need formula

mtanislav · May 14, 2011

Hello,

I have 2 colums.

A B

43 fgh-23-_1
54,5 fgh-23-_1
22 kl982323
90 kl982323
50 lw-kmn/32
45 lw-kmn/32

Can you please tell me a solution to check for duplicate cells in column B and if he founds a duplicate, to check and see what value is in column A and keep the row with the smallest value in A.

I show end up with this:

A B

43 fgh-23-_1
22 kl982323
45 lw-kmn/32

Please tell me there is a solution for this. Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate it.

Useful · May 14, 2011

Hi dear Mtanislav your answer posted here

http://myexcelworld.ucoz.com/forum/2-67-121-16-1305367102

mtanislav · May 14, 2011

there is an error.

the last value is wrong, it is not the smallest one

arthurbr · May 14, 2011

Cross post without links
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-pro...-colums-and-keep-a-a-value-that-is-lower.html

mtanislav · May 14, 2011

I did not know about this rules, sry

this is found in http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/nee...-t4035916.html
http://www.ozgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154032
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-pro...-colums-and-keep-a-a-value-that-is-lower.html

mtanislav · May 14, 2011

the ex is here. This is what I have to do

http://www.2shared.com/document/pGg9RvSA/ex_online.html

markmzz · May 14, 2011

Mtanislav,

Assuming that the data are in the range A10:E17, try this formula (array formula - so type Ctrl+Shift+Enter and not only Enter) in D10:

=LARGE((--($B$10:$B$17=E10))*($A$10:$A$17),CONTIF($B$10:$B$17,E10))

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HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl64 height=20>22</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl63>kl982323</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl63></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl64>40</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl63>lw-kmn/32</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt" height=20><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl64 height=20>90</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; 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BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl64></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt" height=20><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl64 height=20>40</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl63>lw-kmn/32</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl63></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl64></TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0" class=xl63></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Markmzz

Useful · May 14, 2011

mtanislav said:
I did not know about this rules, sry

this is found in http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/nee...-t4035916.html
http://www.ozgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154032
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-pro...-colums-and-keep-a-a-value-that-is-lower.html

(your answer posted there too (if you want to see it visual)
With Ctrl+Sheeft+Enter
=MIN(IF($B$10:$B$15=D10;$A$10:$A$15))

markmzz · May 14, 2011

Mtanislav,

The formula is in D11 and the correct is:

=LARGE((--($B$11:$B$17=E11))*($A$11:$A$17),CONTIF($B$11:$B$17,E11))

Markmzz

mtanislav · May 14, 2011

Your method works, but as a noob that I am, I did not explain this very well.

Here it is again.

download the sample data from here http://www.2shared.com/document/2Vlm8cWU/sample.html (the sample only has a 20 items, the original one has 21000) and some products are the same from even 8 suppliers.

I want to get rid of the duplicate products with the same reference and keep just the one with the smallest price.

I hope I explained now correctly.

Thanks again for all your help.

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