[mso] Check for repeating combinations?

  • From: Robert Carneal <bookofficeworker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:21:58 -0600

I have an Excel file that has one of eight colors in column B, one of eight 
colors in column C and one of eight colors in column D. Column A is a 
serialized column containing numbers (1, 2, 3, ...).
Is there an easy way to see if two rows (or more) have the same combination 
of colors?
Example:
1__Light Green__Purple____Light Green
2__Black_______Lavender__Yellow
3__Purple______White_____Green
4__Light Green__Purple____Light Green
and so on....

Rows 1 and 4 are the same. Can I mark them as "Duplicate" in Column E somehow?

There are about 3,340 rows of this. I could even go to ten colors later if 
need be, but I'd rather not. There doesn't seem to be a repeat, but common 
sense tells me there is.

Thank you.

Robert 

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