The tutorial demonstrates a number of techniques to compare and match two or more columns in Excel with formulas, conditional formatting and the specialized wizard. Continue reading
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The tutorial demonstrates a number of techniques to compare and match two or more columns in Excel with formulas, conditional formatting and the specialized wizard. Continue reading
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Column1 Column2
Andy JOHNSON Andrew Johnson
How can I highlight the difference in letters in this two names with another color ?
Hi!
In Excel, you can only conditionally format an entire cell, not individual characters.
Hi,
Thank for the great article.
Every singel one of this formulas gives me an "There is a problem with this formula" error when copy/pasting them into Excel...what am I doing wrong?
Sorry, just found out. Your commas are semicolons on my Excel, no clue why, but took me a while to find out ;)
I have to compare four column in two sheets. Like
Sheet 1:
column G "DHKMTRTA138217, DHKMTRTA162534,......... and Column E "DHAKA METRO-TA-13-8217", "DHAKA METRO-16-2534",...........
Sheet 2:
Column A "DHKMTRTA138217", "DHKMTRTA162534",.........
I need a result in Column C of Sheet 2 "DHAKA METRO-TA-13-8217", "DHAKA METRO TA-16-2534",....... (Result need to pick from Sheet 1 column E)
Would you kind help me to get the result
Thank you
Jewel
Hi!
You can select the result with the VLOOKUP or INDEX+MATCH function.
I want that the values in Column B to Column Z gets highlighted as per the values entered in Column A. Two conditions for getting highlighted are 1.) When it is equal to or greater than the value of Column A
2.) When it is in between the range of 90% to 99.99% of the value of Column A.
Hi!
For each column from B to Z, create a conditional formatting rule. I recommend reading this guide: Excel Conditional Formatting tutorial with examples. Use the Highlight Cell Rules option or conditional formatting formula, ex. =A1 < B1
I have two sheets. The first has two columns A has company names and B has the product they purchase. some companies are listed several times because they purchase various products. In Sheet two I have Company names (listed once) in column A starting in row 2 and the across row 1 I have the unique products. I would like to have the unique companies and all of the products they purchase in one row. example (Sheet 2 A2=company Name, all products that the company buys (listed in row 1) are then marked with an X across row 2) Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Hello!
If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:
=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH($A$2&B1,Sheet1!A1:A100&Sheet1!B1:B100,0)),"X","")
You can learn more about MATCH function in Excel in this article on our blog.
Hi,
I wish to return a value of TRUE if all values in a series of Columns are present in another reference column.
i.e.
Reference Column
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
Column Checked1
A1
A5
A3
Return TRUE
Column Checked2
A1
B1
A3
Return FALSE
Hello!
To compare two ranges, use the MATCH function.
=SUM(--ISERROR(MATCH(B1:B3,A1:A5,0)))=0
I hope my advice will help you solve your task.
I'm trying to compare two columns cell by cell or row by row to find values that are much higher or much lower than the estimated value in one column is there a simple way to do this?
I not only want to know that there is a difference but how much the difference is can this be done with a formula also the values are labeled either E or G in a separate column is there a way to differentiate by these within the formula like IF "G" or something like that?
Hello!
If I understand correctly, you can calculate the percentage change in the second column number from the first.
Hi
I have data like this:
Foreign Name Mobile Phone Telephone 2 Telephone 1
38822 9873225232 9811991232 9811597655
38823 9871955755
38824 9818380011
38825 9810086774
38825 9987022284 8800596095 9810086774
38826 9811090878
38827 9312227934 9811126121 9811126121
38828 9312664028
38829 9811256883
38829 9811550006
Can you please help me to find all unique contacts from different columns for same Foreign Name.
Note there are duplicates Foreign Name as well as duplicate contact numbers in a sheet.
Waiting for the positive response....
Hello!
If you want to find unique numbers in several columns, I think this comment on our blog will help you.
Hi Sir,
I need your help, i want a formula of column A & B which match in cross pattern, eg- A2 moon has B2 Mercury & A4 Mercury has B4 Moon its Match,
below i have shown the condition. its like X pattern .
A B C
SUN JUPITER
MOON MERCURY match
MARS SUN
MERCURY MOON match
JUPITER VENUS
VENUS MARS
SATURN SATURN
Thanks
Hi!
Concatenate the values and use the two-column lookup using the MATCH function.
=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(B1&A1,$A$1:$A$7&$B$1:$B$7,0)),"match","")
I hope this will help.
I need a formula that will compare numbers in Column B on sheet 1 to numbers in column A in sheet 2 and if it finds a match return a value from column AD from sheet 2 to column A on sheet 1.
Hello!
The answer to your question can be found in this article: How to VLOOKUP across multiple sheets in Excel with examples.
Dear experts,
I am looking for a formula to match two column values.
Col 1 have 300,000 rows (contains numbers only)
Col 2 have 220,000 rows (contains numbers only)
I would like to compare first 800 column values with col2 (all the cell values) and print the matching values.
Repeat the same for every 800 values(second one starts from 801 to 1600) in col1 and compare with all the col 2 values and display the matching values.
Can we do this in one formula for every 800 values increments ?
Expected Results:
--------------------------
Matching values for first 800 values : List all the matching values
(increments of 800 every time)
Matching values for 801-1600 values : List all the matching values
please advise. Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Jane
Hello!
To get a list of duplicates from two columns try this formula -
=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,UNIQUE(IFERROR(INDEX(A1:A800,IFERROR(MATCH(B1:B800,A1:A800,0),"")),"")))
To concatenate all values into a string, use the TEXTJOIN function.
Hello there!
I have a sheet which contains code and product type as shown below.
Code P.T.
1.01 BCF
1.01 BCF
2.05 BCD
2.03 BCF
2.03 BCD
I want to check which individual code have two or more similar product types or set of some specific product types, how can I do that. Also, Thanks in Advance.
Hello!
Try to use the recommendations described in this guide: How to find duplicate rows in Excel.
I hope it’ll be helpful.
I have 30 days sheet. I just want to confirm if the same Name is repeated under the same cell like in J2. Is there any shortcut or formula to do the same?
I tried this but not working
='1'!J1='2'!J1='3'!J1='4'!J1='5'!J1='6'!J1='7'!J1='8'!J1='9'!J1='10'!J1='11'!J1='12'!J1='13'!J1='14'!J1='15'!J1='16'!J1='17'!J1='18'!J1='19'!J1='20'!J1='21'!J1='22'!J1='23'!J1='24'!J1='25'!J1='26'!J1='27'!J1='28'!J1='29'!J1='30'!J1='31'!J1
It's working with this.
=IF(AND('1'!J1='2'!J1,'3'!J1='4'!J1,'5'!J1='6'!J1,'7'!J1='8'!J1,'9'!J1='10'!J1,'11'!J1='12'!J1,'13'!J1='14'!J1,'15'!J1='16'!J1,'17'!J1='18'!J1,'19'!J1='20'!J1,'21'!J1='22'!J1,'23'!J1='24'!J1,'25'!J1='26'!J1,'27'!J1='28'!J1,'29'!J1='30'!J1,'30'!J1='31'!J1),"Match", "")
In my excel sheet, Column A is having names, Column B is having a Country name, Column C is having phone numbers, Column D is having a subject list and Column E is having status (Active or Inactive). How
Can I create data with name, country, and status?
I have to display the active students' names while I select the country.
eg. If I select 'India', active students in India have to be displayed.
Hello!
To show part of the data by condition, you can use an Excel filter.
You can also get the filtered data elsewhere in your worksheet using a formula. To do this, use the FILTER function, as described in this guide: Excel FILTER function - dynamic filtering with formulas.
I hope I answered your question. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.
I am trying to use the example under the section 'Compare two lists and highlight matches and differences' (Example 3. Highlight matches (duplicates) between 2 columns). Whilst i can get this to work okay, i was wondering if there was a way where if in list 1 there were 2 cells with the same value which match with a single cell in list 2, if it would be possible to only highlight one of the cells in list 1 rather than both, essentially leaving the other blank as it would not match any remaining numbers.
For Example:
List 1 List 2
10 10
10 20
30 30
In the above example I would want the first 10 in list 1 to match the 10 in list 2, and therefore highlight, leaving the second 10 in list 1 not highlighted. The 20 would not be highlighted of course, and the 30's would be highlighted as there is a straightforward match.
Hopefully you can assist!
Hello!
Here are conditional formatting formulas that will highlight only straightforwards matches in columns A and C.
=COUNTIF($C$2:$C$6, $A2)*(COUNTIF($A$2:A2, $A2) < = COUNTIF($C$2:$C$6, $A2))
=COUNTIF($A$2:$A$6, $C2)*(COUNTIF($C$2:C2, $C2) < = COUNTIF($A$2:$A$6, $C2))
I hope I answered your question.
Hi. I have three columns of numerical data. Start score. Projected score. End Score. I want to highlight the growth or deficiencies between the columns. What would the formula be for something like that?
Hi!
To calculate the increase or decrease in values between columns, use the guidelines in this article: How to subtract in Excel: formula for numbers, percentages, dates and times. I hope it’ll be helpful.
Hi,
I have two excel sheets: base stock values for parts, and how many parts are at a specific location. All parts have an assigned part number. Each sheet has three columns: part number(column a), description (column b), and a numeric value (column c). I need to compare the sheets based on part numbers and return the difference; how many of a part is needed to make base stock. Vlookup got me close, but the main issue is some parts have multiple part numbers and I'm not sure how to account for that. I need the parts with multiple part numbers to be grouped up and only return one value/difference for that group. Hope that makes sense. Have a slight feeling this has to be done in vba.
Thanks for the help
Hello!
To find the sum of a group of parts, you can use the SUMIF function. The formula might look like this:
=SUMIF(Sheet1!A2:A10,Sheet1!D1,Sheet1!C2:C10)-SUMIF(Sheet2!A2:A10,Sheet1!D1,Sheet2!C2:C10)
Sheet1!D1 - part group.
I hope my advice will help you solve your task.
I have 8 columns. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.
I have to find a match if Column A range value matches Column D range and Column B range value matches Column E value. e.g. A1...An = D1..Dn AND B1..Bn = E1..En then True else False.
Thanks,
Mohammad
Hi!
If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:
=IF((SUM(--(A1=D1:D10)) > 0)*(SUM(--(B1=E1:E10)) > 0),TRUE)
You can learn more about IF function with multiple conditions in Excel in this article on our blog.
Hi - thank you for the content.
If I have a column containing duplicates and another column containing duplicates and non-duplicates in relation to the first column (but different values) - how do I find entries in the second column that are not duplicated in relation to the first?
Example:
COL1
10491507PN
10504180PR
10600056PK
10637712PW (dup)
10637712PW (dup)
10847773PE
10862215PR
10895567PF
10931675P4
10958992PO
10968118P7 (dup)
10968118P7 (dup)
11383371PV
11392084PW
11650616PO
COL2
Comp
Comp
CompVV
HomeCon (matches dup)
HomeCon (matches dup)
Comp
Comp
Comp
Comp
Comp
TP (does not match dup)
Comp (does not match dup)
HomeCon
HomeCon
CompVV
So in the above example I am aware 10637712PW is a duplicate. I need to also be aware the Col 2 has same values against that duplicate, eg HomeCon.
I am also aware 10968118P7 is a duplicate and need to be aware that Col 2 has two different values against the duplicate, eg. TP and Comp.
Please help?
Hello!
You cannot solve your problem with a single formula. You can find duplicates in column A and then find duplicates in column B. You can also find duplicates in a row, that is, in columns A and B at the same time. Read all the necessary instructions in this article: How to find duplicates in Excel: identify, highlight, count, filter, and more.
I figured out a way to solve this. Add two more columns, and in these, assign a number to all values in your second column, e.g. Comp is 42100 , CompVV is 42200, HomeCon is 42300 etc. You have to have two columns, with the same number in each. And use high values.
Copy all the values from your original first column to a new sheet, remove duplicates, then with a COUNTIF formula count how many are there in your original first column of each. Then with a SUMIFS formula, sum the numbers in your first newly added column if they belong to a given value in your first original column. Then divide the result of these SUMIFS with the results of the COUNTIFS. Then lookup the numbers you get from this in your second added column. If they match, hooray, otherwise, there are different values assigned in your original second column to a value in your original first column.
Hope this makes sense. It was much easier to do it then to explain it.
This would be the end result using your values and my assigned numbers:
10491507PN 1 42100 42100 42100
10504180PR 1 42100 42100 42100
10600056PK 1 42200 42200 42200
10637712PW 2 84600 42300 42300
10847773PE 1 42100 42100 42100
10862215PR 1 42100 42100 42100
10895567PF 1 42100 42100 42100
10931675P4 1 42100 42100 42100
10958992PO 1 42100 42100 42100
10968118P7 2 84900 42450 #N/A
11383371PV 1 42600 42600 42600
11392084PW 1 42600 42600 42600
11650616PO 1 42200 42200 42200
if i have a value in A1 which i need to change to match value which is manually entered along the columns i.e if value is 10 and then 12 is entered into B1 i need A1 to match, and so on if 18 is entered into H1, A1 needs to change to 18
Hi!
I think that your task can only be done with the help of a VBA macro.
Hello,
I have a table with 50 columns and I want to create a new one who will display me if 2 or more values on the row are the same.
Ex:
No. C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 N
10 5 3 20 20 3 21 4
11 7 2 7 3 1 7 3
In my exemple N is the new column and it says to me that 4 ( C3 = C4 so 2 columns, C2 = C5 so another 2 columns, therefor 4 will be display) of the 6 column are matching with atleas one other column.
Thank you !
Hello!
You can find the examples and detailed instructions here: Count duplicates and unique values in a row.
=SUMPRODUCT((COUNTIF(A1:H1,A1:H1) > 1)*(A1:H1 < > ""))
I hope I answered your question.
Yes, you did.
But if I would want to have the duplicates shown how can I do it ?
Hi!
Here is the article that may be helpful to you: Highlight, select, clear, delete, copy or move duplicates
Hi,
I need to count number of Sunday's he worked by referring empid from one sheet to another sheet.
Information in sheet1 is emp I'd column and no. Of Sunday's to count in another column.
Information in sheet 2 is list of emp IDs and worked on all weekdays in days.
Hello!
Use the WEEKDAY function to determine the day of the week. To count the number of days with a specific weekday number, use the COUNTIF function.
Hi,
If I have older text in column A and newer text in column B for some Cells.
How do I merge both with a logic saying:
If there is no new text on column B, keep text of column A. If there is text on Column B, take text from column B.
Thank you
Hello!
To select a value by condition, use the IF function
=IF(B1="",A1,B1)
=IF(ISBLANK(B1),A1,B1)
Here is my example:
Column A Column B Column C
2 Yes 5
1 No
10 Yes 8
Is there a formula to state," If ColumnB=yes, then change ColumnA to ColumnC or if ColumnB=no, then do not change ColumnA
TIA
Hi!
If a cell contains some value, then you can change it either manually or using a VBA macro.
I have values in two different columns like below Example
A b
1 a
2 b
5 c
6
d
How to compare and get output in C column on the condition If A have values, I want value of A in column C, If A don't have value I want value of B in Colum C, If column A,B are Empty C should be Empty)
Expected output
A b C
1 a 1
2 b 2
5 c 5
6 6
d d
Hello!
I recommend using the IF function and using the recommendations from this article: Nested IF in Excel – formula with multiple conditions.
=IF(A1<>"",A1,IF(B1<>"",B1,""))
What formula can I compare two list in column A & B from sheet 1 & sheet 2 and find exact matches?
Hello!
You can find the examples and detailed instructions here: Compare two columns and remove duplicates in Excel
Hi
I want to compare A1 to range of columns C1-C15 and B1 to range of columns D1- D15. If both conditions meet then i should return true. Please provide a way to resolve this
Thanks
Preetha
Hello!
If in each cell of the range C1: C15 the same values should be written equal to A1 —
=IF(PRODUCT(--(C1:C15=A1))*PRODUCT(--(D1:D15=B1))>0,TRUE,"")
If this is not what you wanted, please describe the problem in more detail.
How to see the differences in two colums which have dates.. But the difference has to find with the dd only.
Eg: 20210501 20210601 with this data the dd part is matching
20210501 20210616 with this data dd part is not matching ( this is i need to find in a sheet)
Hello!
To determine if the last two digits match, use the formula
=RIGHT(A1,2)=RIGHT(B1,2)
You can use it in an IF formula or in conditional formatting.
I have 2 excel sheets with 2 columns :
Name of Item Values
Want to compare "Name of Item" of 2 excels , and if same, compare "Values" .
If values same , i want to create and populate with matching entries only.
Thanks a lot in advance for help.
Hello!
We have a tool that can solve your task in a couple of clicks. The Compare Tables tool allows you to compare columns in two tables and find duplicates.
It is available as a part of our Ultimate Suite for Excel that you can install in a trial mode.
hello
how to compare 2 columns and if they had the value we want, and count those matches?
like
A B
1 2
3 4
1 2
we want to count how many rows are there that A=1 AND B=2 ?
Hello!
The formula below will do the trick for you:
=COUNTIFS(A1:A11,1,B1:B11,2)
You can learn more about COUNTIFS function in Excel in this article on our blog.
Please ignore previous message. Consider this below message.
Hi Hello,
Table: 1
Beg Page End Page Pg Count Date Type Title
1 4 4 04/07/2021 06_Other Notice to Assessor
5 8 4 09/02/2020 03_Investigations Police Report
9 9 1 00/00/0000 07_Other Fax
10 11 2 02/26/2021 06_Other Legal Correspondence
12 18 7 02/26/2021 01_Forms Accident Benefits Form
19 19 1 02/26/2021 06_Other Authorzation
20 20 1 02/17/2021 01_Forms Caregiver Benefit Form
21 21 1 00/00/0000 03_Investigations Accident Report
22 22 1 01/21/2021 06_Other Correspondence
23 24 2 01/19/2021 01_Forms Activities Form
25 25 1 11/12/2020 06_Other Legal Correspondence
Table: 2
Beg Page End Page Pg Count Date Type Title
1 4 4 04/07/2021 06_Other Notice to Assessor
10 11 2 02/26/2021 06_Other Legal Correspodence
12 18 7 02/26/2021 06_Other Accident Benefits Form
19 19 1 02/26/2021 06_Other Authorization
20 20 1 02/17/2021 01_Forms Authorization
21 21 1 00/00/0000 03_Investigations Accident Report
22 22 1 01/21/2021 06_Other Legal Correspondence
23 24 2 01/19/2021 01_Forms Activities Form
25 25 1 12/11/2020 03_Investigations Legal Correspondence
Sir, How to compare Table1 vs Table2 as a result of missing sequence, date differences, type differences & Title differences?
Hello!
Here is the article that may be helpful to you: How to compare two Excel files or sheets for differences.
Hello all,
thank you for this really helpful, have one question though.
I need to compare two files with over 60k rows and columns from A to BD where only certain information was changed and the new file does not contain all rows as the original one. That means first vlookup and than match :/ is it somehow possible?
Thank you for your help...
Hello!
It is impossible to solve this problem with the help of formulas. I recommend using the tool Compare Tables or Compare Two Sheets. It is available as a part of our Ultimate Suite for Excel that you can install in a trial mode and check how it works for free.
Hello Alexander,
Thank you so much for your reply and suggestions.
Have a great day.
I have 2 columns. Column 1 has Name and surname and column 2 has full name with the surname. which formula would I use to see which names don't match?
Eg
Column 1 Column 2
John Smith John William Smith
Halley White Halley Brown
Hello!
Please try the following formula:
=IF(COUNTIF(B2,"*"&SUBSTITUTE(A2," ","*")&"*")>0,"Match","Not match")
I hope my advice will help you solve your task.
Good morning,
So first of all, thank you for this post. It helped me with most of what I need. I am missing one example which applies to my case. I am trying to see whether there are any matches in 5 columns where the value I am looking for is "Y". If "Y" is present in more than one of these columns, I want it to return as "Yes" and if not then "No". This is the formula I used: =IF(COUNTIF(J27:M27,I27)+COUNTIF(K27:M27,J27)+COUNTIF(L27:M27,K27)+(L27=M27)="Y","Yes","No")
I am missing one small parameter though. I need to include the logic to that formula where H27 must also have a "N" value.....so it's all of the original formula AND H27 must also have a value of "N". Hopefully, I am making my question clear enough. It's looking for matches in columns I-M while having column H="N".
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Hello!
Add an AND condition to your formula.
=IF(AND(H27="N",COUNTIF(J27:M27,I27)+COUNTIF(K27:M27,J27)+COUNTIF(L27:M27,K27)+(L27=M27)=”Y”),”Yes”,”No”)
Please have a look at this article — IF AND in Excel: nested formula, multiple statements, and more
Hi ,
I am looking for a way to compare two columns of data where in the data is latitude and logitudes. The latitudes are in 9 char (alpha numeric) like N90 80 01 01 and Logitude is 10 char(alpha numeric) lik E111 54 50 89. I want to compare two cells of latitude or longitude to find whether the first 7 char of Latitude and first 8 chars of the longitude are matching. In other words i want to compare only the string of first 7 chars or first 8 chars in two columns.
The examples dont talk about string match or am i missing something. Need help on this.
Hello!
To compare two columns for matches or differences in the same row use formula:
=IF(LEFT(A2,7)=Left(B2,7),"Match","No match")
To compare two columns in Excel for matches and differences —
=IF(COUNTIF(B1:B10,LEFT(A1,7)&"*")>0,"Match","Not match")
I hope my advice will help you solve your task.
Hi...
May I know how to highlight whole row if Column B consists of "Apple" and Column C have the same items. Example below: I wish to highlight whole row of 01, 02, 03, 07, 08 & 09 as they have "Apple" and same item number. Thanks a lot
01 Orange 123-789
02 Pineapple 123-789
03 Apple 123-789
04 Grape 123-456
05 Kiwi 123-456
06 Orange 123-456
07 Kiwi 123-968
08 Pineapple 123-968
09 Apple 123-968
Hello!
If I understand your task correctly, the following conditional formatting formula should work for you:
=COUNTIFS($B$1:$B$10,$B1,$A$1:$A$10,$F$1) > 0
I hope my advice will help you solve your task.
Hi,
I want to make a sheet like pre-populated with answers.
For examples;
Each row has 5 columns (question number, option A, B, C, D), like below:
Question # 1, has 4 options to pick - A, B, C or D. The correct answer is D.
Question # 2, has 4 options to pick - A, B, C or D. The correct answer is B
Question # 3, has 4 options to pick - A, B, C or D. The correct answer is A.
Next, I want to run my answer through the same sheet without looking
at the pre-populated answers.
My answer like I pick:
Question # 1, has 4 options to pick - A, B, C or D. My picked answer is A.
Question # 2, has 4 options to pick - A, B, C or D. My picked answer is B.
Question # 3, has 4 options to pick - A, B, C or D. My picked answer is C.
At the end, I click on a button or macro, and show me nothing but saying
either you passed (if the given answers are matching with pre-populated
answers - 100%) or failed (showing % scored, i.e. 33.33% in the above case).
Any help?
Thanks
I think, I made too complicated in my question. Just realized after posting, it can be much simplified.
Each row has 3 columns (question number, pre-populated answer and my answer), like below:
Question # 1, D, A
Question # 2, B, B
Question # 3, A, C
At the end, I click on a button or macro, and show me nothing but saying either you passed (if the given answers are matching with pre-populated answers - 100%) or failed (showing % scored, i.e. 33.33% in the above case). Thanks!
Almost there... with the exception of one thing :)
Question # Correct Answer My Answer Result Marking
1 A B FALSE 0
2 C C TRUE 5
3 C D FALSE 0
Somehow, when I do sum on the last column, shows always 0 not 5. I have made last column as properties of it as number. It does not add and treating still somehow like: =IF(C3=B3, "5", "0") instead of its value like 0 or 5. This is where I am stuck now. Any help?
Hello,
Trying to see if it's possible to compare data in list 1 against data in list 2 and output the values that don't match in list 1 in another column.
List 1 (these values are in a single cell, just separated by carriage returns)
CN
SA
NS
RO
List 2 (single value in each row)
CN
NE
NP
RO
Ideally, I'd like to have the formula in an adjacent column to list 1 and output the values that don't match up to any in list 2 that resides in a different sheet. In my example above, I would expect to see 'SA' and 'NS' as the output from the formula. Not sure if there is a function that can look through data as it's formatted in list 1.
Hello!
Please check out this article to learn how to get a list of unique and distinct values in Excel.
I'd recommend you to have a look at our Duplicate Remover tool that can help you to get unique values.
It is available as a part of our Ultimate Suite for Excel that you can install in a trial mode and check how it works for free.
Hi, is it possible to do the one under "How to compare two columns in Excel for matches and differences" but for many columns instead of just comparing one column to a second column?
Thanks
Hello!
Please check out the following article on our blog, it’ll be sure to help you with your task: Excel unique values: how to find, filter, select and highlight
Hope this is what you need.
how can i compare two lists having some spelling mismatch
example
column A column B
Jemal Mohammed JAMAL MUHAMED
Donald trump DANNALD TRAMP
Hello!
What result do you want after comparison?
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Hi, I need help to compare full years outstanding amount with the pre-set credit limit and find out the consecutive month which the outstanding amount had exceeded the credit limit. For example, we had set the credit limit for customer ABC for 5,050. I need to compare with the 12 months outstanding amount and find out 3 consecutive months which the outstanding amount is exceeded 5,050, thanks in advance.
Hello!
I don't have your table, so I cannot recommend any formula for you. I think you should pay attention to how the running total is calculated for the outstanding amount.
hello, thank you for this intuitive guide, but I hve a bootstrap samples of random numbers (1 through 5) generated using randbetween formula with 5 rows and 6000 columns, but I want to know how I can highlight the repeating columns in the 6000 columns using conditional format.
I will be glad to hear from you.
Thank you
Hello Collin!
I think this article on conditional formatting of duplicates will be useful to you.
Hi
What if there two cells with multiple text words within each separated by commas and I want to compare and highlight which of the words in thee two cells are a match or are different?
Hello!
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Hi.
I was just wondering...
What formula should use to reconcile two columns of mixed invoice numbers in order to confirm their existence to both of columns.
2. after the reconciliation to find their differences on their amounts which is the next column of each invoice. See below. Thank you
A1232323 € 50.00 A1232323 € 50.00
A1232324 € 55.00 A1232332 € 60.00
A1232325 € 56.00 A1232333 € 65.00
A1232326 € 57.00 A1232326 € 57.00
Hello!
How to compare two columns is described in detail in the manual above. If you have a problem, please specify which formula you mean and describe the problem in more detail. Thank you.
Dear Alexander thank you for the response.
I tried to read the article but still not find any formula matched.
I will try to be more specific.
Imagine that i am the company A and my creditor is company B.
I have to reconcile the invoices has sent me until now if i had them too in my records.
This is the first formula that i need to find from the two columns the same invoices and colour them.
The second formula which that is the most important is to find the same invoices from the columns which are mixed and try to find if are they have any differences in their amounts and show me the difference if any.
See the below example:
Company A Amount Company B Amount Formula Formula
ABC353536 € 56.00 ABC353538 € 65.00 ABC353536 € -
ABC353537 € 58.00 ABC353536 € 56.00 ABC353537 -€ 2.00
ABC353538 € 65.00 ABC353537 € 60.00 ABC353538 € -
ABC353539 € 70.00 ABC353540 € 78.00 ABC353539 -€ 8.00
ABC353539 € 75.00
As you can see i am missing the invoice ABC353540 this one will be not coloured
Also the invoices that they matched they are also been calculated if they have difference on their amount.
Hello George!
Use the condition formula to select the same accounts using conditional formatting
=NOT(ISERROR(MATCH(A2,$C$2:$C$15,0)))
To select the same accounts with the same amounts, use the formula
=NOT(ISERROR(MATCH(A2&B2,$C$2:$C$15&$D$2:$D$15,0)))
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That's amazing!! I am very happy for using it. This is very helpful.
One more thing. Could the second formula show the difference on amount instead of TRUE or False?
Dear Alexander
Thank you very much for your time.
I will try it and give you the feedback :)
Hi,
I'd like to identify the current month is within a start and end date range. So for example I have a start Month of May and and end month of July. I'd like the formula to identify that the current month is within the range and return a yes.
Thank you
Hello Michael!
If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:
=IF(AND(MONTH(TODAY())>=MONTH(A1), MONTH(TODAY())<=MONTH(B1)),TRUE,FALSE)
I hope it’ll be helpful.
hope this also helps from a visual point of view
Start Date || Due Date || Effort || Status || Priority || May || June || etc
April || July. || H || Active.|| P1. || yes|| yes || etc
Hi I have a slightly different query.
Column A Column B
1 1
0 0
1 0
1 1
1 0
I want to count all those rows which have 1 in both columns. The output should be 2. Kinldy help me in putting the formula.
Hello!
If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task
=SUM((A:A=1)*(B:B=1))
I hope this will help
Hello,
I have 2 excel with more than 500 row in both excel (peoples name)
Since full names of peoples are not exactly same in both excel but for some name first name is matching and for some name, middle and last name is matching.
so what formula can we use to find matching word between these 2 excel.
thanks.
Hello Shiv!
Please describe your problem in more detail. Write an example of the source data and the result you want to get. It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you. Thank you.
did you get a reply
Hi,
I have 2 columns: Column C - having all my dates when my customers require delivery and Column E – having all my dates when I will be finished. I want my dates in Column E to be GREEN if it is less than Column C and RED if it is greater than Column C. Can you assist with a formula or show me how, I’ve tried through conditional formatting and struggling, please assist.
Hello Cherry-Lee!
You need to use conditional formatting. I recommend to study this article on our blog.
Hello there,
I have 30 questions (from Row 2 to 31 and Row 1 is header row). Column A is for question number, Column B is for correct answer, Column C is student 1 answer, Column D is student 2 answer and so on..
I just want total correct answers for each student in row 32. I dont know if we can do anything with countif or sumif.. but what i did was, I added 1 column in the right for each student and then i put a simple formula if his/her answer matches with column B then 1 else 0, and the summing up in row 32.. is there any way to avoid those extra columns?
Hello!
Use formula =SUM(--(B2:B31=C2:C31))
Never mind.. i got my answer.. using sumproduct..
Hi there,
I need help, bellow here is the scenario.
Column A = Client names
Column B = Manager name
Column C = Sign off date
Identify any records where “Client Name” paired with “Manager name” has answer to “Sign off date” with dates that are not equal.
Hello!
I propose to select the necessary entries using conditional formatting. Read about it on our blog here.