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not exact duplicates...
ok here's the deal - i have a list of companies with contact information.
some companies have multiple contacts and some contacts are duplicated. sounds simple..but - some of the company names are spelled differently or have ',' '.' or some other difference. remove duplicates does not work because they aren't EXACT duplicates...how can i either delete or mark them somehow using a variable column? here's a sample: abc solutions marco polo 123 main abc solutions, inc marco polo 123 main abc solutions inc. mark jon 123 main abc solutions inc mark jon 123 main abc solutions inc mark jon 123 main abc sol. Inc. ted frank 123 main abc sol. Inc ted frank 123 main this list should be 3 rows afterwards...thanks in advance - Tad |
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not exact duplicates...
try using SUBSTITUTE or REPLACE to remove the characters you don't want.
HTH -- Your feedback is very much appreciate, pls click on the Yes button below if this posting is helpful. Thank You cheers, francis "Tadder" wrote: ok here's the deal - i have a list of companies with contact information. some companies have multiple contacts and some contacts are duplicated. sounds simple..but - some of the company names are spelled differently or have ',' '.' or some other difference. remove duplicates does not work because they aren't EXACT duplicates...how can i either delete or mark them somehow using a variable column? here's a sample: abc solutions marco polo 123 main abc solutions, inc marco polo 123 main abc solutions inc. mark jon 123 main abc solutions inc mark jon 123 main abc solutions inc mark jon 123 main abc sol. Inc. ted frank 123 main abc sol. Inc ted frank 123 main this list should be 3 rows afterwards...thanks in advance - Tad |
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not exact duplicates...
right, but there are 10,000 rows and over 9900 company names...
"xlmate" wrote: try using SUBSTITUTE or REPLACE to remove the characters you don't want. HTH -- Your feedback is very much appreciate, pls click on the Yes button below if this posting is helpful. Thank You cheers, francis "Tadder" wrote: ok here's the deal - i have a list of companies with contact information. some companies have multiple contacts and some contacts are duplicated. sounds simple..but - some of the company names are spelled differently or have ',' '.' or some other difference. remove duplicates does not work because they aren't EXACT duplicates...how can i either delete or mark them somehow using a variable column? here's a sample: abc solutions marco polo 123 main abc solutions, inc marco polo 123 main abc solutions inc. mark jon 123 main abc solutions inc mark jon 123 main abc solutions inc mark jon 123 main abc sol. Inc. ted frank 123 main abc sol. Inc ted frank 123 main this list should be 3 rows afterwards...thanks in advance - Tad |
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not exact duplicates...
Let the first item be in A1
In B1 enter =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""),","," ")," inc","") The removes " inc", commas and periods Copy this down the column In C1 enter =COUNTIF(B1:$B$7,B1) (extent the range to cover all items) Copy this down the column Select all the C entries, use Copy followed by Edit | Paste Special with Values specified to change formulas to values Select all the data and sort on column C; delete all entries with C values greater than 1. best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme remove caps from email "Tadder" wrote in message ... ok here's the deal - i have a list of companies with contact information. some companies have multiple contacts and some contacts are duplicated. sounds simple..but - some of the company names are spelled differently or have ',' '.' or some other difference. remove duplicates does not work because they aren't EXACT duplicates...how can i either delete or mark them somehow using a variable column? here's a sample: abc solutions marco polo 123 main abc solutions, inc marco polo 123 main abc solutions inc. mark jon 123 main abc solutions inc mark jon 123 main abc solutions inc mark jon 123 main abc sol. Inc. ted frank 123 main abc sol. Inc ted frank 123 main this list should be 3 rows afterwards...thanks in advance - Tad |
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