This tutorial explains how to count unique values in a column.
Sample Data
Formula
How Formula works
COUNTIF counts the number of times each value appears.
Then all the values are divided by 1 and SUMPRODUCT sums all the fraction values.
Count Unique Values (Ignoring Blank Cells)
Formula (Ignoring Blank cells)
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Sample Data
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| Sample Data |
=SUMPRODUCT(1/COUNTIF(B3:B15,B3:B15))Logic
The text "Jhonson" appears 3 times so the unique value would be equal to (1/3) + (1/3) + (1/3) = 1
How Formula works
COUNTIF counts the number of times each value appears.
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| COUNTIF Formula Evaluation |
Count Unique Values (Ignoring Blank Cells)
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| Data with Blank cells |
=SUMPRODUCT((B3:B15<>"")/COUNTIF(B3:B15,B3:B15&""))
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