Formula to identify / remove duplicates based on one column

Mr2017

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Hi

I've got three groups of data over 9 rows.

Each group has duplicates and I'd like to delete the duplicate rows based on data in column C, which has Cash Sales.

In the table below,
column A has Product IDs,
column B has Product Names,
column C has Cash Sales and
column D has the Group ID

If a duplicate row is in the data, as is the case with rows 2 and 3, I would like to delete the row where the Cash Sales in column C are either greater OR equal to the other row where there is a duplicate Product ID.

So with rows 2 and 3, row 2 would be deleted because the Cash Sales in column C for row 2 are 100.

Whilst the Cash Sales in column C for the same product in row 3 are 50.

Has anyone done this before? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! TIA

Product IDProduct NameCash SalesGroup ID
1234Nice Marmalade 70g1001234
1234Nice Marmalade 70g501234
2Nice Jam 70g01234
5678Cool Strawberry Juice 50ml2005678
5678Cool Strawberry Juice 50ml1005678
5Cool Orange Juice 50ml05678
2345Great Raspberry 70ml5002345
7Great Grapefruit 70ml02345
2345Great Raspberry 70ml5002345

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Excellent!!

That also worked like Magic - thank you!!
 
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You're welcome & thanks for the feedback
 
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This can also be done using pivot tables by putting the product id under row labels and the cash value under sum values set to max (go to value field settings by clicking on the arrow of sum values.)
 
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Hi Fluff

This code works, as expected, which is great!

However, do you know how I should modify it if the Product ID starts in C2 rather than A2, and the Cash Sales start in P2 (rather than B2)?

I've done this:

Code:
Sub RD()


   Dim Cl As Range, Rng As Range
   Dim WS As Worksheet
   
   With CreateObject("scripting.dictionary")
      For Each WS In Worksheets
         For Each Cl In WS.Range("c2", WS.Range("c" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
            If Not .Exists(Cl.Value) Then
               .Add Cl.Value, Cl.Offset(, 14)
            ElseIf Cl.Offset(, 14).Value < .Item(Cl.Value).Value Then
               If Rng Is Nothing Then Set Rng = .Item(Cl.Value) Else Set Rng = Union(Rng, .Item(Cl.Value))
               Set .Item(Cl.Value) = Cl.Offset(, 14)
            Else
               If Rng Is Nothing Then Set Rng = Cl.Offset(, 14) Else Set Rng = Union(Rng, Cl.Offset(, 14))
            End If
         Next Cl
         If Not Rng Is Nothing Then Rng.EntireRow.Delete
         Set Rng = Nothing
         .RemoveAll
      Next WS
   End With
End Sub

However, in one of the files, I get a "Run time error '13': Type mis-match"

And the line the debug button leads to is this one:

ElseIf Cl.Offset(, 14).Value < .Item(Cl.Value).Value Then

Thanks in advance.
 
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Check the value in both cells when you get the error.
Chances are you ether have text instead of a number in col P, or you have an error such as #N/A in one of the cells
 
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Hi Fluff

You were right!

There was a sheet which had #REF ! errors because some tabs were deleted.

When the #REF ! errors were removed from the columns you suggested, then the code continued to work!

The only other question I have is this: How I can I can exclude certain Sheets from having the macro run on them?

I've tried to add this IF statement to exclude the code running on the tabs with the Summary and Comments, but the exclusions didn't work?

Is there something I've missed?

TIA

For convenience, the lines I added were

For Each sht In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets

If sht.Name <> "Summary" And sht.Name <> "Comments" Then

...*original code*

End if


Code:
Sub RD()


   Dim Cl As Range, Rng As Range
   Dim Ws As Worksheet
   
   For Each sht In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
    
        If sht.Name <> "Summary" And sht.Name <> "Comments" Then
   
   With CreateObject("scripting.dictionary")
      For Each Ws In Worksheets
         For Each Cl In Ws.Range("c2", Ws.Range("c" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
            If Not .Exists(Cl.Value) Then
               .Add Cl.Value, Cl.Offset(, 13)
            ElseIf Cl.Offset(, 13).Value < .Item(Cl.Value).Value Then
               If Rng Is Nothing Then Set Rng = .Item(Cl.Value) Else Set Rng = Union(Rng, .Item(Cl.Value))
               Set .Item(Cl.Value) = Cl.Offset(, 13)
            Else
               If Rng Is Nothing Then Set Rng = Cl.Offset(, 13) Else Set Rng = Union(Rng, Cl.Offset(, 13))
            End If
         Next Cl
         If Not Rng Is Nothing Then Rng.EntireRow.Delete
         Set Rng = Nothing
         .RemoveAll
      Next Ws
   End With
   
        End If
    Next


Exit Sub
 
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It needs to be like
Code:
Sub RD()


   Dim Cl As Range, Rng As Range
   Dim WS As Worksheet
   
   With CreateObject("scripting.dictionary")
      For Each WS In Worksheets
         If WS.Name <> "Summary" And WS.Name <> "Comments" Then
            For Each Cl In WS.Range("c2", WS.Range("c" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
               If Not .Exists(Cl.Value) Then
                  .Add Cl.Value, Cl.Offset(, 14)
               ElseIf Cl.Offset(, 14).Value < .Item(Cl.Value).Value Then
                  If Rng Is Nothing Then Set Rng = .Item(Cl.Value) Else Set Rng = Union(Rng, .Item(Cl.Value))
                  Set .Item(Cl.Value) = Cl.Offset(, 14)
               Else
                  If Rng Is Nothing Then Set Rng = Cl.Offset(, 14) Else Set Rng = Union(Rng, Cl.Offset(, 14))
               End If
            Next Cl
            If Not Rng Is Nothing Then Rng.EntireRow.Delete
            Set Rng = Nothing
            .RemoveAll
         Next WS
      End If
   End With
End Sub
 
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Ok, thanks.

When I try to run this, I get a Compile error that says "Next without for."

Do you know where the "for" could be missing, please?
 
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The Next & End if are the wrong way round, it should be
Code:
            .RemoveAll
         End If
      Next WS
   End With
 
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