Excel Forumula Help

[michael_allen_24]

I have a list of names such as:

1. Kay
2. Roy
3. Jay
4. Kay
5. Pete
6. Roy
7. Kay
8. Tom

These names might be repeating, such as Kay appearing 3 times above. How do I create a forumula to pull back the names in alphabetical order? But obviously omitting the repeating values? So if the forumula worked correctly I would have:

1. Jay
2. Kay
3. Pete
4. Roy
5. Tom

Thanks in advance

 

[Sandeep Warrier]

I don't think this can be easily applied if there is more than one column. The setup below uses a helper column, but i'm not sure on how stable it is.

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border-color: #BBB"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120">D2</th><td style="text-align:left">{=IF(<font color="Blue">ROWS(<font color="Red">$D$1:D1</font>)>$F$2,"",INDEX(<font color="Red">$B$2:$B$12,MATCH(<font color="Green">SMALL(<font color="Purple">IF(<font color="Teal">$G$2:$G$12>=0,$G$2:$G$12</font>),ROWS(<font color="Teal">$D$1:D1</font>)</font>),$G$2:$G$12,0</font>)</font>)</font>)}</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120">F2</th><td style="text-align:left">{=SUM(<font color="Blue">IF(<font color="Red">FREQUENCY(<font color="Green">IF(<font color="Purple">(<font color="Teal">$A$2:$A$12<>""</font>)*(<font color="Teal">$B$2:$B$12<>""</font>)*(<font color="Teal">$A$2:$A$12=$E$2</font>),MATCH(<font color="Teal">"~"&$B$2:$B$12&"",$B$2:$B$12&"",0</font>)</font>),ROW(<font color="Purple">$B$2:$B$12</font>)-ROW(<font color="Purple">$B$2</font>)+1</font>),1</font>)</font>)}</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #DAE7F5;color: #161120">G2:G12</th><td style="text-align:left">{=IF(<font color="Blue">$B$2:$B$12<>"",IF(<font color="Red">$A$2:$A$12=E$2,COUNTIF(<font color="Green">$B$2:$B$12,"<"&$B$2:$B$12</font>),-1</font>),-1</font>)}</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.</b> If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
<b>Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself</b></td></tr></table><br />

 

[mgirvin]

That is a great solution, sandeep.warrier!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>
<o></o>
I also came up with a similar solution using the FREQUECY - MATCH ("~"& &"")... solution and a helper column, but then settled on the Domenic type solution with the MMULT(range>transpose(range)... solution to help deal with the rare situations where a "*" or a formula blank would come into play.<o></o>
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Thanks for your posts and contributions toward more Excel wisdom!<o></o>

 

[KailuaKid]

Sandeep,

I haven't gotten your formulas to work on my spreadsheet yet -- it takes a some adjustment to adapt to my rows and columns. It seems like the formula for D2 should be array entered over the entire range, D2:D12, if I hope to retrieve more than one stock. Is that correct? I think I'll go back and re-create exactly what you've posted to see where I might have gone wrong.

Thx,
KailuaKid

 

[baleshst]

Hi Mike,

I have been through most of your videos.
I would request you to do a video on wild cards, and how they could be exploited in formulas.

 

[KailuaKid]

Sandeep,

Incredible! Your formulas do indeed work. I created a new spreadsheet with your formulas and copied my data to that one and it worked, so I must have had a ****pit error(s) when I tried adapting them to my original spreadsheet. I discovered that the formula in D2 doesn't need to be entered over the whole column, just entered into D2 and copied down. At this stage of my "xceling", I don't know what the difference is.

It did not get rid of the duplicates, but that's not a big deal.

Thanks again,
KailuaKid

 

[mgirvin]

Baleshst,
I have a number of videos that show tricks with wildcards like “*” and “?”. Here are some:

This shows FREQUENCY, MATCH and “*”:
Excel Magic Trick 627: FREQUENCY Array Function (10 Examples)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUrI8hoj8BA
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This shows COUNTIF and “*” and “?”:
Excel Magic Trick 561: Wildcards * and ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLGuX1M3NtY
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This shows Advanced Filter with wildcards:
Excel Magic Trick 525: Advanced Filter With Wild Cards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rTelT5VdN0
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This shows approximate lookup with “*”:
Excel Magic Trick 323: Partial Text VLOOKUP (Fuzzy Match)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKmxFhOY70M

This shows COUNTIF and “?”:
Excel Magic Trick # 266: Count Words Only w COUNTIF ?*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuovxEFNbu4

This one shows how SEARCH and FIND treat wildcards differently:
Excel Magic Trick 520: FIND & SEARCH Functions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R2OYJbKHlA
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If you search YouTube for “Excel wild cards”, all of these videos should come up in the serach results (Except FREQUENCY MATCH one).

 

[Haseeb Avarakkan]

Another way,

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</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65>Bonds</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl67>ZZZZ</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt" height=20><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl68 height=20>

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</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65>MutualFund</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65>MMO</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl67>ZZZZ</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt" height=20><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl68 height=20>

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</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65>MutualFund</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65>WWW</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl67>ZZZZ</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt" height=20><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl68 height=20>

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</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65>Bonds</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65>NNY</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl67>ZZZZ</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

F2, Confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER,

=SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(IF(A2:A12=E2,IF(B2:B12<>"",MATCH("~"&B2:B12,B2:B12&"",0))),ROW(A2:A12)-ROW(A2)+1),1))

F5, Confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

=MAX(LEN(B2:B12))

G2, copy down

=IF(AND(A2=$E$2,B2<>""),B2,REPT("Z",$F$5+1))

D2, Confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER, copy down

=IF(ROWS(D$2:D2)>$F$2,"",INDEX($B$2:$B$12,MATCH(0,COUNTIF($G$2:$G$12,"<"&$G$2:$G$12)-SUM(COUNTIF($G$2:$G$12,D$1:D1)),0)))

 

[KailuaKid]

Haseeb,

Excellent work! Your formulas seem to be the most robust yet. I'm getting all my stocks and there are no duplicates. Now if I could only understand how your formulas work! That'll take some time to figure out, but I'll work on it.

Warm regards,
KailuaKid

 

[Sandeep Warrier]

....
It did not get rid of the duplicates....

Well, yes. There are some cases where the formula I posted will not work like it should.

@Mike - You're welcome and thanks for your contributions too! I've enjoyed some of the videos I've seen.

@Haseeb - Good one. I was initially trying to get the array in your Col G within a single formula. I don't know why it didn't strike me at the time to use it in a helper column.

 

[Eyowzitgoin]

I'm grateful for Mr. Schollar's code but I've hit a problem with it that has me banging my head against the wall. Here's the exact code I used:

=INDEX(myData,MATCH(0,COUNTIF(myData,"<"&myData)-SUM(COUNTIF(myData,"="&F$199:F199)),0))

It sorts my list of names removing the duplicates and this formula works perfect until I enter just one particular name, then it shuts down the entire set of codes and all return a #N/A. Is there a possible reason for this other than this man's name being the spawn of Satan?