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How can I create a formula that counts the number of duplicates, returns the value in a cell of my choosing, and then deletes the duplicates?

I've got a list that, after I sort it, looks like this: rough list I need a formula that will return the number of times each entry is listed and delete all the duplicates. Typically, I simply count ...
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How can I combine two Excel formulas into one?

In a spreadsheet, I have five columns (total) and four of them have the components of the students' grade. The fifth has the final grade. Now, I need to combine two formulas so that when the four ...
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Count working days between dates

I am seeking a formula that can calculate the number of weekdays between two specified dates, or if the end date is not provided, calculate the number of weekdays from the start date to the current ...
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matching names from one Excel Spreadsheet to another

I have two separate spreadsheets, both with several hundreds of employees names. My task at the moment is to go through one of the spreadsheets to see if any employees are matching on both, which will ...
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How to count occurrences of rows that have certain value only if preceding by certain value, and count how many rows of that

I have some data spread over one column and 120 rows there is a repetition of the value 1 and 0 corresponding to certain operation mode so it looks as per the image attached My question is how to ...
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Excel SUM function and + operator different for blank text

The + operator in Excel gives an error when adding two cells whose values are empty text, while the SUM function treats these cells as zero (as I expected). I am trying to understand if this is the ...
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2 problems, complicated copying of data based on a "Number" and dates

The first problem I have is that I have a timestamp in one cell which includes the date and time and I would like to know if there is any automated way to separate them into 2 different columns (Date ...
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How can I pull specific rows in Excel into a new spreadsheet

I have several spreadsheets containing data I need to analyse. I have a randomized list of numbers that dictate which rows in each spreadsheet I need to code for my data sample. Is there a formula I ...
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How to vlookup all columns and sum

I have two table. The first table contains menu and price: Menu Price Pizza 20 Pie 10 Beer 5 Burger 10 The second one contains a buyer and menu. I want to get the sum of price based on menu like ...
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How to count instances of repeated values in a cell range while ignoring blank cells

I have a dataset of subjects (one per row), each with scores taken over several days. Each day has multiple scores, but the number of scores varies such that there are many blank cells. See a small ...
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Importing a range of formulas from csv or txt file starts with ' in excel and sheets [duplicate]

I am generating some image URLs with a python script and converting them to a formula. I have tried saving it to both a CSV and a TXT file as others suggested, but both lead to the same problem: After ...
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Coloring cells across multiple excel sheets in an xls file based on a condition

I am new to excel. I have an xls file with 10 sheets. In each sheet I have two tables of size 10 x 10, one starting at position A4 and the other starting at N4. All the entries are numbers. (Note that ...
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Display real-time filtering data from another worksheet in Microsoft Excel

I want to display all rows that have a "Gender" column equal to "M" inside "sheet2", where the data is retrieved from "sheet1". The filtered data also has to be ...
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Get unique IDs with date 1 or date 2. For IDs with both date, obtain row with most recent of the 2 dates

I have been trying to retrieve the row in the following sheet (sheet1) where the dates are matching dates in sheet2 without duplicating the IDs in Sheet1 (Column B) Sheet1 Sheet2 In other words, I ...
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How can I evenly auto-distribute values across 12 columns in a spreadsheet so that their sums are as close to equal as possible?

I'm trying to distribute a bunch of annual recurring business costs across the span of 12 months so as to make each month's total expenditure as close to each other as possible. Doing this manually is ...
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Is there a formula for retrieving data from multiple cells on a different spreadsheet and adding to one single cell on another spreadsheet?

I am working on a project in which I need to retrieve the Parent Items for a list of scrap material. The problem is that most of this material is used in multiple Items. When I run a separate report ...
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Turn cell references in Excel hyperlinks into the text in the referenced cells

I have a column of bare URLs in Excel. Say it's Column A. I want to replace each URL with a friendly text link, like "here." Suppose A1 contains the link https://www.website.com/content/...
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replace comma separated values in a sheet uses SORT formula to get sorted results from another sheet

I have a sheet called "Form Responses 1" connected with a Google Form, and I made another sheet/tab and used this formula: =SORT('Form Responses 1'!A2:M, 4, TRUE) to sort the responses with ...
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Can I have excel automatically swap text in a column from one word to another without using another column?

I'm fairly new to Excel so excuse my noobish question. I am working on a roster spreadsheet and have a bunch of shop codes, essentially abbreviations of the shop name in a column, and I have been ...
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How to set a whole row equal to a value, using ARRAYFORMULA() ? (in Google Sheets)

I would like to set the contents of all cells in a particular row to have the same value, sort of like having a banner that runs across the entire width of the spreadsheet. I'm working in Google ...
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What's the mathematical, =SUM() equivalent of the =NPV() formula, in Excel or Google Sheets?

Is there an Excel/Google Sheet SUM formula equivalent to the NPV formula, ie. one that produces an exact same answer given the same input figures? The question might be similar to these ones but the ...
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Drag to fill duplicates values

I want to create a sequence of dates that populate a column. A 2023-12-31 2023-12-30 2023-12-29 ... Format Cell is set to Date. Calculation Options is set to Automatic Enable fill handle and ...
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Find next cell within column that is a number, starting from reference cell in another sheet

I think this sounds simple but I'm having a bit of trouble figuring it out. I have 2 sheets, the Sample Sheet attached and an Input Sheet. In the Input Sheet, I input one of the green shaded values (...
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Linking rows in Excel without merging

I would like to know if it is possible to link rows together in Excel without merging. For example, I would like A1 tied to B1 so when I move A1 around to different positions in Column A, B1 will ...
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Prepend text for spreadsheet

I want to have a string value prepended to a XL-style formating in a spreadsheet program (gnumeric). The current formatting is [$-f4f2]hh:mm which should take 1:00 PM as input and convert/display it ...
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Custom Information Message for user based on another cell value

I am busy with an optimization spreadsheet which needs to display an information message, maybe similar to the Input Message for data validation (but I am open to suggestions). This message will be ...
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Dynamically changing content of a cell dropdown for validation because of a huge list

I have a huge lookup list of items, each with a conversion factor that I wish to look up. The lookup list is too big to be practical for a validation dropdown - this is how it looks: Here's the ...
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Print Excel Spreadsheet using Template?

So Let's say I have a spreadsheet No Name Class Gender 1 Jack Science Male 2 Rose Science Female 3 Kevin Social Male 4 Olive Social Female and I have template No Name Gender 1 2 3 4 How to ...
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Numbers conditional formatting based on a different cell in the same row

I have a Numbers spreadsheet, with "quantity required" and "quantity in stock" columns, then each part is on a row. I'm trying to use conditional formatting to turn a cell yellow when # required = # ...
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Microsoft excel formula to connect codes of smaller areas with those of the bigger ones and sum up their values

I am working with geographic information and I have bigger areas called Regso that concist of several smaller areas called Deso. The data I have is for the smaller Deso areas but I would like to ...

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