Creating a new list and eliminate empty cells and cells with =“” from existing list

Question

I have the following Excel spreadsheet:

         A           B            C           D
1    Product A      500       Product A      500
2    Product B      300          


        

Answer 1

Please try:

=INDEX(A:A,SMALL(IF(LEN(A:A)=0,"",ROW(A:A)-MIN(ROW(A:A))+1),ROW(A1)))

in C1 copied across one column and the pair down to suit, with CSE entry.