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Help on a UNIQUE formula
Hi
I have the following list of year:
2022 2023 2023 2025 2025 2026 2027 2028
from A1:K1
I wish to find the single values and put the following formula in B1=SINGLE(A1:K1)
but got the sames values.
What I'm doing wrong ?
Thanks
Bernard
UNIQUE works down the array to generate a distinct set of rows. To do the reverse and work from left to right across an array (here just a single row) you need to add a further parameter
= UNIQUE(year,1)
where 'year' is a defined name that refers to A1:K1.
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UNIQUE works down the array to generate a distinct set of rows. To do the reverse and work from left to right across an array (here just a single row) you need to add a further parameter
= UNIQUE(year,1)
where 'year' is a defined name that refers to A1:K1.
- I am not getting the option to use unique function in professional 2019. Please help
I am not the best person to ask because this time I deliberately erased older versions of Excel and decided that I had no interest in maintaining compatibility with those older versions. However, I remember tricks such as using MATCH to identify the first occurrence of the value (in your case, a date) and return the relative row number of such matches. SMALL will then filter the row numbers which are ultimately used to lookup the values/dates.
= INDEX( dates, SMALL( IF( MATCH(dates,dates,0)=k, k), k) )I can't help but feel that
= UNIQUE(dates)is clearer in its intent!
- I believe you want the unique function:
=Unique(A1:K1)
