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peeblescd2020
Copper Contributor
Mar 07, 2020

count unique cell text values

Hi, I'm trying to create a formula which counts the unique number of country names in the second sheet of column S attached. I want the range to be the entire column since we're continuously adding data to this sheet. Cell S1 and all blank cells should be ignored. Can anyone help? 

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  • Patrick2788's avatar
    Patrick2788
    Silver Contributor

    I presume you don't have 365 and access to UNIQUE...

     

    =SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(IFNA(MATCH($S$2:$S$1000,$S$2:$S$1000,0),0),IFNA(MATCH($S$2:$S$1000,$S$2:$S$1000,0),0))>0,1))-1

     

    Press Ctrl Shift Enter to calculate the formula as an array.

  • Hello, copy all the countries in column S and paste in column U2> Remove Duplicate values > In V2, execute the formula: =COUNTIFS($S$2:$S$89,U2)

    Copy down the formula
    • peeblescd2020's avatar
      peeblescd2020
      Copper Contributor

      Thank you for your reply! I'm looking for a solution which won't require me to copy any values in column S. More data will be added to the column as time goes by, so the idea is to create a formula which will automatically update the unique text count (number of country names) in case a new country name happens to be added to the column. Is there a formula that would accomplish this?

      • Abiola1's avatar
        Abiola1
        MVP
        Since you wanna count the number of unique countries, definitely, you must copy the data to a separate column and remove duplicates countries..

        To automate your data, format the data in Excel Tables

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