One of the common problems with huge data is “Duplicates” and the bigger problem is to identify and remove these duplicates.
In this article, we will be sharing 4 ways to delete duplicate records from your data.
In the first method, let’s make use of Excel’s inbuilt functionality of removing duplicates.
Note: If your data has extra spaces at the end of the value (for example ‘Friedrick’ and ‘Friedrick’ then Excel may not be able to detect those duplicates. In this method, we will use VBA code to call the Remove Duplicates function and delete the duplicate records
Following is the VBA Syntax and sample VBA macro command to delete duplicate rows from the worksheet using VBA. We are using the Remove Duplicates method of the Cells object of the worksheet.
Cells.RemoveDuplicates Columns:=Array(
[Column Numbers])
Here Cells.Remove Duplicates command tells excel to remove the duplicated based on the specified list of column array. Columns:=Array([Column Numbers]) will help us to specify the list of columns to combine and treat it as a duplicate record.
Sub sbRemoveDuplicates() Cells.RemoveDuplicates Columns:=Array(1) End Sub
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