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New to excel, need help filtering a list for only uniques

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    New to excel, need help filtering a list for only uniques

    Hello, I have a list that I need to filter so that only the unique values are left. For example:

    # Name
    1 Tom
    1 Tom
    2 ****
    3 Harry
    3 Harry

    The list I want to end up with is this:

    # Name
    2 ****

    I would also like for the duplicates to be made into their own list:

    # Name
    1 Tom
    1 Tom
    3 Harry
    3 Harry

    Any help would certainly be appreciated. Thanks!

    -Gary

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    Hello Gary and welcome to the forum.

    One way would be to use a helper column, let's say column B. So in B1 enter the following

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    Change the A1:A5 range as appropriate then filter the list using either the 'Duplicate' or 'Unique' labels in column B.

    HTH

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    That seems to have done the trick! =) I don't understand how the formula works, but here's what I did:

    I had the #'s in column A and the names in column B. What I did was inserted a new column A, shifting the previous 2 to the right. I modified the formula you gave me to this:

    =IF(COUNTIF(B:B:B:B,B:B)>1,"Duplicates","Unique")

    Next I copied the new column A and pasted it as values. I sorted by column A and that gave me the 2 sections I needed, all the duplicates and all the uniques.

    Thank you very much, sir. Good day!

    -Gary

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