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    Find & Display Unique Values

    What's the formula that will search a column of values and "pull out" only one of each unique instance? The expected result, then, for the following data-set would be 4,5,6,7,8,9.

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    4
    4
    4
    4
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    8
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9

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    Re: Find & Display Unique Values

    Try Data - Advanced Filter and follow the wizard
    Don't forget to check "unique records only"

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    Re: Find & Display Unique Values

    or try this:

    Unique_values.xls

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    Re: Find & Display Unique Values

    The second solution (the one that does not use filters) is more what I am looking for in that the report I am creating uses continual pasting and automatic updating...so I need a formula.

    However, is there a more simple solution? I don't mind using the longer (some might say more complex) formula, but my gut tells me there is something more simple out there...?

    Additional help? And thanks to both of you...I have provided feedback.

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    Re: Find & Display Unique Values

    if you dont mind blanks in the result you can simply use
    =IF(COUNTIF($A1:A100,A1)=1,A1,"") and drag down
    wher col A has your values
    you can always copy/ paste special /values the result to a spare column paste special values then sort
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    Re: Find & Display Unique Values

    Perfect. I will want to remove the blanks, but have a macro that can "sort them out"...this will work...thanks!!


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