Create Distinct ID by Group in Excel without sorting -
i have excel column cannot sorted , need create unique id group, similar below:
+--------+------+ | name | id | +--------+------+ | jim | 1 | | sarah | 1 | | tim | 1 | | jim | 2 | | rachel | 1 | | sarah | 2 | | jim | 3 | | sarah | 3 | | rachel | 2 | | tim | 2 | +--------+------+
you can simple countif()
, getting little creative cell references:
=countif($a$1:$a1, a2) + 1
put in b2
(assuming list headers starts in a1
) , copy down.
countif()
here counting number of times name in adjacent cell has appears in of cells above it. copy down, range grow include cells between a1
, next row up.
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