Alternative to UNIQUE() function in Excel - Excel Tips and Tricks

Learn about alternative to UNIQUE() function in Excel.
This is predominately useful to user of older Excel version. Or how do I use unique function in Excel 2010? Or if you are looking for answers on how do I enable unique in Excel 2016? Or is unique function available in Excel 2013?

To utilize the unique function in Excel 2010, you can navigate to the "Formulas" tab, select "More Functions," and choose "Statistical." In Excel 2016, enabling the unique function requires you to have Office 365 subscription or Excel 2019. However, in Excel 2007, the unique function is not available. An alternative to the unique function in Excel is to use array formulas combined with the INDEX, MATCH, and COUNTIF functions. The unique function was not initially available in Excel 2013, but it can be added through the "Get & Transform" group under the "Data" tab by selecting "From Table/Range" and then "Remove Duplicates." This functionality allows users to obtain distinct values from a range or column easily.

Here is the formula featured in my video

=IFERROR(INDEX($A$6:$A$44, MATCH(0, COUNTIF($H$5:H5, $A$6:$A$44), 0)), "")

1) IFERROR: This function checks whether a formula results in an error. If it does, it returns a specified value; otherwise, it returns the result of the formula.
2) COUNTIF($H$5:H5, $A$6:$A$44): This part counts how many times each value in the range $A$6:$A$44 appears in the range $H$5:H5. The result is an array of counts.
3) MATCH(0, ..., 0): This finds the position of the first occurrence of 0 in the array returned by COUNTIF. It's looking for values in $A$6:$A$44 that haven't appeared in $H$5:H5 yet.
4) INDEX($A$6:$A$44, ...): This returns the value from the range $A$6:$A$44 at the position found by the MATCH function. Essentially, it's finding the first value in $A$6:$A$44 that hasn't appeared in $H$5:H5.

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