FIND - Double entry
 

Hi,

Column B of my workbook contains names (more than 500 rows). How do I find
(macro or worksheet function) if a name has been entered more than once.

Thank you.

Danny - this was asked earlier today and the answer was to log onto
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/duplicat.htm - this gives you the forumual for
testing for duplicated entries
Hope this helps
Sam

"Danny" wrote:

Hi,

Column B of my workbook contains names (more than 500 rows). How do I find
(macro or worksheet function) if a name has been entered more than once.

Thank you.

Hi,

The following are two approaches that come to my mind.

Method 1: Let's say that the names are in B2,...B1001. Create a helper
column (A2,...A1001) containing running numbers 1, 2,...1000. Sort the
worksheet in ascending (or descending) order of column B. You can see the
duplicate entries. If you want, In row 3 of another column (e.g., C3) enter
the formula =IF(C3=C2,"x","") and fill down the column. The formula will
create 'x' symbols for repeats, leaving out their first occurrences.

Method 2: In C2 enter the formula,
=IF(COUNTIF($B$2:$B$1001,B2)1,COUNTIF($B$2:$J$100 1,B2),"")
and fill down the column. The formula will show the number of occurrences
of an entry (and would leave out single occurrences).

Hope this helps,
Regards,
B. R. Ramachandran

"Danny" wrote:

Hi,

Column B of my workbook contains names (more than 500 rows). How do I find
(macro or worksheet function) if a name has been entered more than once.

Thank you.