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Default Address book worksheet problem

1 means to return reference from the same column where the Vlookup finds the
value it's seeking, "FALSE", tells the Vlookup formula not to return any
value except for an exact match....leave them both just as in the sample,
only change the cell references.

hth
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3




"sharon" wrote in message
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I've tried the formula and I get the first part, entering the lookup cell

and
the array to search. I dont really understand the 1,FALSE part of the
formula and where these should reference.
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sharon


"sharon" wrote:

Thanks.
Any ideas on how to address the second issue, with the addresses being

close
to matches but not exact: 4 Bird Lane or 4 Bird Ln.
Is there any way to use an * or something?

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sharon


"CLR" wrote:

Without more specifics, this basic formula, copied down a helper

column,
will find the duplicates........change the cells accordingly.

=VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!D:D,1,FALSE)

But, you still will probably have other duplicates that this method

will not
find......and those are due to the fact that the addresses may be

entered
differently on different rows, such as 4 Bird Lane, 4Bird Lane, 4 Bird

Ln.,
etc etc.........


hth
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3




"sharon" wrote:

I have two long worksheets that serve as address lists.
My problem is I believe there is duplication on the lists.
Here's an example of the data
Full Name First Last Salutation Home Address BusAddress

Sponsor

John Doe John Doe Mr. 4 Bird Lane 5 Spire

St. N
Jill Xo Jill Xo Ms. 2 Quite St

None
Y

I need to check for any duplication in the address fields and then

somehow
flag the field in the other worksheet. So I may need to check

"4Bird Lane"
agains the entire address field in the other worksheet. I don't

really want
to combine the sheets because the column fields are not all the same

and are
used for different purposes.

Is this a lookup or match command? I'm not sure?
Help
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sharon