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deleting double numbers after shifting data

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    deleting double numbers after shifting data

    Hi,
    I'm sure this may be answered somewhere else already, but a good search around didn't lead me to an obvious answer.

    I have data that has double numbers in column A, but has the information associated with those same double numbers in different columns. I want to create a row where all the information associated with a unique number is in the same row, and I can then delete the double number

    I have:

    A B C
    1 red blue
    2 red green
    3 blue red
    4 blue red

    A D E
    1 mary pat
    2 mary bob
    3 mary bill
    5 bill pat



    I want the end result to be:

    A B C D E
    1 red blue mary pat
    2 red green mary bob
    3 blue red mary bill
    4 blue red (populating column B & C)
    5 bill pat (populating column D & E)


    I expect I'm looking for a formula that looks something like:

    If a number in column 1 = another number in column 1, then take the data from the second occurance and populate the first occurance with it (and if possible within the same formula - delete the second occurance)

    Any hope that there's a formula out there that will do this? I'll be working with thousands of records, so am looking for a way to reduce as much manual editing/deleting as possible.

    Greta
    Last edited by greta; 03-10-2009 at 01:47 PM. Reason: formatting

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    Re: deleting double numbers after shifting data

    no suggestions out there?

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