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carl

Helper Formula To Identify 1st Instance of a Value
 
I have a series of data like this.

InternalSubcriberRef
30564.00
22222.99
22222.92
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00

Would like to add a helper column that will flag the 1st instance of a given
value.

Thank you in advance.


Peo Sjoblom

Helper Formula To Identify 1st Instance of a Value
 
=COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1)=1

adapt to your own data and copy down in an adjacent cell will return TRUE
for 1st occurrence

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"carl" wrote in message
...
I have a series of data like this.

InternalSubcriberRef
30564.00
22222.99
22222.92
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00

Would like to add a helper column that will flag the 1st instance of a

given
value.

Thank you in advance.




Ron Coderre

Helper Formula To Identify 1st Instance of a Value
 
Try this:
If your list begins in Cell A2
B2: =IF(COUNTIF($A$2:A2,A2)=1,"First","")
copy that formula down as far as you need.

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"carl" wrote:

I have a series of data like this.

InternalSubcriberRef
30564.00
22222.99
22222.92
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00
30564.00

Would like to add a helper column that will flag the 1st instance of a given
value.

Thank you in advance.



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