Get distinct values for a string in a cell [closed] - excel

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I have a spreadsheet that looks like that:
I want to get the distinct sections, in fact the distinct first string from the section colume. I tried advanced filters however, this only gives me the whole string. Is there a excel formula to check the columes just for the first string?(Like here: bla, blub, bla1, bla2, blue)
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In Excel, add a new column with:
=LEFT(B2,FIND(" ",B2))
that will give you the list of first words; after that you can use filters.

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I add headers and footers to my Excel file. Rename the file to zip format and pull out the first sheet(xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml), then I see this line <oddHeader>&C&"Britannic Bold,bold italics"&U&KFF0000"mytext"</oddHeader>
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Can someone assist me on how can I get data from a table in Excel 2013?
I have a table named Personal:
and I want to have a control in a cell like this:
(I do not know how to add this control in a cell)
So I can select data from the table:
I googled a lot before asking here, and couldn't find how to do it.
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Need to remove arrow symbols from excel data [closed]

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I was given some data in excel and it looks like this:
Maps ix↵About the Author↵x↵Preface↵xi↵Ancillary
I need to remove these little arrows and replace them with a single white space. How would I do that?
Thank you.
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I need to get the last described cell with in a row with code. So if I'm positioned in A14 and my last described cell A4 contains Hello I want that A14 also contains Hello. I wont care about B4 and so on. If I'm positioned in B13 I just care about the B-Row and so on. Unfortunately I have no idea of VBA so I prefer a non-VBA solution.
You can use something like that perhaps:
=LOOKUP("zzz",A1:A13)
Or using MATCH():
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Or using VLOOKUP():
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What is the difference between = and =+ in Excel [closed]

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I am beginner in Excel. I have a workbook in which the formula column is defined as
=+TEXT($A36,"mmm"), but even if I give =Text($A36,"mmm")
it is returning the Month.
What is the difference in using =+ and + in Excel?
Will it changes the functionality in any ways?
This is simply a legacy way of doing it. From Lotus 123 I believe. It makes absolutely no difference to the functionality.
There is no difference. It's the exact same thing.
It comes from an old syntax used in Lotus

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