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Counting Occurrences of Items in a List Based on Separate List Values

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    Counting Occurrences of Items in a List Based on Separate List Values

    I'm attempting to count repeating numbers in a list but only count them once for each occurrence.

    Here's an example.
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    Control # Category Description
    123456 12 unique text
    123456 12 unique text
    123456 12 unique text
    654321 14 unique text
    654321 14 unique text
    654321 14 unique text
    456789 16 unique text
    456789 16 unique text
    456789 16 unique text
    789123 14 unique text
    789123 14 unique text
    789123 14 unique text

    I need to count the number of unique category instances for each control number. The categories may occur several times but under different control numbers. The result should look like the table below but I'm stumped on how to achieve it with formulas.

    Categories Count
    12 1
    13 0
    14 2
    15 0
    16 1
    Last edited by wheel1; 05-09-2013 at 03:02 PM.

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    Re: Counting Occurrences of Items in a List Based on Separate List Values

    See the attachment.

    I used an helpcolumn to get the result.
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    Re: Counting Occurrences of Items in a List Based on Separate List Values

    Can control numbers appear in more than 1 category? If not, then using a dummy column
    In D2 copied down
    =IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A2, $A$1:A1,0)),1,0)

    Then in your table
    =SUMIF($B$2:$B$13,A16,$D$2:$D$13) copied down
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    Re: Counting Occurrences of Items in a List Based on Separate List Values

    I think oeldere's solution will work best. There is a slim possiblity that a duplicate control number will occur but extremely unlikely that the category will be the same. Using a help column works in that scenario. I was trying to keep away from using a pivot table, but if that is what works so be it. Thanks to both of you for replying!

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    Re: Counting Occurrences of Items in a List Based on Separate List Values

    Glad I could help.

    Thanks for the reply.

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