Sort names and birth dates

[orange]

I have a spread sheets with a couple of thousand names and birth dates. I am
wanting to locate the duplicate name and birth date and put these in another
column.
Any suggestions?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Both the name and birthdate have to be duplicated???

If yes...

I would insert a new column and concatenate the name and birthdate.

=a1&"...."&text(b1,"yyyy-mm-dd")

Then use the techniques at Chip Pearson's site:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/Duplicates.aspx

 

[orange]

Hi Dave,
I am actually needing to identify the duplicate names with their duplicate
birthdates.
Any suggestions? thanks

 

[Dave Peterson]

I guess I don't understand what you're looking for.

Maybe a bigger explanation or some sample (plain text) data with the results
you'd like to see would help.

Or maybe someone who understands the question will jump in.

 

[orange]

Hopefully this example works:
I have a spread sheet with two columns:

Column A Column B
John Anderson 09/03/08
Dave Anderson 08/09/08
John Anderson 07/03/08
Marsha Anderson 06/08/08
Dave Anderson 08/09/08

I am looking for a way to extract the duplicate names that have the same
birth date
i.e. Dave Anderson 08/09/08

Is this something that can be done?
thanks for your help!

 

[Dave Peterson]

I think the first suggestion and one of Chip's techniques will work.

Did you try it?

Or if you want to extract to a different area, then using the concatenated cell
and advanced filter with unique records should work.

See Debra Dalgleish's site:
http://contextures.com/xladvfilter01.html#FilterUR

Hopefully this example works:
I have a spread sheet with two columns:

Column A Column B
John Anderson 09/03/08
Dave Anderson 08/09/08
John Anderson 07/03/08
Marsha Anderson 06/08/08
Dave Anderson 08/09/08

I am looking for a way to extract the duplicate names that have the same
birth date
i.e. Dave Anderson 08/09/08

Is this something that can be done?
thanks for your help!

 

[orange]

Hi Dave,
Thank you soooooo much for your advice. I am now able to identify what I
was looking for.
Again, thank you!

 

[Dave Peterson]

Glad you got it working.

Hi Dave,
Thank you soooooo much for your advice. I am now able to identify what I
was looking for.
Again, thank you!