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How can I differences in two Excel Workbook lists automaticall
I would like to find a way for Excel to automatically point out differences
between two lists. Can be either two worksheets or workbooks. I knwo how to compare side by side but want Excel to do the work. |
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How can I differences in two Excel Workbook lists automaticall
Well, there are a bunch of ways to compare lists of data, but the answer to
your question depends in part on what you're comparing. Numbers? Text? Count of items in a list? Alphanumeric text strings? Etc. Give us some info on what you're comparing. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: I would like to find a way for Excel to automatically point out differences between two lists. Can be either two worksheets or workbooks. I knwo how to compare side by side but want Excel to do the work. |
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In this instance, it is text
"Dave F" wrote: Well, there are a bunch of ways to compare lists of data, but the answer to your question depends in part on what you're comparing. Numbers? Text? Count of items in a list? Alphanumeric text strings? Etc. Give us some info on what you're comparing. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: I would like to find a way for Excel to automatically point out differences between two lists. Can be either two worksheets or workbooks. I knwo how to compare side by side but want Excel to do the work. |
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Well if you want to compare, say, the lengths of two text strings then
something like =IF(LEN(A1)=LEN(B1),"Equal","Unequal") -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: In this instance, it is text "Dave F" wrote: Well, there are a bunch of ways to compare lists of data, but the answer to your question depends in part on what you're comparing. Numbers? Text? Count of items in a list? Alphanumeric text strings? Etc. Give us some info on what you're comparing. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: I would like to find a way for Excel to automatically point out differences between two lists. Can be either two worksheets or workbooks. I knwo how to compare side by side but want Excel to do the work. |
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In this instance, I imported data into a database from a list (text) in
Excel. About 2000 rows. All but about 12 of the rows imported. I pulled the imprted data back into a spreadsheet and want to find the ones that didn't import. Can Excel do this automatically or do I have to scroll through all 2000? "Dave F" wrote: Well, there are a bunch of ways to compare lists of data, but the answer to your question depends in part on what you're comparing. Numbers? Text? Count of items in a list? Alphanumeric text strings? Etc. Give us some info on what you're comparing. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: I would like to find a way for Excel to automatically point out differences between two lists. Can be either two worksheets or workbooks. I knwo how to compare side by side but want Excel to do the work. |
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There may be an easier way to do this, but I would do the following:
1) Tag your original data set "original" in a new column. 2) Tag your new data set "new" in the corresponding column 3) Combine the two data sets (including the newly added columns) into a new data set. 4) Sort by a unique identifier. 5) Run a helper column (assume your unique identifier is in column A). =IF(A2=A1,"",1) Wherever a 1 is returned, you know there is a gap in the sequence. Somewhere near that 1 is the line that is in your original data set but not your new data set. Make sense? -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: In this instance, I imported data into a database from a list (text) in Excel. About 2000 rows. All but about 12 of the rows imported. I pulled the imprted data back into a spreadsheet and want to find the ones that didn't import. Can Excel do this automatically or do I have to scroll through all 2000? "Dave F" wrote: Well, there are a bunch of ways to compare lists of data, but the answer to your question depends in part on what you're comparing. Numbers? Text? Count of items in a list? Alphanumeric text strings? Etc. Give us some info on what you're comparing. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: I would like to find a way for Excel to automatically point out differences between two lists. Can be either two worksheets or workbooks. I knwo how to compare side by side but want Excel to do the work. |
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Yeah, i did try that already but the =IF(LEN(A1)=LEN(B1),"Equal","Unequal")
will work until I hit the first unequal row. from there on out they are all unequal. "Dave F" wrote: Well if you want to compare, say, the lengths of two text strings then something like =IF(LEN(A1)=LEN(B1),"Equal","Unequal") -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: In this instance, it is text "Dave F" wrote: Well, there are a bunch of ways to compare lists of data, but the answer to your question depends in part on what you're comparing. Numbers? Text? Count of items in a list? Alphanumeric text strings? Etc. Give us some info on what you're comparing. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: I would like to find a way for Excel to automatically point out differences between two lists. Can be either two worksheets or workbooks. I knwo how to compare side by side but want Excel to do the work. |
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Okay, Dave, thanks. That worked for now but could be a pain for longer lists.
I will keep at it. Thanks for you help. "Dave F" wrote: There may be an easier way to do this, but I would do the following: 1) Tag your original data set "original" in a new column. 2) Tag your new data set "new" in the corresponding column 3) Combine the two data sets (including the newly added columns) into a new data set. 4) Sort by a unique identifier. 5) Run a helper column (assume your unique identifier is in column A). =IF(A2=A1,"",1) Wherever a 1 is returned, you know there is a gap in the sequence. Somewhere near that 1 is the line that is in your original data set but not your new data set. Make sense? -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: In this instance, I imported data into a database from a list (text) in Excel. About 2000 rows. All but about 12 of the rows imported. I pulled the imprted data back into a spreadsheet and want to find the ones that didn't import. Can Excel do this automatically or do I have to scroll through all 2000? "Dave F" wrote: Well, there are a bunch of ways to compare lists of data, but the answer to your question depends in part on what you're comparing. Numbers? Text? Count of items in a list? Alphanumeric text strings? Etc. Give us some info on what you're comparing. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "DeeKayT" wrote: I would like to find a way for Excel to automatically point out differences between two lists. Can be either two worksheets or workbooks. I knwo how to compare side by side but want Excel to do the work. |
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