Let 1,2,3,4 ... be in column A; and 5,6,7... be in B
Let there be 500 entries
In C1 use =IF(COUNTIF($A$1:$A$500,B1),"Repeated","")

You never need EXACT to compare numbers (only text)
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Hi,

I am trying to compare two columns of numbers to see if values in one
column appear in the other.

Given something like the two columns on the left below, I have a thrid
column called "match?" that uses the statement: =OR(EXACT(b2, $a$2:$a
$16)) to compare values in columns.

value 1 value 2 match?
1 5 FALSE
2 3 FALSE
3 1 FALSE
4 2 FALSE
5 4 FALSE

However, the formula is returning FALSE for all comparisons.

Any help on how I can quickly or easily compare values in two columns?
Have a couple of hundred to do, above is just simple illustration.

Thanks in advance,

Lee