eliminate the same value

[kayza]

hi all
I'm trying to build a macro which has some function to eliminate the same value based on column. and here is my sample data

	A
1	one
2	one
3	two
4	two
5	one
6	three
7	three
8	two
9	four

<tbody>
</tbody>

the result i want to display is like this

	D
1	one
2
3
4	two
5
6
7	three
8
9	four

<tbody>
</tbody>

thanks in advance

 

[Rick Rothstein]

I don't understand which duplicates you want cleared. For "one" and "four", you kept the first appearance, but for "two" you kept the middle appearance and for "three" you kept the last appearance... there does not appear to be any consistency to the duplicates that are being cleared.

 

[kayza]

Thanks for the correction.
do you think, is it possible to be done by sorting the data first before eliminating te same value.t


thanks in advance.

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Thanks for the correction.
do you think, is it possible to be done by sorting the data first before eliminating te same value.t

I have no idea... this is your data, I have no idea what your requirements or intentions are for it. All I was pointing out is there is no discernable pattern to which duplicates are being eliminated based on the before/after layout that you showed. If you wanted to keep the first occurrence and eliminate all the rest... that could be coded for, same for keeping just the last, but your eliminations appear to have no pattern behind them. You need to come up with a rule for what you want to keep and tell it to us, then we can code a solution for it.