Question

I have done this without much effort on T-SQL, but I want to implement the same on Excel VBA. How to achieve this? I have a field on my sheet called “Stops” which pertains to the Stops that a truck makes while delivering its order. I want to count the total number of stops. 1 stop can have multiple orders to be delivered. The data on the stops column is something like:

Order#  Stops
1527305 1
1527305 1
1529418 2
1529418 2
1527299 3
1527299 3
1528894 5
1528894 5
1529529 6
1529529 6
1529518 7
1529518 7
1527522 8
1527522 8

So, the final count should be just 7 unique stops. The current code looks at the last row and takes it as the total stops (which is wrong). The code that I have right now is as follows:

    ActiveCell.Offset(0, 7).Select  ' H = stop number
    Selection.Value = curStop 'sets stop number
        If Selection.Value = 0 Then
            ActiveCell.Offset(-1, 0).Select
            curStop = ActiveCell.Value
            ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
            Selection.Value = curStop
        End If

I have done something on T-SQL with one line of code, but dont know how to do this on Excel. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!!

Answer 1

You can also try

=SUM(IF($B$2:$B$15,1/COUNTIF($B$2:$B$15,$B$2:$B$15)))

as an array formula solution, assuming your data is in B2:B15. Array formulae are, of course, entered with a Ctrl + Shift + Enter, rather than an enter, so maybe your solution is slightly better 🙂

Also shouldn’t your question say the answer is 7 stops, and not 5???