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Default Comparing text?

On Feb 19, 4:05 pm, Tom Ogilvy
wrote:
Why do you say no success. I answered your question with a good reference to
code that will do it.

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On Feb 19, 11:38 am, Madhan wrote:
Hi, yes it is possible. You can do the following,
1. Find the number of characters in one cell and assume that it is 100%
2. Check character-by-character the exactness of characters in both the
cells and count the match
3. Calculate % from the count of matched characters


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I asked this question in a roundabout way last week with no success.


Basically, is it possible to compare text of one cell to another cell
to produce a % of correctness. It doesn't have to be exact as I am
only using it to set up a French revision spreadsheet.


I know it's a tricky one but any help would be great. Over to the
experts!


Thanks


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Thanks Madhan,
To be honest I am not sure how to do this and wouldn't know where to
start (my Excel knowledge is very limited) - can you help?


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Hi Tom,
Was your reply meant for me...I don't see any posting from you

Regards
Tony