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  Asked By: Koila    Date: Jan 04    Category: MS Office    Views: 479
  

Could you help in finding the solution for:
My problem is:
I have 300X100 matrix filled (in Excel Sheet) with Texts and I have find how
many times first 5 columns in 300 rows are repeated. E.g
A B C D E F G H
A B C D E I J K
M N O P Q R T Y
Here A, B, C,D, E cells are repeated 2 times/in 2 rows. Is there any way in
excel, we can do it or can you write a macro that will do it.

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Answer #1    Answered By: Yvette Griffin     Answered On: Jan 04

Please use meaningful subject lines.

Sort the rows on the first five columns

In the column after the last column used in row 2 if that is the first row of
the matrix  put the following (I am assuming CW2) :

=IF((A2=A1)*(B2=B1)*(C2=C1)*(D2=D1)*(E2=E1),CW1+1,1)

Now copy that down the 300 rows

The count will increment until one of the first five cells changes.

 
Answer #2    Answered By: Brent Brown     Answered On: Jan 04

Question:
Can (based on your example of a 300x100 'grid') the search text also be in the
same row AFTER the original text? or will it only appear once per row?
Example:
row1: ABCDELXZQABCDESN.....ABCDEOSZW

the 'ABCDE' search will find  three occurances in the first data row.

 
Answer #3    Answered By: Cambria Lopez     Answered On: Jan 04

I have to find  out how many times this combination of cells appears in matrix.
It could be one of Fity.

 
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