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hi everybody
I have a list of customers in column B which contains repetitions. I need a unique list of their names. I have used the UNIQUE function which works however, because I have selected the whole of column B, it gives me the list but then a 0 at the end because there are empty cells in the range. What can I do to the formula so the 0 isn't returned?
I can't just select the exact range with their names in because if any new names are entered into column B, these need to be picked up too.
TIA, Louise
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It returns the array as a single column. It already is a single column but it has an argument ignore that I used to ignore blanks (value 1):
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=TOCOL(UNIQUE(B:B),1)
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Hi,
Convert the entire data (starting from the header row) into a Table. Use the UNIQUE() function to get the distinct list. Now when you add further rows of data to the table, the range in your UNIQUE() function will auto update.
