Count occurrences of consecutive text

Alfie101

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Hi,
Is there a formula to count occurrences of consecutive text in a lengthy file, and put the number in an adjacent column, as in the sample below:
019DAEA5-7213-4CA8-A421-C8E6696CFE10
3
019DAEA5-7213-4CA8-A421-C8E6696CFE10
3
019DAEA5-7213-4CA8-A421-C8E6696CFE10
3
019DDD1C-3563-4A32-AEDB-7109DD5C7FD2
2
019DDD1C-3563-4A32-AEDB-7109DD5C7FD2
2
01C8BF3D-217F-4219-ABE2-AD8D779BDC8C
5
01C8BF3D-217F-4219-ABE2-AD8D779BDC8C
5
01C8BF3D-217F-4219-ABE2-AD8D779BDC8C
5
01C8BF3D-217F-4219-ABE2-AD8D779BDC8C
5
01C8BF3D-217F-4219-ABE2-AD8D779BDC8C
5

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</tbody>

Would greatly appreciate help with this. Thank you,
Alfie101
 

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Is this a sorted list? If so you can just do a countif. If not it will be more complex and right now i cant think how you could do that.
 
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Is this a sorted list? If so you can just do a countif. If not it will be more complex and right now i cant think how you could do that.
It does not matter whether the list is sorted or not, COUNTIF is still the way to go. Assuming the first value is in cell A1...

=COUNTIF(A$1:A$10,A1)

Where the red highlighted number is the last row number with data in it.
 
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Is this a sorted list? If so you can just do a countif. If not it will be more complex and right now i cant think how you could do that.

Hi Steve,

I apologize, to explain: the sample is what I hope to end up with. That is, with the current list of text items (column 1), ordered by the text items in that field, and with a count of the consecutive occurrences of column 1 entered into column 2.

Thank you, hope that is clear,

Alfie101
 
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I was thinking it may matter that if the value reoccured elsewhere in the list it started a new count. If that isnt the case then of course it doesnt matter if the list is sorted.
 
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It does not matter whether the list is sorted or not, COUNTIF is still the way to go. Assuming the first value is in cell A1...

=COUNTIF(A$1:A$10,A1)

Where the red highlighted number is the last row number with data in it.

Worked a charm. Thank you very much Rick, regards Alfie101
Thank you also Steve, appreciated, Alfie101
 
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Hi Steve,

I apologize, to explain: the sample is what I hope to end up with. That is, with the current list of text items (column 1), ordered by the text items in that field, and with a count of the consecutive occurrences of column 1 entered into column 2.

Thank you, hope that is clear,

Alfie101
Thank you Steve, I have it fixed now, appreciate your help, Alfie101
 
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