Highlighting duplicate column-pair and counting the rows Excel
- by pleasehelpme
Given the data below, the column-pair with the same values for at least 4 consecutive rows should be highlighted.
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2 2
3 4
3 4
3 4
3 4
2 3
1 2
2 2
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
2 3
2 3
2 3
2 3
2 2
3 4
3 4
3 4
3 4
3 4
The output should be something like this, where the column-pair values that are the same for at least 4 consecutive rows are highlighted.
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2 2
3 4
3 4
3 4
3 4
2 3
1 2
2 2
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
2 3
2 3
2 3
2 3
2 2
3 4
3 4
3 4
3 4
3 4
Then, I need to know the number of instances of the N-consecutive equal column-pair. Considering the data above, N=4 should be 3 and N=5 should be 1, where N is the number of rows that the column-pair is consecutively equal.
