[libreoffice-users] Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-08 Thread Joel Madero
Hi All, So I stumbled across instructions on how to do this in Excel but can't get the same result in LibreOffice. http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/03/30/how-to-extract-a-unique-list-and-the-duplicates-in-excel-from-one-column/ Suggestions appreciated as always All the best, Joel --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:43 08/10/2013 -0700, Joel Madero wrote: So I stumbled across instructions on how to do this in Excel but can't get the same result in LibreOffice. http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/03/30/how-to-extract-a-unique-list-and-the-duplicates-in-excel-from-one-column/ Suggestions appreciated a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-08 Thread Joel Madero
The first formula given at that web page worked for me once I'd tinkered with the details to fit my actual case. And I needed to replace commas by semicolons. (The formula as given will not find instances of zero in the list.) Note that it is an array formula, so you need to complete it us

Re: [libreoffice-users] Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:33 08/10/2013 -0700, Joel Madero wrote: Indeed in B2 (first enter) it seems to work fine. I should have clarified, when I copy/paste in selected range (B column starting at B3) the value in B2 just gets repeated (ie. it's not finding unique values, instead it's just repeating the first fo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Generate Unique List from Values in Column

2013-10-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:11 08/10/2013 +0100, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:43 08/10/2013 -0700, Joel Madero wrote: So I stumbled across instructions on how to do this in Excel but can't get the same result in LibreOffice. http://www.get-digital-help.com/2009/03/30/how-to-extract-a-unique-list-and-the-duplicates-in-e