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Duplication of string values within a range
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 |
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Duplication of string values within a range
In B1, or another available cell on row 1, enter this formula:
=IF(COUNTIF(A$1:A$7,A1)1,"YES","NO") Fill the formula down to the end of the list in column A. Change the A$7 part to use the last row number for your list in column A. Duplicate/multiple entries will be identified as "YES" until you remove all but 1 of them for all entries. That is, you will get YES at row 1 and 7 until one of the JD entries is removed. "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 |
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Duplication of string values within a range
Assuming there are no empty cells within in the range:
=IF(SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(A1:A7,A1:A7))=ROWS(A1:A7)," Yes","No") -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "JRD" wrote in message ... 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 |
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=IF(SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(A1:A7,A1:A7))=ROWS(A1:A7), "Yes","No")
Ooops! I think I have the Yes/No backwards. So, let's just change the operator: =IF(SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(A1:A7,A1:A7))ROWS(A1:A7)," Yes","No") Yes = there are duplicates No = there are no duplicates -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "T. Valko" wrote in message ... Assuming there are no empty cells within in the range: =IF(SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(A1:A7,A1:A7))=ROWS(A1:A7)," Yes","No") -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "JRD" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Duplication of string values within a range
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") ---------------------------------------- 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 |
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