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josemb40
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Peru611 Posts
December 15 2011 21:23 GMT
#41
Concatenate the values with '&' and then check if there are any duplicates
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Glacierz
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1244 Posts
December 15 2011 21:25 GMT
#42
and make sure you read through this:

http://www.wallst-training.com/WST_Excel_Shortcuts.pdf

It will make you look like a pro if you ever do a live demo of anything excel related. The goal here is to do everything without using a mouse.
bellweather
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States404 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-16 02:57:36
December 16 2011 02:56 GMT
#43
Not testing this code, but you said you have some experience with VBA so I'm assuming you can edit appropriately. Sort first, then run.

Sub combineDuplicates()

For i = 2 to ActiveSheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Row
If Cells(i,2).Value = Cells(i-1,2).Value And Cells(i,3).Value = Cells(i-1,3).Value And Cells(i,4).Value=Cells(i-1,4).Value Then

For j = 4 to ActiveSheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Column
Cells(i-1,j) = Cells(i-1,j).Value & ";" & Cells(i,j).Value
Next j

Cells(i,j).EntireRow.Delete
i = i-1
Next i

End Sub

This is assuming column 2,3,4 are your name identifiers and anything after are things that should be concatenated.

edit: and yes I know this code is weak super lame for you VBA'ers out there, but deal with it
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isnt' there. -Charles Darwin
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
December 16 2011 03:08 GMT
#44
You don't even need VBA. There is a built-in function called "remove duplicates" that does exactly what you need.

Select your 6000 as well as the columns name, cell, address. Click on the Excel tab "Data". Then click on the icon "Remove Duplicates". And voilà.
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infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-16 03:41:52
December 16 2011 03:40 GMT
#45
If you have that many columns, I don't think you can take any shortcuts...
Only way I can think of right now is
1) sort
2) concatenate the first and last name into a column at the end, say Z
3) for row i, declare a dynamic array of size (countif(Z: Z ,Zi), original # of columns)
4) have a function that looks at each entry starting from row i to row i + countif(Z: Z, Zi) -1 and appends to the dynamic array if it isn't in the array already
5) paste the dynamic array with a function that automatically inserts a separator between each entry and doesn't put in blanks
6) i=i+countif(Z: Z, Zi) and repeat
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MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-16 17:34:09
December 16 2011 17:32 GMT
#46
On December 16 2011 04:49 infinity21 wrote:
1) Sort
2) Remove duplicates
3) Add a column with the function =COUNTIF(A:A,A2) where 2 is the row number
4) Filter for the new column for values >=2
If there's entries for 3+ phone numbers, you're going to have to append the numbers to a different column
If you're lucky and there's only a few rows with >=2 phone #s, then you can do it manually without having to code in VBA.

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On December 16 2011 04:45 MisterD wrote:
set up a mysql database with phpmyadmin, export table as csv, import table in phpmyadmin, do your modifications through SQL queries, export as csv, import to excel sheet. If you are familiar with mysql/phpmyadmin, that's probably the easiest way if it's just a one time deal. If either of these conditions is false though, ignore this post

I don't think someone who doesn't know VBA would know SQL lol


well -- i do? the "new gen" university software developers around here are all java grown. with the advancement of mac and linux on personal use computers, there's no point in even trying to use a microsoft language during education. SQL however is pretty much the first thing in any database lecture. so there's a whole bunch of people who are this way.

though you are probably correct with your assumption "out in the market", where microsoft languages are a lot more popular due to their legacy.
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infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
December 16 2011 18:44 GMT
#47
On December 17 2011 02:32 MisterD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2011 04:49 infinity21 wrote:
1) Sort
2) Remove duplicates
3) Add a column with the function =COUNTIF(A:A,A2) where 2 is the row number
4) Filter for the new column for values >=2
If there's entries for 3+ phone numbers, you're going to have to append the numbers to a different column
If you're lucky and there's only a few rows with >=2 phone #s, then you can do it manually without having to code in VBA.

On December 16 2011 04:45 MisterD wrote:
set up a mysql database with phpmyadmin, export table as csv, import table in phpmyadmin, do your modifications through SQL queries, export as csv, import to excel sheet. If you are familiar with mysql/phpmyadmin, that's probably the easiest way if it's just a one time deal. If either of these conditions is false though, ignore this post

I don't think someone who doesn't know VBA would know SQL lol


well -- i do? the "new gen" university software developers around here are all java grown. with the advancement of mac and linux on personal use computers, there's no point in even trying to use a microsoft language during education. SQL however is pretty much the first thing in any database lecture. so there's a whole bunch of people who are this way.

though you are probably correct with your assumption "out in the market", where microsoft languages are a lot more popular due to their legacy.

Yeah I was referring more to the workplace. People who knows SQL are business analysts or database administrators (generalizing here obv) so they usually have some programming skills like Java, C++, etc. And imo if you know how to program in either one of those two, you can pick up VBA in a couple of hours which has been the case for me at least. Not to say that there are zero jobs that require SQL and no VBA, but those are more of the exceptions.
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