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Is there a function or such thing in VBA to find distinct values in a range ?
Otherwise i guess I’ll just write a Sub using a Collection, but that sounds a little overkill. I am never a big fan of browsing cells in a range. That seems to get things slower.
The way I’ve done this in the past is to use a worksheet to manipulate the data using the in-built functionality of Excel (rather than VBA specifically).
Record a macro whilst selecting a list of values in a worksheet column, then use the Advanced Filter functionality to ‘Copy to Another Location’ whilst the ‘Unique records only’ checkbox is checked.
This will give you a unique list in the destination column, from which you can read the values in VBA and continue what you were doing.
Don’t forget to edit out the ‘fluff’ that recording a macro will inevitably write in for you.