be a match, same order, exact duplicate.......

Ardy