Excel: Concatenate Cells and Remove Duplicates

Question

how can I concatenate the Values in Cells B1:K1 to receive the string in A1. Empty cells should be omitted. Is this possible using Excel commands or only with vba?

Answer 1

If you have Office 365 Excel then you can use an Array form of TEXTJOIN:

=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,INDEX(1:1,,N(IF({1},MODE.MULT(IF((IFERROR(MATCH(B1:K1,B1:K1,0)=COLUMN(B1:K1)-MIN(COLUMN(B1:K1))+1,0))*(B1:K1<>""),COLUMN(B1:K1)*{1;1}))))))

Being an array it needs to be confirmed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter instead of Enter when exiting edit mode.

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If you do not have office 365 Excel you will need vba. This UDF will mimic the TEXTJOIN. Put it in a module attached to the workbook and use the formula as described above.

Function TEXTJOIN(delim As String, skipblank As Boolean, arr)
    Dim d As Long
    Dim c As Long
    Dim arr2()
    Dim t As Long, y As Long
    t = -1
    y = -1
    If TypeName(arr) = "Range" Then
        arr2 = arr.Value
    Else
        arr2 = arr
    End If
    On Error Resume Next
    t = UBound(arr2, 2)
    y = UBound(arr2, 1)
    On Error GoTo 0

    If t >= 0 And y >= 0 Then
        For c = LBound(arr2, 1) To UBound(arr2, 1)
            For d = LBound(arr2, 1) To UBound(arr2, 2)
                If arr2(c, d) <> "" Or Not skipblank Then
                    TEXTJOIN = TEXTJOIN & arr2(c, d) & delim
                End If
            Next d
        Next c
    Else
        For c = LBound(arr2) To UBound(arr2)
            If arr2(c) <> "" Or Not skipblank Then
                TEXTJOIN = TEXTJOIN & arr2(c) & delim
            End If
        Next c
    End If
    TEXTJOIN = Left(TEXTJOIN, Len(TEXTJOIN) - Len(delim))
End Function