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COUNTIF will do this for you.<br><a href="https://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/countif.php" rel="ugc">https://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/countif.php</a>
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COUNTIF will do this for you.
https://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/countif.php [https://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/countif.php]

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Ok... How? My understanding was countif only gives you the total. So they all would be the highest number.&nbsp;
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Ok... How? My understanding was countif only gives you the total. So they all would be the highest number. 

cansevin

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Column B is a list of number - representing Contact ID's. Some appear once, twice, three time or manybe even 4<br><br>In Column A, I want a 1 if it is the 1st time the number appears, a 2 if it is the 2nd time the number appears... and so on.<br><br>Is there a formula that will do this? Thank you!
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Column B is a list of number - representing Contact ID's. Some appear once, twice, three time or manybe even 4
In Column A, I want a 1 if it is the 1st time the number appears, a 2 if it is the 2nd time the number appears... and so on.
Is there a formula that will do this? Thank you!

Count How Many Times number appears

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