Excel formular - How to delete duplicate text in 1 cell

TH123

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Hi all,

I'd like to get your support to keep 1 "a" & 1 "b" in 1 cell of each column while balance should be deleted. (I'd like to get result by using excel formular).
Thank you in advance.

Column 1Column 2
a, a, a, ab, b, b
 

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Something like this?

23 05 15.xlsm
ABCD
1
2a, a, a, ab, b, bab
3a, b, aa, b, ca, ba, b, c
Sheet9
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:D3C2=TEXTJOIN(", ",,UNIQUE(TEXTSPLIT(A2,", "),1))
 
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Something like this?

23 05 15.xlsm
ABCD
1
2a, a, a, ab, b, bab
3a, b, aa, b, ca, ba, b, c
Sheet9
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:D3C2=TEXTJOIN(", ",,UNIQUE(TEXTSPLIT(A2,", "),1))
Hi Peter,

I've tried this & result is great. This is exactly what I want to get. Thanks for your support. ;):)
 
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You're welcome. Thanks for the follow-up. :)
 
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