Forum Discussion
Removing duplicates when using TEXTJOIN
Hi,
I am using TEXTJOIN to being into one cell entries from a separate column, where I am ignoring empty cells and separately by &.
This works fine.
However, I can have duplicate values in an individual cell in the column I am using in my TEXTJOIN and I'd like to be able to supress duplicates.
For example:
Column F on Worksheet 1 has the following in the 6 cells:
- 123, 890, 22
- 560
- 123, 890, 22
- 22
- test
- test
Ideally what I would like in my single cell is:
123, 890, 22 & 560 & test
But I realise that is probably unrealistic.
So I'd like to be able to get to (e.g. hiding the cell that exactly matches the other):
123, 890, 22 & 560 & 22 & test
The function I am using is:
=TEXTJOIN(" & ",TRUE,'1'!$F$10:$F$606)
This returns:
123, 890, 22 & 560 & 123, 890, 22 & 22 & test & test
I have looked into combining this function with 'MATCH' but it hasn't worked, I get value errors. I assume maybe because I have a mix of numerics and characters?
Many thanks
Kirsty
Kristy,
I got the below formula for you thanks to this amazing video!
=TEXTJOIN(" & ",TRUE,IF(MATCH(A1:A6,A1:A6,0)=ROW(A1:A6)-ROW(A1)+1,A1:A6,""))Please find it in the attached file.
Regards
Kristy,
I got the below formula for you thanks to this amazing video!
=TEXTJOIN(" & ",TRUE,IF(MATCH(A1:A6,A1:A6,0)=ROW(A1:A6)-ROW(A1)+1,A1:A6,""))Please find it in the attached file.
Regards
Thank you both.
I'll check the video out.
Hi Haytham,
Thank you for your response.
However, I get a VALUE error in Excel:
=TEXTJOIN(" & ",TRUE,IF(MATCH('1'!$F$10:$F$606,0)=ROW('1'!$F$10:$F$606)-ROW('1'!$F$10)+1,'1'!$F$10:$F$606,""))
Is what I translated your formula in to.
Kirsty
- Hi,
I have also tried by watching the video and placing the formula into my sheet so I didn't have to reference a different worksheet, and it still fails to evaluate the data.
=TEXTJOIN(", ",,IF(MATCH(F10:F50,F10:F50,0)=(ROW(F10:F50)-ROW(F9)),F10:F50,""))
Sorry!
Kirsty
So sorry I got there in the end, with help from Haytham Amairah
I went back to the video you linked and used the following formula, remembering to use Ctrl+Shift+Enter to apply it, and this time it worked :)
{=TEXTJOIN(", ",,IF(F10:F50<>"",IF(MATCH(F10:F50,F10:F50,0)=(ROW(F10:F50)-ROW(F9)),F10:F50,""),""))}
Thank you!
Kirsty Lowe I did this and attached screenshot (Excel 2016):
=TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,UNIQUE(IF(A:A=A2,B:B,"")))
Hope it helps!
This is a great answer if using a one the the more modern Excel versions. FILTER(), UNIQUE() and ARRAYTOTEXT() used in a clear, no-nonsense way.
leo_bourikov Thanks it helped
- you just might want to use this formula: =TEXTJOIN(" & ",TRUE,UNIQUE(F:F,FALSE,FALSE))
THIS!!! Simple, effective, winning!
To improve performance using entire column I'd modify as
=TEXTJOIN(" & ",,UNIQUE( TOCOL( F:F,3)) )
- Just want to say thanks. This post helped me today with the same issue!
