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* EXCEL:  
* EXCEL:  
** one column data: [http://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/1499-count-duplicate-values-in-column.html How to count duplicate values in a column in Excel?] Using {{kbd | key = COUNTIF(range, criteria)}} {{access | date = 2015-08-25}}
** one column data: [http://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/1499-count-duplicate-values-in-column.html How to count duplicate values in a column in Excel?] Using {{kbd | key = COUNTIF(range, criteria)}} {{access | date = 2015-08-25}}
** two columns data: [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/213367 How to compare data in two columns to find duplicates in Excel] {{access | date = 2015-06-16}}
** two columns data: [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/213367 How to compare data in two columns to find duplicates in Excel] {{access | date = 2015-06-16}} {{exclaim}} It may costs too much time (larger than one hour) if the number of records exceeds 1,000,000
* PHP: [http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-unique.php PHP: array_unique], [http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-intersect.php PHP: array_intersect]
* PHP: [http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-unique.php PHP: array_unique], [http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-intersect.php PHP: array_intersect]
* MySQL:  
* MySQL:  
** [http://www.mysqltutorial.org/mysql-distinct.aspx MySQL DISTINCT - Eliminate Duplicate Rows in a Result Set]. Using {{kbd | key =GROUP_CONCAT}} to handle the multiple columns<ref>[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12188027/mysql-select-distinct-multiple-columns sql - MySQL SELECT DISTINCT multiple columns - Stack Overflow]</ref>
** [http://www.mysqltutorial.org/mysql-distinct.aspx MySQL DISTINCT - Eliminate Duplicate Rows in a Result Set]. Using {{kbd | key =GROUP_CONCAT}} to handle the multiple columns<ref>[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12188027/mysql-select-distinct-multiple-columns sql - MySQL SELECT DISTINCT multiple columns - Stack Overflow]</ref>
** [http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_unique.asp SQL UNIQUE Constraint] "Note that you can have many UNIQUE constraints per table, but only one PRIMARY KEY constraint per table." Quoted from w3schools webpage.
** [http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_unique.asp SQL UNIQUE Constraint] "Note that you can have many UNIQUE constraints per table, but only one PRIMARY KEY constraint per table." Quoted from w3schools webpage.
=== counting number of duplicate occurrence ===
* MySQL: find the number of duplicate occurrence between list_a & list_b which using the same primary key: column name {{kbd | key = id}}
** {{kbd | key = SELECT count(DISTINCT(`id`)) FROM `list_a` WHERE `id` IN (SELECT count(DISTINCT(`id`)) FROM `list_b`) ; }}
* Excel: [http://superuser.com/questions/307837/how-to-count-number-of-repeat-occurrences microsoft excel - How to count number of repeat occurrences - Super User] ''un-tested''


== outlier ==
== outlier ==

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