# How to check the previous cell\['s element\] of a repeating group or check for duplicate text among cells

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**Category:** App Organization\
**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-check-the-previous-cell-s-element-of-a-repeating-group-or-check-for-duplicate-text-among-cells/165405 "2021-08-19T18:07:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-check-the-previous-cell-s-element-of-a-repeating-group-or-check-for-duplicate-text-among-cells/165405/5 "2021-08-20T16:19:55Z")

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Thanks so much to all of you!  
I started off with @Nocodify’s suggestion with the nested repeating groups but ended up using @gf_wolfer’s method which was a bit simpler and worked great. I also ended up doing something similar to what you said, @jared.gibb, but instead of +1 day as a maximum (because I’m having the repeated group span over a whole week using [this day of the week plugin](http://forum.bubble.io/t/new-1-thing-plugin-day-of-week-free/86207)) I used the last day of the week but changed the hour to 23, minutes to 59, and seconds to 59.  
Again, thanks to all of you for you help on this!

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