Check out this function.


Function Str_Comp(st1 As String, st2 As String) As Double
'
' returns a number showing % comparison between two names
'
' i.e. =Str_Comp(A1, B1)
'
' Format cell as Percentage to make it look pretty!!
'
'
Dim MtchTbl(100, 100)
Dim MyMax As Double, ThisMax As Double
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, ii As Integer, jj As Integer

With WorksheetFunction
st1$ = Trim$(.Proper(st1$))
st2$ = Trim$(.Proper(st2$))

End With <================= need this here


MyMax# = 0

For i% = Len(st1$) To 1 Step -1
For j% = Len(st2$) To 1 Step -1
If Mid$(st1$, i%, 1) = Mid$(st2$, j%, 1) Then
ThisMax# = 0
For ii% = (i% + 1) To Len(st1$)
For jj% = (j% + 1) To Len(st2$)
If MtchTbl(ii%, jj%) ThisMax# Then
ThisMax# = MtchTbl(ii%, jj%)
End If
Next jj%
Next ii%
MtchTbl(i%, j%) = ThisMax# + 1
If (ThisMax# + 1) ThisMax# Then
MyMax# = ThisMax# + 1
End If
End If
Next j%
Next i%
Str_Comp = MyMax# / ((Len(st1$) + Len(st2$)) / 2)

End Function


HTH,
JP


On Nov 15, 1:38 pm, Albert wrote:
Hello!
I'm trying to make a function that compares two string expressions.
HOWEVER,
I don't want the -1/0/1 returns that I get from the StrComp function. I
would
like some sort of index or percentage that shows how similar the two
strings
are. Has anyone done anything like this? Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated.
Best regards and thanx in advance,
Albert C