2.2.3.49 wdeldup


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Menu Information

Worksheet: Remove/Combine Duplicated Rows

Brief Information

Remove or combine worksheet rows based on duplicates in the selected reference column(s)

Additional Information

Minimum Origin Version Required: 2020b

Command Line Usage

wdeldup irng:=col(a) sensitive:=1; wdeldup irng:=(1,2,3) keep1st:=removeAll tol:=1E-08 ow:=<new>;

X-Function Execution Options

Please refer to the page for additional option switches when accessing the x-function from script

Variables

Display
Name 		Variable
Name 		I/O
and
Type 		Default
Value 		Description
Reference Column irng

Input

Range

<active>
 Specify the column(s) which need to be deleted duplicated rows.

Please note, if you select multiple reference columns, only the rows with duplicated values in all selected columns will be deleted.

Merge Duplications by keep1st

Input

int

1
 Specify how to reduce worksheet with duplicated rows.

Option list:

  • removeAll{0}:Remove All
    Remove all duplicated rows including first duplicated row
  • keep1st{1}:Keep First Row
    Keep first duplicated row and remove all other duplicated rows
  • keepLast{2}:Keep Last Row
    Keep last duplicated row and remove all other duplicated rows
  • average{3}:Average
    Reduce other columns in worksheet by their average value according to the duplicated rows in Reference Column
  • min{4}:Min
    Reduce other columns in worksheet by the minimum value according to the duplicated rows in Reference Column
  • max{5}:Max
    Reduce other columns in worksheet by the maximum value according to the duplicated rows in Reference Column
  • sum{6}:Sum
    Reduce other columns in worksheet by their sum according to the duplicated rows in Reference Column
  • sd{7}:SD
    Reduce other columns in worksheet by their standard deviation according to the duplicated rows in Reference Column
Case Sensitive sensitive

Input

int

0
 Specify whether to be case sensitive in comparing two strings.
Duplication Tolerance tol

Input

double

1.0e-8
 Specify a tolerance value to treat close values as duplicates.
undo

Input

int

1
 Obsolete since Origin 2024b, use XF switch "-u" instead.
Output Worksheet ow

Output

Worksheet

<input>
 Specify the output worksheet.

See the syntax here.

Output Counts counts

Input

int

0
 Specify whether to count and output the number of duplicate rows.

Description

This X-Function can remove/combine duplicated rows in a worksheet. It can be accessed from menu, command window.

Examples

Example 1

Suppose a user has data as following and want to remove the duplicated strings in column A

A B
ABC 1
abc 2
ABC 3
def 4
ABC 5
abc 6
ABC 7
  1. Hightlight the 1st column and select Worksheet: Remove/Combine Duplicated Rows from menu to open the dialog. Select the Case Sensitive check box and Output Counts check box
  2. Click OK to delete the duplicated rows. The result should look like
A B Count
ABC 1 4
abc 2 2
def 4 1

Example 2

Wdeldup Example.png

Related X-Functions

Keywords:reduce, reduction