How To Get Unique Values From Two Columns In Excel || Excel Tips & Tricks || dptutorials

In this tutorial let us see How To Get Unique Values From Two Columns In Excel
One of our subscribers sunil kumar has asked a question on how to extract unique distinct list from two columns.
So we will see this in detail now.
Consider this example where I have two lists in columns B and C and let us extract the unique list in column E
Here, we would be using an array formula
So, I go to cell E3 and enter formula as =COUNTIF($E$2:E2,$B$3:$B$10)=0
and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to see the result as True.
Now divide 1 with the array, you will see the result as 1 for true condition
=1/(COUNTIF($E$2:E2,$B$3:$B$10)=0)
Now, based on this, you need to get the return value from the array
So modify the formula like this
=LOOKUP(2, 1/(COUNTIF($E$2:E2,$B$3:$B$10)=0), $B$3:$B$10)

Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to get the distinct values from list1. But to get the list from column C, we need to further modify the formula as:
=IFERROR(LOOKUP(2, 1/(COUNTIF($E$2:E2,$B$3:$B$10)=0), $B$3:$B$10), LOOKUP(2, 1/(COUNTIF($E$2:E2, $C$3:$C$10)=0), $C$3:$C$10))

So this is our final formula. Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter and drag the formula till we get the error message like this.

Finally this is our desired list of unique values from two columns.
So, friends this is How To Get Unique Values From Two Columns In Excel
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[IsaacMorris-wiwn]

Excellent!!!! I need to do this for about 30 columns

[smzia]

You have made a fan out of me. It was in issue that was unresolved for me for many many years.
Allah SubHanaho Ta'ala aapko emaan ki naimat aur duniya aur aakhirat ki tamam bhalaiyan naseeb farmaen. Allahumma Ameen

[sanjaysinhparmar]

how do i extract unique values in from all multiple(three or more) columns in excel?

[cheriostman]

If the data you are extracting is on a different sheet, does the "2" that you added as the criteria range for the lookup value change?

[SalmanAhmad-vqqr]

How to extract a list of only values common between two columns? For example, if Column A consist of values 1, 2, 3 and Column B consist of values 2, 3, 4. I want the resulting list to be 2, 3.

[avinash_gupta]

I always get a pop up about using the apostrophe as soon as I enter Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Somehow I am doing something wrong.

[krishnaacharya]

From Ctrl Shift Enter in the second time
I didn't get unique list from the required column
So at last my entire table got messed up

[clueple]

Thanks for the great video first.


How about the source columns are not adjacent to each other?
Like this


colA...colB...colC
va1... xyz...vc1
va1...xyz...vc2
va2...xyz...vc3
va2...xyz...vc3



where the 2 source columns are 'colA' and 'colC'



and the desired result to be:


unique_list
va1
va2
vc1
vc2
vc3


Many thanks.

[vchandrasekaran]

Thanks.. only issue i still have is that it is picking items from bottom and is it possible to lookup the values from top?

[arnoor]

Anyone can explain the algorithm behind it.

[pmonir]

Thank you sir.
How can I do for multi column??

[GopalSharma-jgyu]

Can we get the same details from 5 column as well

[husainkm]

It was returning zero after reading comments i came to know that the range doesn't work with blanks... Is that a way to make it work with blanks so i can giv a bigger range so it is easy to add items later on..

[mariobautista]

I need HELP! Why do I ge a zero on the first cell of my unique list???

[balajikrishnan]

What is the formula for this bro..?
Sheet3.dropdown=sheet 1.columA + sheet2.columnA

[RoughandTough_Traveller]

What if rows are 10 lakh....how to select

[haripriyan]

I am getting one single value in all cells.. can you please tell me a solution..?

[jitendrabarmase]

How do I get unique value in a list from more than 2 column...please advise sir...

[udayshankarm.r]

please can you explain what is logocell

[PraveenKumar-stzq]

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