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Comparing two ranges of data and identify the common/like informat
Have tried a couple of solutions and not found anything that works well
I have spreadsheets containing like data (different years). The inforamtion on sheet A is First Name, Last name and Hours 06-07 The information on sheet B is First Name, Last Name and hours 07-08 I need to compare the two sheets and quickly identify the names that appear on both lists. Appreciate any ideas on an easy solution. -- debra |
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Comparing two ranges of data and identify the common/like informat
Have you tried using the Vlookup function? You should be able to mark rows
that are in one sheet that appear in a second sheet. You can use references in the formula that specifiy a different sheet or even a different book. -- Dan L. "debra" wrote: Have tried a couple of solutions and not found anything that works well I have spreadsheets containing like data (different years). The inforamtion on sheet A is First Name, Last name and Hours 06-07 The information on sheet B is First Name, Last Name and hours 07-08 I need to compare the two sheets and quickly identify the names that appear on both lists. Appreciate any ideas on an easy solution. -- debra |
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Comparing two ranges of data and identify the common/like informat
Chip Pearson has lots of techniques to work with duplicates:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/Duplicates.aspx If the lastnames are unique, you could just compare those two columns. If the lastnames are not unique, but the combination of first and lastnames are, then I'd insert a new column and concatenate the names: =a1&"..."&b1 and drag down (on both sheets) Then use those two helper columns for the comparison. debra wrote: Have tried a couple of solutions and not found anything that works well I have spreadsheets containing like data (different years). The inforamtion on sheet A is First Name, Last name and Hours 06-07 The information on sheet B is First Name, Last Name and hours 07-08 I need to compare the two sheets and quickly identify the names that appear on both lists. Appreciate any ideas on an easy solution. -- debra -- Dave Peterson |
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