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ANGHamilton777
Jun 18, 2024Copper Contributor
Formula to reveal the row number of where the duplicate value is located
Please help! Last week I found an excellent formula and now am kicking myself for not saving it. I'm working on a large spreadsheet. On 2 columns, I have run the Conditional Formatting / Dupl...
- Jun 21, 2024
Thank you. This is a perfect match =IFNA("B"&XMATCH(A2,B:B),"")
="B"&MATCH(1,COUNTIF(A:A,B:B),0) keeps having me reboot Excel due to a delay, not sure what the reason is. I'll go with the one above.
ANGHamilton777
Jun 18, 2024Copper Contributor
Excuse my ignorance, what is the formula in D2? That's what I am looking for. I tried the above formula and it's not working for me.
dscheikey
Jun 18, 2024Bronze Contributor
Have you tried opening the enclosed sample file? Does it work there?
Copy the formula from the enclosed XLSX file and adapt it to your needs.
- ANGHamilton777Jun 18, 2024Copper ContributorI had to save your file to retrieve. It's not working for me for some reason. The formula comes back with a zero value but the duplicate value is located on B653.
="B"&MATCH(1,COUNTIF(A:A,B:B),0)- dscheikeyJun 18, 2024Bronze Contributor
In some older Excel versions, the formula must be entered as a matrix formula. The formula is entered with CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER.
Which programme are you using? If Excel, which version?
e.g. LibreOffice Calc:
- ANGHamilton777Jun 18, 2024Copper ContributorMicrosoft 365