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A function to take AAABBCCCCDDDEEF decending in column A to ABCDEF decending in column B?

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    A function to take AAABBCCCCDDDEEF decending in column A to ABCDEF decending in column B?

    Like the title says...

    I have a list of names that repeat a few times in column A...

    James
    James
    Tim
    Tim
    Tim
    Sally
    Sally
    Erin

    That I want column B to simply list the names without repetition...

    James
    Tim
    Sally
    Erin

    I am sure there is a function that does this but with some Google searching I wasn't able to find it. Please help?

    Thank you!

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    Re: A function to take AAABBCCCCDDDEEF decending in column A to ABCDEF decending in column

    Hello,

    Assuming data is in A2:A9,

    In B2 use,

    =INDEX(A$2:A$9,MATCH(1,INDEX(ISNA(MATCH(A$2:A$9,B$1:B1,0))+0,0),0))

    Then copy down until gets #N/A error.
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    Re: A function to take AAABBCCCCDDDEEF decending in column A to ABCDEF decending in column

    Another option, same assumption...
    =IFERROR(INDEX($A$2:$A$12,MATCH(0,INDEX(COUNTIF($B$1:B1,$A$2:$A$12),0,0),0)),"")
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