UNIQUE values
List each customer, product or combination once with UNIQUE, without touching the data, and find the values that appear only once.
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=UNIQUE(range)lists each different value once, in the order it first appears.- With several columns,
=UNIQUE(B2:C31), a row is a repeat only when every column matches. =UNIQUE(range,FALSE,TRUE)lists only the values that appear exactly once.
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Where it sits in Dynamic arrays
- What "spilling" means9 min
- FILTER rows by a condition11 min
- FILTER with several conditions11 min
- UNIQUE valuesThis lesson10 min
- SORT and SORTBY11 min
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