From: T. Valko on
I know!

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Mike H" <MikeH(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A9A74438-F1F5-4A6F-A8BF-803FF2686EFA(a)microsoft.com...
> He's behind you
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> Mike
>
> When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
> introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
> question.
>
>
> "T. Valko" wrote:
>
>> One way...
>>
>> =SUMPRODUCT((A2:A20<>"")/COUNTIF(A2:A20,A2:A20&""))
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>> --
>> Biff
>> Microsoft Excel MVP
>>
>>
>> "Cassie" <Cassie(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B610A13C-FAF8-46EF-A63C-AAE88EEFB89F(a)microsoft.com...
>> > hi
>> > How do I count a list of names, some names appear more than once. I
>> > only
>> > want to count unique names.
>> > I use excel 2007
>> > Thanks
>> > Cassie
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>> .
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