How to compare two columns in Excel for matches and differences
Comparing columns in Excel is something that we all do once in a while. Microsoft Excel offers a number of options to compare and match data, but most of them focus on searching in one column. In this tutorial, we will explore several techniques to compare two columns in Excel and find matches and differences between them.
How to compare 2 columns in Excel row-by-row
When you do data analysis in Excel, one of the most frequent tasks is comparing data in each individual row. This task can be done by using the IF function, as demonstrated in the following examples.
Example 1. Compare two columns for matches or differences in the same row
To compare two columns in Excel row-by-row, write a usual IF formula that compares the first two cells. Enter the formula in some other column in the same row, and then copy it down to other cells by dragging the fill handle (a small square in the bottom-right corner of the selected cell). As you do this, the cursor changes to the plus sign:
Formula for matches
To find cells within the same row having the same content, A2 and B2 in this example, the formula is as follows:
=IF(A2=B2,"Match","")
Formula for differences
To find cells in the same row with different content, simply replace "=" with the non-equality sign:
=IF(A2<>B2,"No match","")
Matches and differences
And of course, nothing prevents you from finding both matches and differences with a single formula:
=IF(A2=B2,"Match","No match")
Or
=IF(A2<>B2,"No match","Match")
The result may look similar to this:
As you see, the formula handles numbers, dates, times and text strings equally well.
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Example 2. Compare two lists for case-sensitive matches in the same row
As you have probably noticed, the formulas from the previous example ignore case when comparing text values, as in row 10 in the screenshot above. If you want to find case-sensitive matches between 2 columns in each row, then use the EXACT function:
=IF(EXACT(A2, B2), "Match", "")
To find case-sensitive differences in the same row, enter the corresponding text ("Unique" in this example) in the 3rd argument of the IF function, e.g.:
=IF(EXACT(A2, B2), "Match", "Unique")
Compare multiple columns for matches in the same row
In your Excel worksheets, multiple columns can be compared based on the following criteria:
- Find rows with the same values in all columns (Example 1)
- Find rows with the same values in any 2 columns (Example 2)
Example 1. Find matches in all cells within the same row
If your table has three or more columns and you want to find rows that have the same values in all cells, an IF formula with an AND statement will work a treat:
=IF(AND(A2=B2, A2=C2), "Full match", "")
If your table has a lot of columns, a more elegant solution would be using the COUNTIF function:
=IF(COUNTIF($A2:$E2, $A2)=5, "Full match", "")
Where 5 is the number of columns you are comparing.
Example 2. Find matches in any two cells in the same row
If you are looking for a way to compare columns for any two or more cells with the same values within the same row, use an IF formula with an OR statement:
=IF(OR(A2=B2, B2=C2, A2=C2), "Match", "")
In case there are many columns to compare, your OR statement may grow too big in size. In this case, a better solution would be adding up several COUNTIF functions. The first COUNTIF counts how many columns have the same value as in the 1st column, the second COUNTIF counts how many of the remaining columns are equal to the 2nd column, and so on. If the count is 0, the formula returns "Unique", "Match" otherwise. For example:
=IF(COUNTIF(B2:D2,A2)+COUNTIF(C2:D2,B2)+(C2=D2)=0,"Unique","Match")
How to compare two columns in Excel for matches and differences
Suppose you have 2 lists of data in Excel, and you want to find all values (numbers, dates or text strings) which are in column A but not in column B.
For this, you can embed the COUNTIF($B:$B, $A2)=0 function in IF's logical test and check if it returns zero (no match is found) or any other number (at least 1 match is found).
For instance, the following IF/COUNTIF formula searches across the entire column B for the value in cell A2. If no match is found, the formula returns "No match in B", an empty string otherwise:
=IF(COUNTIF($B:$B, $A2)=0, "No match in B", "")
The same result can be achieved by using an IF formula with the embedded ISERROR and MATCH functions:
=IF(ISERROR(MATCH($A2,$B$2:$B$10,0)),"No match in B","")
Or, by using the following array formula (remember to press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to enter it correctly):
=IF(SUM(--($B$2:$B$10=$A2))=0, " No match in B", "")
If you want a single formula to identify both matches (duplicates) and differences (unique values), put some text for matches in the empty double quotes ("") in any of the above formulas. For example:
=IF(COUNTIF($B:$B, $A2)=0, "No match in B", "Match in B")
How to compare two lists in Excel and pull matching data
Sometimes you may need not only match two columns in two different tables, but also pull matching entries from the second table. Microsoft Excel provides a special function for such purposes - the VLOOKUP function. As an alternative, you can use more powerful and versatile INDEX & MATCH formulas.
For example, the following formula compares the product names in columns D and A and if a match is found, a corresponding sales figure is pulled from column B. If no match is found, the #N/A error is returned.
=INDEX($B$2:$B$6,MATCH($D2,$A$2:$A$6,0))
For the detailed explanation of the formula's syntax and more formula examples, please check out the following tutorial: INDEX & MATCH in Excel - a better alternative to VLOOKUP.
If you don't feel very comfortable with this formula, then you may want to try the Merge Tables wizard - a fast and intuitive solution that can compare and match 2 tables by any column(s).
Compare two lists and highlight matches and differences
When you compare columns in Excel, you may want to "visualize" the items that are present in one column but missing in the other. You can shade such cells in any color of your choosing by using the Excel Conditional Formatting feature and the following examples demonstrate the detailed steps.
Example 1. Highlight matches and differences in each row
To compare two columns and Excel and highlight cells in column A that have identical entries in column B in the same row, do the following:
- Select the cells you want to highlight (you can select cells within one column or in several columns if you want to highlight entire rows).
- Click Conditional formatting > New Rule… > Use a formula to determine which cells to format.
- Create a rule with a simple formula like
=$B2=$A2(assuming that row 2 is the first row with data, not including the column header). Please double check that you use a relative row reference (without the $ sign) like in the formula above.
To highlight differences between column A and B, create a rule with the formula =$B2<>$A2
If you are new to Excel conditional formatting, please see How to create a formula-based conditional formatting rule for step-by-step instructions.
Example 2. Highlight unique entries in each list
Whenever you are comparing two lists in Excel, there are 3 item types that you can highlight:
- Items that are only in the 1st list (unique)
- Items that are only in the 2nd list (unique)
- Items that are in both lists (duplicates) - demonstrated in the next example.
This example demonstrates how to highlight items that are in one list only.
Supposing your List 1 is in column A (A2:A6) and List 2 in column C (C2:C5). You create the conditional formatting rules with the following formulas:
Highlight unique values in List 1 (column A): =COUNTIF($C$2:$C$5, $A2)=0
Highlight unique values in List 2 (column C): =COUNTIF($A$2:$A$6, $C2)=0
And get the following result:
Example 3. Highlight matches (duplicates) between 2 columns
If you closely followed the previous example, you won't have difficulties adjusting the COUNTIF formulas so that they find the matches rather than differences. All you have to do is to set the count greater than zero:
Highlight matches in List 1 (column A): =COUNTIF($C$2:$C$5, $A2)>0
Highlight matches in List 2 (column C): =COUNTIF($A$2:$A$6, $C2)>0
Highlight row differences and matches in multiple columns
When comparing values in several columns row-by-row, the quickest way to highlight matches is creating a conditional formatting rule, and the fastest way to shade differences is embracing the Go To Special feature, as demonstrated in the following examples.
Example 1. Compare multiple columns and highlight row matches
To highlight rows that have identical values in all columns, create a conditional formatting rule based on one of the following formulas:
=AND($A2=$B2, $A2=$C2)
or
=COUNTIF($A2:$C2, $A2)=3
Where A2, B2 and C2 are the top-most cells and 3 is the number of columns to compare.
Of course, neither AND nor COUNTIF formula is limited to comparing only 3 columns, you can use similar formulas to highlight rows with the same values in 4, 5, 6 or more columns.
Example 2. Compare multiple columns and highlight row differences
To quickly highlight cells with different values in each individual row, you can use Excel's Go To Special feature.
- Select the range of cells you want to compare. In this example, I've selected cells A2 to C8.
By default, the top-most cell of the selected range is the active cell, and the cells from the other selected columns in the same row will be compared to that cell. As you can see in the screenshot above, the active cell is white while all other cells of the selected range are highlighted. In this example, the active cell is A2, so the comparison column is column A.
To change the comparison column, use either the Tab key to navigate through selected cells from left to right, or the Enter key to move from top to bottom.
Tip. To select non-adjacent columns, select the first column, press and hold Ctrl, and then select the other columns. The active cell will be in the last column (or in the last block of adjacent columns). To change the comparison column, use the Tab or Enter key as described above. - On the Home tab, go to Editing group, and click Find & Select > Go To Special… Then select Row differences and click the OK button.
- The cells whose values are different from the comparison cell in each row are highlighted.If you want to shade the highlighted cells in some color, simply click the Fill Color icon on the ribbon and select the color of your choosing.
How to compare two cells in Excel
In fact, comparing 2 cells is a particular case of comparing two columns in Excel row-by-row except that you don't have to copy the formulas down to other cells in the column.
For example, to compare cells A1 and C1, you can use the following formulas:
For matches: =IF(A1=C1, "Match", "")
For differences: =IF(A1<>C1, "Difference", "")
To learn a few other ways to compare cells in Excel, please see How to compare strings in Excel.
For more powerful data analysis, you may need more sophisticated formulas and you can find a few good ideas in the following tutorials:
Formula-free way to compare two columns / lists in Excel
Now that you know Excel offerings for comparing and matching columns, let me demonstrate you an alternative solution that can compare 2 lists with a different number of columns for duplicates (matches) and unique values (differences).
Ablebits Duplicate Remover for Excel can search for identical and unique entries within one table as well as compare two tables residing on the same sheet or in 2 different worksheets / workbooks.
For the purpose of this article, we will be focusing on the feature named Compare Two Tables, which is specially designed for comparing two lists by any column(s) that you specify. The comparison of two data sets by several columns is a real challenge both for Excel formulas and conditional formatting, but this tool handles it with ease.
Compare 2 lists by several columns in 6 quick steps
Supposing you have 2 tables of data and you want to find duplicate rows based on 3 columns - Date, Item and Sales:
Step 1. Assuming that you have the Duplicate Remover for Excel installed, select any cell within the 1st table, and click the Compare Two Tables button on the ribbon to start the wizard. This button resides on the Ablebits Data tab, in the Dedupe group.
Step 2. The wizard picks the entire table and suggests to create a backup copy of the original table, just in case. So, simply make sure your 1st table is selected correctly and click Next.
Step 3. Select the 2nd table by using the standard Select range icon 
. If both tables reside in the same workbook and have similar column names, there's a great chance that the second list will be fetched automatically as well.
Step 4. Select whether to search for matches or differences:
- Duplicate values - look for matches, i.e. items that exist in both tables.
- Unique values - look for differences, i.e. items that are in Table 1 but not in Table 2.
In this example, we select Duplicate values and click Next.
Step 5. This is the key step where you select the column pairs you want to compare in 2 tables. In this example, we are comparing 3 columns - Date, Item and Sales.
For the wizard to find the matching columns automatically, click the Auto Detect button in the upper-right corner. If the columns have different names in both tables, you might need to select the right column manually by clicking the little black arrow next to the Table 2 column on the right-hand side:
Step 6. In the final step, you choose how to deal with the found items and click Finish.
The following two options deliver the results comparable to Excel formulas and conditional formatting that we've discussed earlier in this tutorial:
- Add a status column - adds a new column with "Duplicate" or "Unique", like Excel IF formulas do.
- Highlight - shades duplicate or unique rows like an Excel conditional formatting rule.
In addition, you can choose to delete the duplicate entries, move or copy to another worksheet, or just select the found items.
In this example, I've decided to highlight duplicates in the following color:
And got the following result in a moment:
If we chose Add a status column in the previous step, the result would look as follows:
This is how you compare columns in Excel for duplicates and uniques. If you are interested to try this tool, you are welcome to download it as part of our Ultimate Suite for Excel. And we are happy to offer a special discount for our blog readers:
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371 responses to "How to compare two columns in Excel for matches and differences"
As a step in a bank reconciliation, I am comparing two list of $amt. I do have a unique identifier in one list but not the other, just $ values.
I want to compare the $values and find a "unique" match. Meaning, say I have $155 twice in list 1, three times in list 2.
Is there a way to id the match 2?
With a unique identifier in both list, two column match with condition formatting would work fine.
It a large volume of data, please help!
I need help writing a formula to find matches between a column in SHEET1 and a column in SHEET2. Goal is to get "Match" inserted into Column B, SHEET1 if there is a match between Column A and Column B.
I tried:
=IF(A2=$SHEET2$,B2,"Match","") but this didn't work. Can someone help me out please!
Data:
Column A, SHEET1
12AB1250
12AB1251
12AB1252
Column A, SHEET2
12AB1250
12AB1251
12AB1252
12AB1253
12AB1254
12AB1255
Thanks in advance!
=IF(A2=A3,"Match","No match"
Copy and paste above formula and A1 delete and select Column A, SHEET1 and A3 delete and select Column A, SHEET2 . it will work
Good day
I`m a marine engineer.I am just creating a worksheet where if a parameter in column F is greater than a parameter in columnn I by 0.03(P4>Pd>0.03),A separate column say H has to highlight each row as Abnormal with cell bgrnd as red.Would you please help me on this
Thanks in advance
Allan
i want add the data with different uniqe item below following table
item data
1 4
2 3
1 2
3 2
2 3
1 1
how to Compare table columns in excel
for example
Table -1
Col A; Col B; Col C;
Roll No. Std. Name Result 1 semester (total Marks)
1 A 50
2 B 40
3 C 55
Table -2
Col A; Col B; Col C;
Roll No. Std. Name Result 2 semester (total Marks)
2 B 45
4 D 60
1 A 60
3 C 50
I Want to Result like that
Table -1 Table-2
Col A; Col B; Col C; Col D; Col E; Col F;
Roll No. Std. Name Result S-1 Roll No. Std. Name Result S-2
1 A 50 1 A 60
2 B 40 2 B 45
3 C 55 3 C 50
4 D 60
Could you described please how i could solve this as Table 2 match with table 1 and sort and place the record on same row
thanks
Hi, kindly help me derive a proper formula for this problem. I am using two sheets Sheet 1 & Sheet 2 in excel 2013. I created a drop down value (1-15 & 1-15) in the first sheet using data validation to derive two numbers in two different cells. In the second sheet I have created variables (with 1-15 in one cell and 1-15 in another cell) to derive a result in the third column). Say, in the first sheet I have one column no. of factories (1-15) & No of Managers (1-15). In the second sheet I have created the variable; No. of Factories, No of Manager & in the third row their Operating hours:
No of Factories: 1/2/3/4/5/....
No of Managers: 1/2/3/4/5/....
No of Operating hours: 8 (in case 1,1), 15 (1, 2), etc.
Now in the first sheet I want to use the drop down values to enter what i want to know and get the result using a formula.
Kindly help me with this.
Hello I have 10 values in Col A and 3 values in Col B. I want to highlight only values that match col A with Col B and mark others in a diff color . How do i do it?
Col A Col B
1 1
2 6
3 9
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Col A Col B
1 1 Match
2 No match
3 No match
4 No match
5 No match
6 6 match
7 No match
8 No match
9 9 match
10 No match
Excellent resource. I have two worksheets. one with 25,000 rows and the other with 63,000 rows and i want to find out the complete match of sheet2 to sheet 1, the ones without any match and others with at least 90% match. please how do i go about this. thank you
not working the below formula in excel 2016, please guide if any changes on this?
=IF(COUNTIFS($CU2:$CU59862,CU2, $CA2:$CA59862,CA2, $FL2:$FL59862,FL2, $DA2:$DA59862,DA2, $DV2:$DV59862,DV2) >1, "DUPLICATE ROW","")
Hi,
I have an sheet with columns from January to December where people make contributions on monthly basis. A person's contribution is the same through out the year.
I would want a formula that shows if someone is contributing the same figure throughout the year or not, kind of like "True" and "False" formula but it should be checking in all the columns thus January-December and not just two columns whose formula I know is =A2=B2
Thanks.
HELP!
Would you please help me?
It is really important.
What i want to do is this
compare columns for any two or more cells with the same values within the same row and hightlight individual rows after matching
I have 20 different columns that i need to compare for any two or more duplicate cells among them
How can i do that with the simplest way?
Thank you
Hello, Kostis,
Please try Duplicate Remover for Excel:
https://www.ablebits.com/excel-remove-duplicates/index.php
You can run it on pairs of columns several times. Select the first column as master table and the second as your lookup table. You can email a sample table with your data in Excel to support@ablebits.com for more detailed instructions.
Hi, I need to copy data from one cell to another on daily basis
Example,
A1 : =TODAY() //Changes Daily
B1 : =SUM(B2:B10) //Changes Daily
I need the B1 value to be copied on C1
Next day B1 value to be copied on C2
Next day B1 value to be copied on C3 and so on...
Waiting for your support
Thanks in advance
I need some help.
I am using vlookup to draw information from sheets A and B and then compare them side by side on Sheet C. The values happen to be in time format. I need to have a formula (or a quick system) to highlight the the cells so that I can quickly spot the different in the times and then correct them. The spreadsheet that I am using is already full of useful conditional formatting and so would really like it to just appear a different colour so that it gets my attention.
Any suggestions much appreciated
I am facing an issue of 10,000 row items contains data for visits.
data contains same name but different start date and end date
Shop Name Opening End
CRUSH TRUCKING STATION 12-May-11 22-Dec-14
SUPERIOR II FILLING STATION 11-Dec-13 14-Mar-14
INDUS FILLING STATION 13-Dec-13 21-Feb-14
INDUS FILLING STATION 21-Feb-14 17-Oct-14
SUPERIOR II FILLING STATION 14-Mar-14 23-Oct-14
INDUS FILLING STATION 17-Oct-14 25-Jan-15
SUPERIOR II FILLING STATION 23-Oct-14 16-Jan-15
SUPERIOR II FILLING STATION 16-Jan-15 08-May-15
Is there any solution for above to adjust columns in start and end date in same shop name
Hi
I need to make filter for unique value that created by multi user once per month per user than we need to calculate the QTY of the unique number per user
Example for my Question:
transaction_date Value User_NAME
--------------------------------------------------
1/1/2017 1222889205 MarK
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2/1/2017 1222889205 Mac
--------------------------------------------------
4/1/2017 1254879863 Eva
--------------------------------------------------
21/2/2017 1225478962 Jake
--------------------------------------------------
4/5/2017 1254879863 Eva
--------------------------------------------------
5/5/2017 1254879863 Eva
--------------------------------------------------
1/6/2017 1254793658 Mac
--------------------------------------------------
1/6/2017 1254793658 Jake
--------------------------------------------------
6/6/2017 1254793658 Eva
--------------------------------------------------
**my Solution
Month user Count for uniqe value
--------------------------------------------------
jan MarK 1
Mac 1
Eva 1
-----------------------------------------------
Feb JaKe 1
---------------------------------------------
May Eva 1
----------------------------------------------
Jun Mac 1
JaKe 1
Eva 1
---------------------------------------------
Appreciate your support thanks
any feedback
Hi,
Hopefully someone can understand what I am trying to do here.
I am currently going through some spreadsheet files and I would like to find case based non-duplicates e.g.
Column A Column B
Row 1 Harry Potter Ron Weasley
Row 2 harry potter Ron Weasley
Basically I am looking for true non-duplicates where the case of the text is concerned, the above example using the method I am currently using (Conditional formatting and Highlight duplicate values) will mark the above A1&A2 example as a duplicate even though the case being different, I would like a solution to mark the A1&A2 entry as a non duplicate by any visual method to differentiate from an actual true duplicate entry e.g. B1&B2, note I do not want to manipulate the data to become true duplicates just want to highlight the case differences.I'm cross examining two Rows with about 40-50 Columns, in a multitude of files.
Is what I am trying to achieve possible?
Any and all help will be appreciated.
Kind Regards
Jack
Hello, I have been trying pull some matching data with little luck. I have 2 data sets 1 with demographic information and one with home sales information. Both have addresses I have broken down by: home number, direction,street name. These data sets are on 2 different sheets. How do I find matching: home number, direction, street name on each sheet? Hopefully that makes sense.
Hello.
I need help on this issue. I wan to compare values of 2 columns. These values, even though they same, are not necessarily arranged in same order or may not even be of same string, eg.
Jason Paul Macaulay Macaulay Paul
J P Macaulay Jason Paul Macaulay
Macaulay Jason Jason Paul Macaulay
Macaulay Paul J P Macaulay
Hello,
I need help on this issue. I want to compare values of 2 columns. I want a visual marker that will highlight (or mark as a duplicate) as long as any value of one column is contained in the other column.
Hello,
I need assistance with this. I want to compare values of 2 columns. I want a visual marker that will highlight (or mark as a duplicate) as long as any value of one column is contained in the other column.
I have a spreadsheet with over 100000 service name entries, however the service name can be named slightly different on several rows. I want to know if there is a formula which can highlight any mis matches in column B And C. For example the service is APERTURE but I can be known as APERTURE-CONT or APERTURE-UAT, however the owners name is different. I don't fancy going through all 10000 lines so was hoping there may be a formula that can highlight this
SERVICE Owner First Name Owner Last Name
APERTURE JOE BLOGGS
APERTURE-CONT JOE BLOGGS
APERTURE-UAT DERREN YOUNG
Need help,
I'd like to be able to compare two cells with unique strings
Ex. A1 = xyz0_ok_hmu1-ty
B1 = ok1_ty
I want it to be able to recognize that it is similar to a minimum of 2 ordered letter matches and be highlighted as "similar". If it is able to ignore multiple delimiters, that would be cool too.
btw, the strings are a bunch of acronyms that doesn't make sense, and people have their own way of writing it therefore there are a lot of differences and minimal similarities.
Hello, Earl,
I'm afraid that existing Excel functions won't help since the comparisons are too vague, if I may say so. We can only advise you to try and use Fuzzy Lookup Add-In for Excel from Microsoft.
Thanks so much for this TA; this just saved me a LOT of time!
I'm trying to pull information from one spreadsheet into another, where the combination of two cells of data in each spreadsheet match exactly.
Each spreadsheet contains two columns that contain the exact same data:
Spd 1 - Column D> Work Order
Spd 1 - Column M> Contract Unit Name
Spd 2 - Column I> Work Order
Spd 2 - Column Q> Contract Unit Name
Spd 2 - Col VInvoiced Amt
So where Spd 1, Col D and Col M = Spd Col I and Col Q, Import the value in Col V into Spd 1 Col O (Invoiced Amt)
Data sample:
Spd 1:
Work Order Contract Unit Name
E.724292.C.03 NRE-ROW AGENT BEA
E.724292.C.03 NRE-ROW AGENT I
E.731518.C.17 NRE-EXISTING RIGHTS LEVEL I
E.731518.C.17 NRE-EXISTING RIGHTS LEVEL II
E.732518.C.17 NRE-PROJECT COORDINATOR
E.732518.C.17 NRE-TITLE SEARCH I
Spd 2:
Work Order Contract Unit Name Invoiced Amt.
E.724292.C.03 NRE-ROW AGENT BEA 100.00
E.724292.C.03 NRE-ROW AGENT I 75.00
E.731518.C.17 NRE-EXISTING RIGHTS LEVEL I 125.00
E.731518.C.17 NRE-EXISTING RIGHTS LEVEL II 175.00
E.732518.C.17 NRE-PROJECT COORDINATOR 95.00
E.732518.C.17 NRE-TITLE SEARCH I 200.00
Do I use MATCH and INDEX and what would my formula look like?
Hi All,
Is it possible to compare my example below ? i need to compare column a + b in column c + d . my problem is on column a there is same values . please help me to create formulas if possible
column a column b column c column d
64571 75 64351 72.1
64351 72.1 64571 75
64571 73 64571 73
Hello There, i am kind of stuck with manipulating the excel worksheets.
Scenario : Compare the cell text in two excel and replace range of value in sheet two with Values in Sheet one. Any guess how can we achieve this ?
Scenario : Wanted to Pull the Values from Sheet one With all the Cells containing abc*(text)in sheet 1 and Copy the same Text and adjacent 3 Values from each row.
Sheet 1 :
row/col Col1 col2 col3 col4
row1 123 abcde ghk 143
Sheet 2 :
row /col Col1
Hello There, i am kind of stuck with manipulating the excel worksheets.
Scenario : Compare the cell text in two excel and replace range of value in sheet two with Values in Sheet one. Any guess how can we achieve this ?
Scenario : Wanted to Pull the Values from Sheet one With all the Cells containing abc*(text)in sheet 1 and Copy the same Text and adjacent 3 Values from each row.
Sheet 1 :
row/col Col1 col2 col3 col4
row1 123 abcde ghk 143
Sheet 2 :
row /col Col1 col2 col3 col4 col5
row1 abcde ghk c143
Not understand the question dear.
Scenario1 :
Check text "abc.AD" in sheet one, and return the next two cell values in sheet two.
Note: The unique text is not in same column.
Sheet 1 :
Col10 Col11 Col13 Col14 col15 abc.AD Test NOP
abc.AD Ext NOP
abc.AD Int NOP
Let me know if this helps
The spread sheet contain two column. In first column there is only the level i.e., Block, GP and Village and in another there is name contain of the respective Block, GP and Village. Let me know how I can manage the sheet that looks like in this manner as follows
Block GP Village
Block Name GP Name Village Name
(if there is 10 village then it is shown in row wise)
GP Name Village Name
Your page is excellent; your team is very helpful. I'm struggling with an issue. I have one sheet where I would like to highlight only the rows where values duplicated in the first column where the there are differing values in the second column. Duplicates are allowed in the first column. Duplicate values are allowed in the second column, also. However, duplicated values in the first column should always be paired with the same value in the second column. If not, then highlight all rows where first column contains the same duplicated value.
Thank you.
Col-A Col-B Format
1 C Highlight Row
1 C Highlight Row
1 D Highlight Row
2 A No Highlight
2 A No Highlight
3 E No Highlight
4 C No Highlight
5 A Highlight Row
5 F Highlight Row
Hi, I need help with a formula.
The Formula for blank cell was very helpful Thanks.
I have two formula with is correct answer, i combined the formula but there is error.
Formula 1 -
IF(OR(C3="",D3=""),"Single Punch",IF(AND(C3>A3,D3>=B3),"LATE",IF(AND(C3>A3,D3<B3),"LATE/EARLY",IF(AND(C3<=A3,D3<B3),"EARLY","PRESENT"))))
Formula 2 -
IF(AND(IF(AND(NOT(ISBLANK(C3)),NOT(ISBLANK(D3))), C3=D3, TRUE), IF(AND(NOT(ISBLANK(C3)),NOT(ISBLANK(D3))), C3=D3, TRUE), IF(AND(NOT(ISBLANK(D3)),NOT(ISBLANK(C3))), D3=C3, TRUE)), "Absent", "-")
Would you Please help me find solution.
Actual Time Log Time Remarks
In Time Out Time In Time Out Time
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 10:50:00 AM 8:40:00 PM PRESENT -
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM Single Punch (This should be absent) Absent
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 11:30:00 AM 8:35:00 PM LATE -
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 11:00:00 AM 7:00:00 PM EARLY -
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 11:30:00 AM 5:35:00 PM LATE/EARLY -
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 8:45:00 PM Single Punch Absent (This should be SP)
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM Single Punch Absent
Please help
Hi Meli,
As i can see it's time sheet of employee. I understand your query. But without sample sheet i am unable to put formula here. so share any short sample sheet fot add formula.
In Time Out Time In Time Out Time
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 10:50:00 AM 8:40:00 PM = PRESENT
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM - - = Single Punch (This should be absent) Absent
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 11:30:00 AM 8:35:00 PM = LATE
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 11:00:00 AM 7:00:00 PM = EARLY
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 11:30:00 AM 5:35:00 PM = LATE/EARLY
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM 8:45:00 PM - = Single Punch Absent (This should be SP)
11:00:00 AM 8:30:00 PM - - = Single Punch Absent
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KS IN_Kirana Stores KSN Kirana Store New
KS IN_Kirana Stores KSN Kirana Store New
PS IN_Pan Shop PSA Paan Store
PS IN_Pan Shop PSA Paan Store
KS IN_Kirana Stores CSA Kirana Store New
CS IN_Kirana Stores KSN Kirana Store New
KS IN_Kirana Stores KSN Kirana Store New
KS IN_Kirana Stores KSN Kirana Store New
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PS IN_Pan Shop KSN Paan Store
CS IN_Cosmetic Store CSA Cosmetic Store
Hi,
Below is a sample of the data I have. I want to match the data in Column A and B. If column B is not matching column A, I want to add a row and copy the data from Column A to B. For example, "4" is missing in column B, so I want to add a space and add "4" to column B so it will match column A. I have a large set of data, so I am trying to find a different way instead of checking for duplicate values in the two columns and manually adding one row at a time. Thanks!
A B C D
3 3 Y B
4 5 G B
5 6 B G
6 8 P G
7 9 Y P
8 11 G Y
9 12 B Y
10
11
12
11
12
I have a sheet in which I am trying to find out that a particluar cell value will happen on which date. I have a column where there are equal installments of 2 Lakhs and there is column beside it containing dates starts from 01.04.2017 and ends on 01.01.2024 for those installments. Now, if for the first installment customer pays only 50,000 till 01.10.2017 then how can I find using the formula that from which date the overdue is coming and how much?
If in one column there are name entries with negative and partly failing values associated with them and in another column there are name entries with positive yet yet highly conservative values associated with them, how do I sort the dump the negatives, eliminate the failing and merge into a single positive highly conservative list so that I can quickly get to the golf club?
Hello,
Very useful, but I need help comparing two columns. I want it to be able to tell that google inc is the same company as Google ABC, or that Brown university is the same as University, Brown. It would be helfpul if the matches are highlighted. Thanks!
EX:
Column 1 Column 2
google inc. Capital one
Brown University University, Brown
Visa Google ABC
I have two column that,the value to be matched with the another one another`s criteria column. First column contains exact number and second column contains number with description.
Suggest me further..
Product Id Current profit Margin Last yr profit margin
123 51% 49%
126 53% 50%
129 55% 51%
132 57% 52%
135 59% 53%
Mark red color for the cells where last year profit is greater than current year profit and color pink for the product id which is red cells
have to find using conditional formatting
Hi,
Context - i have 2 versions of a document. In it i have 2 tables with alphanumeric values which i want to compare to see if any changes have been made in the recent version.
Requirement - i want to compare the alphanumeric values of the two columns (one column from each table as mentioned above) tables and want to highlight only the part that has been changed instead of the whole cell and want the result in a third column.
Question - is there a resolution to the above scenario?
thanks, this page information help me a lot
Hello,
I am wanting to compare two columns of data and if those columns are equal, I'd like to execute a calculation.
I am using the formula:
=IF('Raw Data'!A:A=Analysis!A:A,SUMPRODUCT('Raw Data'!C:C,'Raw Data'!I:I)/SUM('Raw Data'!I:I))
This returns FALSE. How do I fix it?
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!great...thanks...really useful....
=IF(COUNTIF($A:$A, $B2 )=0, "REQUIRED", "NOT REQUIRED")
I want this formula to be stopped when $Bx is null...
I have 2 columns, each column have value. Is it possible to move a value beside its same value? for example:
Column 1 Column 2 OUTPUT
1 1 1
2 3
3 3
Hi,
I have 3 columns of data and am comparing Column 3 data with Column 1 and 2 for duplicates. I could use the conditional formatting but I was thinking if there is an excel formula that I could use?
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
15 14 12
12 17 11
11 18 14
10 17 16
20 25 15
Thank you.
Hi
I have tow columns of data. in column2 there is sum of data of column1 how i can compare tow columns and recognize which numbers is sum one number in other column? for example column1 is contains 1,2,5,3,6 and column 2 is 8,9 how i can determine 8 in column2 is sum of which numbers in column 1
thank you
Hi,
I need to compare two columns that should be the same, but the data in each comes from different sources.
Both columns are dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm format.
My issue is that in one column, there's an extra " " between the date and time, and when I run my comparison =AND formula, the extra space is causing it to fail.
Can you suggest a way I can easily remove the extra space, or get Excel to ignore the extra space?
I need a formula that will help me identify duplicate parts/product at different pricing. When I use the conditional formatting on both columns all of the cells are highlighted because it's looking at just the columns as duplicates.
Hi, Eva,
I managed to do that in the following way:
1) I decided to use a helper column (C) that checks if the product (A1) is duplicated and its price (B1) is unique with the following formula:
=COUNTIFS(A:A,$A2,B:B,"<>"&B2)
If the condition is true the formula returns 0, since it can't find any duplicated products with unique prices. Otherwise, it returns 1.
2) I created a following conditional formatting rule:
=$C1>=1
and applied it to my table =$A:$C
As a result, I can see all the duplicate products with unique prices highlighted in yellow.
Try to do the same with your data, hope it helps!
I am working on aligning university rankings, as you can see the universities are ranked differently in 2008-2009. Is there a way to use excel to align the universities with corresponding rankings? There are hundreds of them for 12 years, so you can see it is mammoth task.
2008 2008 2009 2009
Sussex 26 cardifff 26
Cardiff 27 Sussex 27
Queen's 28 Reading 28
Reading 29 Sussex 29
Glasgow 30 Surrey 30
Birming 31 Strathclyde 31
Manches 32 Manche 32
Salaam everyone.
I have two excel columns each containing 63,000 values. I want to find out all the values where entries of column A are greater than those of column B. How can I do that?
Thanks in advance
Stay blessed.
Hello Fiaz,
You can enter the following formula in the first cell with data, say A1:
=IF(A1>B1, TRUE, "")
Then, copy the formula to the entire column. And after that sort or filter your dataset by the formula column.
Thank you very much. Its working. worth full article!
hi
i have three unequal column and i want to extract unique cells for first column in compare with two another columns. how can i do it?
hi, i need a formula to detect the values of the weight in a column and if it is more than the value then to add 7.50 but if it is less then the value to add 4.
so for example if the products weigh less than 0.4 then i need the cell to add 4 but if they weigh more than to add 7.5
Compare to worksheets Sheet2 to Sheet1, find sheet2 match and then return data sheet1 from in 1st cell of this matched column.
2 work sheets
1st sheet contains A=data to return (1234) + B-H data to match 456,789,012
2nd sheet contains criteria to match - look for 456 then return A (1234)
Is there a way where we can identify
1. % similarity
2. between 2 columns
3. With strings as data.
Example:
Column A | Column B | Match
Cat is back | Dog is back | 33%
Superman | Spiderman | 0%
Hi
I want to compare Data in 2 columns A and B and want to highlight the different words only. Eg . my A1 CELL contain Apple, Sweets, good
B1 cell contains
Apple, sweets, pizza, car
In above two cells in A1 good is extra word which is not present in CELL B1. Where as Cell B1 contains words " Pizza, car "which are not present in excel so how to highlight only these different words
I have lot of Data
Hi, Sandy,
I’m afraid there’s no way to highlight only duplicate words in Excel. All the formulas and our add-ins will select or highlight the entire cell.
I can only advise you to ask around Mr.Excel forum in case they come up with some VBA code for you.
I wish I could assist you better.
Hi,
What I'm trying to do is highlight a row if there is any text found in cells in column E and column I.
So it would look something like:
IF text in Cell E
AND
Text in Cell I
Colour row red
There will always be text in the E column, so I only need the row to highlight if there is text found in the I column.
How do I go about doing this?
Thanks in advance :)
Really amazing and simplifying the efforts.
Hi,
How to lookup the value if the 2 cells having same value, excel is considering 1st cell but not considering 2nd cell(It should be considered)
Example all the 4 cells having the code of 7555(Attachment below) here some of the row having different values and some of the column having different values
For me it should be added and required in another sheet
Code A B C
7555 395
7555 77 343
7555 158 262
7555 210
Name marks
A 9
C 8
D 20
Result to be
Name marks
D 20
A 9
C 8
Pl provide function in office 2007
Pl provide function in excel
Suppose data I column a and b
Name marks
C 9
D 14
E 20
Ans to be in column c and d
Name marks
E 20
D 14
C 9
Hi,
I have set of lab values in one column & reference range in another column. I want to highlight the lab values which are "Out of Range" & "Within he Range". Please let me know; how to do that.
thanks.....
Hello,
For work I am tasked with downloading customer Forecasts and updating our backlog accordingly. it is a very time consuming process. there are multiple parts that are on multiple different purchase orders with quantities and dates varying on a monthly basis. the changes are not that frequent but I have hundreds of rows to go through. I am looking for a way to quickly find changes that have occurred month to month however I need to hold reference to the part number, purchase order, quantity and date. have you any thoughts on how I may be able to do this?
Hello, William,
if I understand your task correctly, we have the add-in that may help you.
Please take a look at the Compare Two Tables tool from the Duplicate Remover add-in. With its help you'll be able to find unique records or remove duplicate values between 2 worksheets.
You can download a fully functional trial version to test the add-in and see if it work for you from this web-page:
https://www.ablebits.com/downloads/index.php
Hope this'll help!
How to compare 2 columns to find the match exist or not. I need the formula which compares B1 with A:A. If Match found 1 else 0. I tried =IF(B:B=AA, 1,0) didn't work.
A B
0001165186 0094713197
0001166595 0097094894
0001166619 0094640211
0001190181 0097058341
0001196342 0016685760
0001213475 0016748842
0001216979 0016760276
0001217648 0097012553
0001222292 0097075931
Hello, Sarah,
Please try this formula:
=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B1,$A:$A,1,FALSE)),0,1)
A2- U 4 8 WENDLAND STREET PORT LINCOLN SA 5606
A3- U 1 5 SCANLAN STREET EAST BRISBANE QLD 4169
A4- U 16 7 BERYL STREET WESTMEAD NSW 2145
-----------------
B2- 4 8 WENDLAND STREET PORT LINCOLN SA 5606
B3- 8 HEIDELBERG STREET EAST BRISBANE QLD 4169
B4- 16 7 BERYL STREET WESTMEAD NSW 2145
When analyzing the differences in the above two data set. As you can see, A2 is similar to B2 (except for the letter U, which represents a Unit. For the purposes of my analysis, this is correct. As is A4 & B4). But clearly A3 is a different address to B3. How do i put a simple formulae in Except, which will extract the variations from two cells?
Thanks
Abs
i'm trying to track at what time of the day we have the biggest failure rate and highlight that time in the column. i have 5 columns, mon-fri. each column has rows broken into half hour increments. ex: row 4 is 8:30, row 5 is 9:00 etc. in the column in question, the value in row 4 is 10, row 5 is 19, row 6 is 27, row 7 is 31, row 8 is 60, and row 9 is 81. i can tell that the largest difference is between rows 7 & 8. is there a way to highlight row 8 to show that that is where the largest difference is? if so, how can i do it?
Thanks in advance.
I have received payment 100k
But In our books 200k with 300 invoice how i find matching invoices against 100k
You just saved me so much time!!! Thank you!!!
Hi Natalia,
Maybe you could help me with this formula?
I have a long Excel report of 37K lines that I would like to find duplicates in.
These duplicates should have different value in another column. So I thought maybe it will be possible to have a formula that will add a word next to these lines.
The formula needs to be along these lines (to my understanding):
IF D2=D3 and A2A3 insert the word "Duplicate hotkey" in column E
Would you be able to write such formula in Excel language?
Many thanks,
Avi
IF D2=D3 and A2A3 insert the word "Duplicate hotkey" in column E
IF D2=D3 and A2 not equal to A3 insert the word "Duplicate hotkey" in column E
Sorry!
Hello,
For me to understand the problem better, please send me a small sample workbook with your source data and the result you expect to get to support@ablebits.com. Please don't worry if you have confidential information there, we never disclose the data we get from our customers and delete it as soon as the problem is resolved.
Please also don't forget to include the link to this comment into your email.
I'll look into your task and try to help.
WHEN I USE =$B2$C2 AS IN THE EXAMPLE ABOVE THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON TO THE CELLS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. COLUMNS THAT HAVE THE SAME VALUE ARE HIGHLIGHTED ALONG WITH SOME THAT ARE DIFFERNT LIKEWISE IF I USE = INSTEAD OF GET THE REVERSE OF THE CELL HIGHLIGHTE.
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Hello,
For me to understand the problem better, please send me a small sample workbook with your source data and the result you expect to get to support@ablebits.com. Please don't worry if you have confidential information there, we never disclose the data we get from our customers and delete it as soon as the problem is resolved.
Please also don't forget to include the link to this comment into your email.
I'll look into your task and try to help.
I prefer to use Index/Match function instead of Vlookup. In Vlookup we can lookup values with [A5&"*"] option, which is not possible in the Match Function. Can I get a solution to use Index/Match Function with Match(A5&"*"] ?
May I ask how to pull out the text/string data different from column A (ie A2:A10) and Column B (B2:B10) to cloumn C
An example of raw data set:
A B C
Student Name: Student Name: Missing:
Tom Tom Jerry
Jerry Catherine Sam
Catherine Ada
Ada
Sam
Thank you!
Hello,
Please try the following formula:
=IFERROR(INDEX($A$2:$B$10,SMALL(IF(($B$2<>$A$2:$A$10)*($B$3<>$A$2:$A$10)*($B$4<>$A$2:$A$10)*($B$5<>$A$2:$A$10)*($B$6<>$A$2:$A$10)*($B$7<>$A$2:$A$10)*($B$8<>$A$2:$A$10)*($B$9<>$A$2:$A$10)*($B$10<>$A$2:$A$10),ROW($A$2:$A$10)-1),ROW(A1)),1),"")
Please note that this is an array formula. You should enter this formula into the first cell in column C, hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter to complete it and copy the formula down along the column. Just select the cell where you've entered the formula and drag the fill handle (a small square at the lower right-hand corner of the selected cell) down.
Hope it will help you.
Hi
I want to know the excel formula to compare column E with A to D and get the mismatch indication at column F. Pl. help. Regards
A B C D E F
1 2 3 4 8
2 3 4 5 10
6 7 8 9 5
Hello,
For me to understand the problem better, please send me a small sample workbook with your source data and the result you expect to get to support@ablebits.com.
Please also don't forget to include the link to this comment into your email.
I'll look into your task and try to help.
New _Position code
JOB049130401803012001-002
JOB052110609801019002-004
JOB055350101805042003-005
JOB055350101805042003-006
JOB055350101805042003-007
JOB073850101805042003-004
JOB073850101805042003-005
JOB077910609801019002-003
JOB077912002801019002-001
JOB077912002801019002-0010
JOB077912002801019002-002
JOB077912002801019002-003
JOB077912002801019002-004
JOB077912002801019002-005
JOB077912002801019002-006
JOB077912002801019002-007
JOB077912002801019002-008
JOB077912002801019002-009
JOB078310107801019001-005
JOB080650101805222015-005
JOB086112001801039001-005
JOB086112001801039001-009
JOB086112001801039008-006
JOB086112001801039016-005
JOB086112001801039017-006
JOB086112001801039025-005
JOB086112001801039025-006
JOB090612002801152011-001
JOB090612002801152011-002
JOB090612002801152011-003
This is my list where i need to know which no is free to put in the end like -004,-005 etc which i have to put to create unique code. kinldy help me
JOB077912002801019002
Hello,
I'm afraid there's no easy way to solve your task with a formula. Using a VBA macro would be the best option here.
However, since we do not cover the programming area (VBA-related questions), I can advice you to try and look for the solution in VBA sections on mrexcel.com or excelforum.com.
Sorry I can't assist you better.
Hi (and Happy New Year), I would like to:
1)highlight cells with similar text (i.e: A1:blue and C12:Bluepoint) from two different columns
2)Count if and how many times a similar text in a cell (A1:Blue) appears in another cell of another column ((i.e: A1:blue, C12:Bluepoint and C25:Bluesky.
I have two columns with company names and I want to find duplicates (highlight them, count them), but the company names are not written always in the same way, i.e A1: cocacola ltd and C12: CocaCola company.
Is this possible?
Thanks a lot,Kos
Please help me
im in accounts and my bank statement didnt import correctly on to our system, i took the amounts from the bank into column b and the imported amouts in column A, what formula can i use to see what amount didnt import?
IF WE WANT TO MATCH TO 2 NO OF DIFFERENT COLUMN WITH AS SAME AS POSSIBLE DATA BUT NOT ACTUAL (EX- WB23B4152 IN (A) COLUMN BUT 4152 IN (B) COLUMN) THEN HOW WE CAN FIND?
I have 3 excel columns which have values like this,
Col_A Col_B Col_C
----- ----- -----
400 600
500 800
400 300
300 200
700 900
800 700
500 100
I want the values to be copied in Column C from Column B, which are not Mache with Column A values.
I mean just copy the values from Column B, which are not available in Column A.
Like below
Col_C
-----
600
200
100
Is there any excel formula using which I can achieve this?
you saved me 72 hours of work in just a day. thnks
I'm having a bit of a struggle. I have to columns. One contains the sales person's name and the other contains what they sold. I want to add the salesman's total to what type of product they sold. For example, sales person JW and the different products are home, pro, iLab. What formula can I use to give me a total number of sales for that particular item.
Can you answer this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48478990/how-to-get-the-names-of-the-regions-from-maxmind-data
Hello. Please can you help me.
I have a to compare 2 sheets in the same workbook. One sheet has a full sheet of customer names (12000 rows), and the second has only a few (700). I need to check that the small sheet customers all exist in the big sheet, but there could be spelling mistakes or slight differences in writing customer names. For example, sheet 1 could have Toyota, and sheet 2 could have Toyota PTY.
How do I check the customer names, without scrolling through a 12000 row document.
Thanks.
I want to compare column A & B in list-1 with A & B In list-2.
I wont have duplicated data but list -1 it will not be in the the same order as list-2.
and some date may be missing from either list. after we compare A & B we need to compare A & C and so on
the files I want to compare to large file of data (I do this often),
I dont want to create a new helper table on the side its hard to keep organized
Can you just apply this idea directly to conditional formatting to spot differences?
I do not use VBA and they dont like VBA at work.
I have researched this to no avail.
I use Power query and power pivot if there is any help there
no one has a video on this
Thanks for your time
Kim Bilton
Hi,
Thank you for helping in advance.
Please assist me in the following two columns, I need to compare two columns and extract the info like "AWC+ST" "AWC+BR" "RR+ST" "RR+BR" seperately.
Thanks & Regards.
Col1 Col2
RR ST
RR ST
RR ST
AWC ST
AWC ST
AWC ST
AWC ST
AWC ST
AWC ST
RR ST
AWC BR
AWC BR
AWC BR
RR BR
RR BR
AWC BR
AWC BR
AWC BR
AWC BR
AWC BR
RR BR
AWC BR
AWC BR
Hi Balaji,
I am sorry, it is not very clear what the result should look like. If you can send us a small sample workbook with your data and the result you want to get, we'll be able to help you better.
Please shorten your table to 10-20 rows / columns and email it to support@ablebits.com. Please also don't forget to include the link to your comment in the email.
Thank you.
I have 50separate bills of 50 customers in excel. I like to get each bill in another sheet with a reference at a click.Plz help me out.
Hi, Please help with a formula with this:
I have 2 columns, one with a code (ex: XCSDADAS) and the other with URL embedded with a code. I need to compare both the columns to see if the code in column a matches with the code in the URL.
Thank you
Hello,
I have 2 lists
Column A has 1000 items in it
Colum B has 500 items in it
I'd like column C to be just a list of items that are NOT shared in either column A or B e.g. Let's say in the 1000 words in Column A - widget is there but no where in column B - I'd like the new list in column C to have the word widget in it along with all the others that are missing in the second column.
Hello,
Please I have one column and I need to know how to highlight two duplicated value but one (+) and one (-)
Ex.
123
142
-123
-142
Thank you!
Hi,
Below is a sample of the data I have. I want to match the data in Column A , B and C to data in Column F, G and H. If column A,B,C is not matching column F,G,H, I want to add a row and copy the data from Column A,B,C to F,G,H. For example, "880 0 1" is missing in column F,G,H, so I want to add a space and add "880 0 1" to column F,G,H so it will match column A,B,C. I have a large set of data, so I am trying to find a different way instead of checking for duplicate values in the two columns and manually adding one row at a time. Thanks!
A B C D E F G H
880 0 0 880 0 0
880 0 1 880 0 2
880 0 2 880 0 3
880 0 3 880 0 4
880 0 4
A B. C
2/3/18. 123
2/3/18. 123
1/3/18. 123
2/3/18. 124
I want a formula in C that return any text like say "ok" if B has multiple entry of same values and in A dates are different.
As in above 123 has 3 entries for these 3 entries column A has two dates 2/3/18 and 1/3/18, so formula should return OK as dates are different
Hey, I want to compare 3 columns from one sheet to 3 columns in another sheet, can anybody help?
I asked something similar in the countif section,but this may be a better place to ask. I'm looking just to get the number of matches between two columns when compared row by row. Is there any way to do this.
If I understand your question, this is how to get the sum of matches in two ranges of data:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A39:A45=B39:B45))
Where A39:A45 is the first range of data and where B39:B45 is the second range of data.
So, this answers the question "What is the sum of the number of matches in these two ranges?" or put another way, "How many matches are there in this data?".
Hi There,
I have an excel sheet with data in 3 different columns e.g F, H,I. I have to check the data present in col F is present in col H & I respectively. Is there any formula where I can check row by match.
Hello!
I have 2 different sheets. On sheet2, I want to find the PN 4324568 at what is the location and it pulls the data from sheet1 which is location 14. What formula do I need?
Sheet1
Col A
Row 1 PN 4324568
Row 2 Location 14
Sheet2
Col A
Row 1 PN 4324568
Row 2 Location ??
Thanks, Dan
Dan:
If you structure your data in sheet 1 by having PN in column A and their Location in column B you can do a VLOOKUP on sheet 2 like this:
In Sheet 2 column A enter the Part Numbers. In column B
directly across from the first part number enter
=VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!$A$2:$B$25,2,False) where A2 is the first part number for which you need a location and also
where Sheet1 A2:B25 are the cells which contain all of the part numbers and their locations.
Thank you Svetlana Cheusheva. this article really helped me. keep up the great job.