Hi Dave, Using advanced filter can solve your problem. Use Data-Filter-Advanced Filter (Unique records only must be ticked) and give the reference of the cell you wanna place your filtered data. Then you can sort the data. File is enclosed for your reference.
Regards CA. Atul Singhal -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 06, 2008 2:04 AM To: MS Excel & VBA Macros Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Use of Array Formula or other method to create deduplicated list of text values? Ladies & Gents: I’m an experienced excel user (10+ years) and have encountered a problem that I cannot figure out. I’m creating a tool where there is a free text area where the users will input a list of locations (up to 60 values that can repeat and are in no particular order - some cells can be blank as well). Various analysis will be done on this data on a row by row basis and I need to create a list of these locations which is deduplicated and alphabetized on another sheet for summary calculations. I know that utilizing crystal reports one can utilize their array formulas to do a similar thing, but I cannot figure out how to do this in excel. Below is an example of the data: Washington, DC Arlington, VA Washington, DC Washington, DC Washington, DC Cary, NC Paris, FR London, UK Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC Atlanta, GA Raleigh, NC The output I’m looking for is: Arlington, VA Atlanta, GA Cary, NC London, UK Paris, FR Raleigh, NC Washington, DC Ideally I’d like this to be formula driven rather than macro driven. I know that if I do my summary in a pivot table I can accomplish much the same thing but would like to avoid that as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks, Dave This Message was sent from Indian Oil Messaging Gateway, New Delhi, India. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Visit the blog to download Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros?hl=en Visit & Join Our Orkut Community at http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=22913620 Visit the blog to download Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com To Learn VBA Macros Please visit http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com To see the Daily Excel Tips, Go to: http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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