Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
TotallyConfused
 
Posts: n/a
Default Comparing tables in excel with formulas

How can you compare two tables in excel to identify matches and no matches
using formulas. For instance both tables have the same information. The
only unique information would be first name and last name but different
cities. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Norman Jones
 
Posts: n/a
Default Comparing tables in excel with formulas

Hi TotallyConfused,

See Chip Pearson's Duplicates page for various suggestions:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/duplic...tingDuplicates

If you wish to compare multi-column tables, you could, perhaps, add a helper
column to each table: in the helper columns add an appropriate concatenation
formula, e.g.:

= A2 & B2 & D2

where columns A,B and C house the first name, last name and city data

Then run the comparison tests on the concatenated helper columns.

---
Regards,
Norman


"TotallyConfused" wrote in
message ...
How can you compare two tables in excel to identify matches and no matches
using formulas. For instance both tables have the same information. The
only unique information would be first name and last name but different
cities. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.



Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
scalable headings in Microsoft Excel when editing long formulas MadMurr Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 2 December 9th 05 06:37 PM
Excel 2002; copy formulas to one workbook to another diff data SinnetBS Excel Worksheet Functions 1 November 25th 05 09:31 PM
Excel formulas and recalculation Peter Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 3 June 8th 05 10:17 PM
Excel Formulas albebach Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 February 2nd 05 10:52 PM
How do I get to master Excel functions and formulas? Basabjit Chowdhury Excel Worksheet Functions 3 December 29th 04 09:15 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:24 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"