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MS Excel Function (Find Duplicate values)
I am working on a huge worksheet which contains items master in column A. I
am trying to find duplicate values for item numbers, if any. To find duplicates i normally use to follwoing formula Column A Column B Formula 100 True Countif(A:A,A2)1 100 True Countif(A:A,A3)1 Brown True Countif(A:A,A4)1 Brown True Countif(A:A,A5)1 200 False Countif(A:A,A6)1 The above formula works fine for finding duplicates for both text and numeric values. The problem that I have having is that my Item master has some products with leading zeros and the above formula does not take them as different values and will return "True" even though these are different items numbers. for example for the following item numbers 11 011 0011 I have formatted the column as text so that excel would not eliminate the leading zeros. Please help me locate the duplicate values. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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MS Excel Function (Find Duplicate values)
In your post you have mentioned that the A column is formatted as Text and
its consist leading zeros but the countif is considering the 11 & 0011 as same value. The Substitute function will get you the expected result. In B2 cell paste this formula =SUBSTITUTE(A2,0,"/") Copy the B2 cell and apply it to the remaining cells of B Column based on the A Column data. In C2 cell paste this formula =COUNTIF(B:B,B2)1 Copy the C2 cell and apply it to the remaining cells of B Column based on the A Column data. Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps! -------------------- (Ms-Exl-Learner) -------------------- "Zia" wrote: I am working on a huge worksheet which contains items master in column A. I am trying to find duplicate values for item numbers, if any. To find duplicates i normally use to follwoing formula Column A Column B Formula 100 True Countif(A:A,A2)1 100 True Countif(A:A,A3)1 Brown True Countif(A:A,A4)1 Brown True Countif(A:A,A5)1 200 False Countif(A:A,A6)1 The above formula works fine for finding duplicates for both text and numeric values. The problem that I have having is that my Item master has some products with leading zeros and the above formula does not take them as different values and will return "True" even though these are different items numbers. for example for the following item numbers 11 011 0011 I have formatted the column as text so that excel would not eliminate the leading zeros. Please help me locate the duplicate values. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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MS Excel Function (Find Duplicate values)
Did not get a response but the found the solution
=if(sumproduct(--exact($A$1:$A$4000,A1))1,"duplicate","ok") or the following but enter as array formula if(sum(--exact($A$1:$A$4000,A1))1,"duplicate","ok") "Zia" wrote: I am working on a huge worksheet which contains items master in column A. I am trying to find duplicate values for item numbers, if any. To find duplicates i normally use to follwoing formula Column A Column B Formula 100 True Countif(A:A,A2)1 100 True Countif(A:A,A3)1 Brown True Countif(A:A,A4)1 Brown True Countif(A:A,A5)1 200 False Countif(A:A,A6)1 The above formula works fine for finding duplicates for both text and numeric values. The problem that I have having is that my Item master has some products with leading zeros and the above formula does not take them as different values and will return "True" even though these are different items numbers. for example for the following item numbers 11 011 0011 I have formatted the column as text so that excel would not eliminate the leading zeros. Please help me locate the duplicate values. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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MS Excel Function (Find Duplicate values)
Thanks for your post.
The problem i see with this is that I do not want to lose zeros which are part of item number for example 0011001 will be now //11//1. I found a direct soloution by using the exact function togather with sumproduct. Exact does treat 011 and 11 as seperate values. "Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote: In your post you have mentioned that the A column is formatted as Text and its consist leading zeros but the countif is considering the 11 & 0011 as same value. The Substitute function will get you the expected result. In B2 cell paste this formula =SUBSTITUTE(A2,0,"/") Copy the B2 cell and apply it to the remaining cells of B Column based on the A Column data. In C2 cell paste this formula =COUNTIF(B:B,B2)1 Copy the C2 cell and apply it to the remaining cells of B Column based on the A Column data. Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps! -------------------- (Ms-Exl-Learner) -------------------- "Zia" wrote: I am working on a huge worksheet which contains items master in column A. I am trying to find duplicate values for item numbers, if any. To find duplicates i normally use to follwoing formula Column A Column B Formula 100 True Countif(A:A,A2)1 100 True Countif(A:A,A3)1 Brown True Countif(A:A,A4)1 Brown True Countif(A:A,A5)1 200 False Countif(A:A,A6)1 The above formula works fine for finding duplicates for both text and numeric values. The problem that I have having is that my Item master has some products with leading zeros and the above formula does not take them as different values and will return "True" even though these are different items numbers. for example for the following item numbers 11 011 0011 I have formatted the column as text so that excel would not eliminate the leading zeros. Please help me locate the duplicate values. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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