#1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31
Default compare column

is there a built in program in excel which i can use to compare column a of
one worksheet to column b of another worksheet
--
Nisha P
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 35,218
Default compare column

You can use a formula like this:

=isnumber(match(a1,sheet2!b:b,0))
to return True if the value in A1 matches any of the values in column B of
sheet2. It'll return False if there is no match.

=a1=sheet2!b1
will compare two cells

Not sure what you wanted.

nishkrish wrote:

is there a built in program in excel which i can use to compare column a of
one worksheet to column b of another worksheet
--
Nisha P


--

Dave Peterson
  #3   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31
Default compare column


No both formulas give out false value i have same numbers in two different
work sheet what i want is it should check if sheet 1 column a10 matches the
same number in sheet 2 at column aa23 basically it should match the number
like

Sheet 1

column A

3000111009806550
3000111009106790
3000111109862360
3000110909152070

The same number are avaiable in sheet2 but dont know what row number




--
Nisha P


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You can use a formula like this:

=isnumber(match(a1,sheet2!b:b,0))
to return True if the value in A1 matches any of the values in column B of
sheet2. It'll return False if there is no match.

=a1=sheet2!b1
will compare two cells

Not sure what you wanted.

nishkrish wrote:

is there a built in program in excel which i can use to compare column a of
one worksheet to column b of another worksheet
--
Nisha P


--

Dave Peterson

  #4   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 35,218
Default compare column

Either there is a difference in the characters that make up those entries. Or
one of the values is text even though it's comprised of all digits.

You can test by picking out the two cells that you know are the same.

Then use:
=a10='sheet2'!aa23

If that's false, then try this in two more empty cells:

=isnumber(a10)
and
=isnumber('sheet2'!aa23

If one of those is true and the other is false, then you can either change the
formula or fix the data.

nishkrish wrote:

No both formulas give out false value i have same numbers in two different
work sheet what i want is it should check if sheet 1 column a10 matches the
same number in sheet 2 at column aa23 basically it should match the number
like

Sheet 1

column A

3000111009806550
3000111009106790
3000111109862360
3000110909152070

The same number are avaiable in sheet2 but dont know what row number

--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You can use a formula like this:

=isnumber(match(a1,sheet2!b:b,0))
to return True if the value in A1 matches any of the values in column B of
sheet2. It'll return False if there is no match.

=a1=sheet2!b1
will compare two cells

Not sure what you wanted.

nishkrish wrote:

is there a built in program in excel which i can use to compare column a of
one worksheet to column b of another worksheet
--
Nisha P


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson
  #5   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31
Default compare column

i tried both both shows false, i am matching my cell 1 to cell of sheet2
cause i dont know in what cell that number is located in sheet 2 column will
be aa but cell not sure.
--
Nisha P


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Either there is a difference in the characters that make up those entries. Or
one of the values is text even though it's comprised of all digits.

You can test by picking out the two cells that you know are the same.

Then use:
=a10='sheet2'!aa23

If that's false, then try this in two more empty cells:

=isnumber(a10)
and
=isnumber('sheet2'!aa23

If one of those is true and the other is false, then you can either change the
formula or fix the data.

nishkrish wrote:

No both formulas give out false value i have same numbers in two different
work sheet what i want is it should check if sheet 1 column a10 matches the
same number in sheet 2 at column aa23 basically it should match the number
like

Sheet 1

column A

3000111009806550
3000111009106790
3000111109862360
3000110909152070

The same number are avaiable in sheet2 but dont know what row number

--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You can use a formula like this:

=isnumber(match(a1,sheet2!b:b,0))
to return True if the value in A1 matches any of the values in column B of
sheet2. It'll return False if there is no match.

=a1=sheet2!b1
will compare two cells

Not sure what you wanted.

nishkrish wrote:

is there a built in program in excel which i can use to compare column a of
one worksheet to column b of another worksheet
--
Nisha P

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson



  #6   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 35,218
Default compare column

Do it manually. Find two cells that match. Then try the comparison formulas.

If you can't find a match manually, why do you think that there is a match?



nishkrish wrote:

i tried both both shows false, i am matching my cell 1 to cell of sheet2
cause i dont know in what cell that number is located in sheet 2 column will
be aa but cell not sure.
--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Either there is a difference in the characters that make up those entries. Or
one of the values is text even though it's comprised of all digits.

You can test by picking out the two cells that you know are the same.

Then use:
=a10='sheet2'!aa23

If that's false, then try this in two more empty cells:

=isnumber(a10)
and
=isnumber('sheet2'!aa23

If one of those is true and the other is false, then you can either change the
formula or fix the data.

nishkrish wrote:

No both formulas give out false value i have same numbers in two different
work sheet what i want is it should check if sheet 1 column a10 matches the
same number in sheet 2 at column aa23 basically it should match the number
like

Sheet 1

column A

3000111009806550
3000111009106790
3000111109862360
3000110909152070

The same number are avaiable in sheet2 but dont know what row number

--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You can use a formula like this:

=isnumber(match(a1,sheet2!b:b,0))
to return True if the value in A1 matches any of the values in column B of
sheet2. It'll return False if there is no match.

=a1=sheet2!b1
will compare two cells

Not sure what you wanted.

nishkrish wrote:

is there a built in program in excel which i can use to compare column a of
one worksheet to column b of another worksheet
--
Nisha P

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson
  #7   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31
Default compare column

Manually it is there but i am suppose to ck one by one for the whole month so
i was trying to find easy way out.
--
Nisha P


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Do it manually. Find two cells that match. Then try the comparison formulas.

If you can't find a match manually, why do you think that there is a match?



nishkrish wrote:

i tried both both shows false, i am matching my cell 1 to cell of sheet2
cause i dont know in what cell that number is located in sheet 2 column will
be aa but cell not sure.
--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Either there is a difference in the characters that make up those entries. Or
one of the values is text even though it's comprised of all digits.

You can test by picking out the two cells that you know are the same.

Then use:
=a10='sheet2'!aa23

If that's false, then try this in two more empty cells:

=isnumber(a10)
and
=isnumber('sheet2'!aa23

If one of those is true and the other is false, then you can either change the
formula or fix the data.

nishkrish wrote:

No both formulas give out false value i have same numbers in two different
work sheet what i want is it should check if sheet 1 column a10 matches the
same number in sheet 2 at column aa23 basically it should match the number
like

Sheet 1

column A

3000111009806550
3000111009106790
3000111109862360
3000110909152070

The same number are avaiable in sheet2 but dont know what row number

--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You can use a formula like this:

=isnumber(match(a1,sheet2!b:b,0))
to return True if the value in A1 matches any of the values in column B of
sheet2. It'll return False if there is no match.

=a1=sheet2!b1
will compare two cells

Not sure what you wanted.

nishkrish wrote:

is there a built in program in excel which i can use to compare column a of
one worksheet to column b of another worksheet
--
Nisha P

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

  #8   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 35,218
Default compare column

What happened when you tried those formulas against the two cells that appeared
to be the same?

I'm guessing that they are not the same. They only look like it to your eyes.
Excel doesn't see them the same.

Either that or you made a mistake in your formulas. You never shared what you
used.

nishkrish wrote:

Manually it is there but i am suppose to ck one by one for the whole month so
i was trying to find easy way out.
--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Do it manually. Find two cells that match. Then try the comparison formulas.

If you can't find a match manually, why do you think that there is a match?



nishkrish wrote:

i tried both both shows false, i am matching my cell 1 to cell of sheet2
cause i dont know in what cell that number is located in sheet 2 column will
be aa but cell not sure.
--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Either there is a difference in the characters that make up those entries. Or
one of the values is text even though it's comprised of all digits.

You can test by picking out the two cells that you know are the same.

Then use:
=a10='sheet2'!aa23

If that's false, then try this in two more empty cells:

=isnumber(a10)
and
=isnumber('sheet2'!aa23

If one of those is true and the other is false, then you can either change the
formula or fix the data.

nishkrish wrote:

No both formulas give out false value i have same numbers in two different
work sheet what i want is it should check if sheet 1 column a10 matches the
same number in sheet 2 at column aa23 basically it should match the number
like

Sheet 1

column A

3000111009806550
3000111009106790
3000111109862360
3000110909152070

The same number are avaiable in sheet2 but dont know what row number

--
Nisha P

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You can use a formula like this:

=isnumber(match(a1,sheet2!b:b,0))
to return True if the value in A1 matches any of the values in column B of
sheet2. It'll return False if there is no match.

=a1=sheet2!b1
will compare two cells

Not sure what you wanted.

nishkrish wrote:

is there a built in program in excel which i can use to compare column a of
one worksheet to column b of another worksheet
--
Nisha P

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson
Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
compare data in column A with column B to find duplicates George Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 8 February 6th 09 03:53 PM
compare cells in column to criteria, then average next column cell Bradwin Excel Worksheet Functions 2 July 21st 08 08:37 PM
How do I compare string values in one column to another column? Nick N. Excel Worksheet Functions 1 April 29th 06 02:56 AM
Compare one Column to a Second Column Formula Help Needed jeffc Excel Worksheet Functions 1 April 13th 06 03:23 PM
compare the first column and concatenate the second column smb2000user100 Excel Worksheet Functions 0 April 22nd 05 07:12 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:08 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"