weatherman711
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I want to know if there is a way of identifying duplicate entries w/in a column that outputs information from adjacent cells.
Here's my example:
I'm making a bill of materials and every part has a unique ID (column A), yet some of the parts have the same description (column B). I would like a formula or macro that outputs a list of the alternate ID's for each part that has a duplicate description (column C).
_____A______________B___________C_________
1...Part ID........Part Desc.........Alt. Part ID
2...P100...............Bolt...............P100, P355, P865
3...P101...............Hex Nut.........P101, P934
4...P260...............Shaft
5...P355...............Bolt..............P100, P355, P865
6...P356...............Washer
7...P832...............Flange
8...P865...............Bolt..............P100, P355, P865
9...P934...............Hex Nut.........P101, P934
I know about conditional formatting and highlighting duplicates, then using CTRL+F to find the matches and manually inputting matching ID's into a single column (or series of columns), but my list is very long and that would take too much time.
Can anybody help?
Here's my example:
I'm making a bill of materials and every part has a unique ID (column A), yet some of the parts have the same description (column B). I would like a formula or macro that outputs a list of the alternate ID's for each part that has a duplicate description (column C).
_____A______________B___________C_________
1...Part ID........Part Desc.........Alt. Part ID
2...P100...............Bolt...............P100, P355, P865
3...P101...............Hex Nut.........P101, P934
4...P260...............Shaft
5...P355...............Bolt..............P100, P355, P865
6...P356...............Washer
7...P832...............Flange
8...P865...............Bolt..............P100, P355, P865
9...P934...............Hex Nut.........P101, P934
I know about conditional formatting and highlighting duplicates, then using CTRL+F to find the matches and manually inputting matching ID's into a single column (or series of columns), but my list is very long and that would take too much time.
Can anybody help?