Comparing Arrays
Is there a way to compare two arrays and output message if they are exactly
the same, and output a different message if there is a difference in the array. I would like to be able to do this in one cell. I am able to compare all the cells individually, but would rather compare the arrays as a whole. For example: Tab 1 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Tab 2 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Is there a formula that I can use to say examine these two arrays and say "Correct" because they are exactly the same? Tab 1 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Tab 2 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 46 10/6/04 In this example, Column B on Tab 2 does not match Column B on Tab 1. This would result in the two formulas not being equal. How can a formula in one cell show that? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
=IF(tab1!A1&tab1!B1&tab1!C1=tab2!A1&tab2!B1&tab2!C 1,"","in")&"correct"
HTH Jason Atlanta, GA "TangentMemory" wrote: Is there a way to compare two arrays and output message if they are exactly the same, and output a different message if there is a difference in the array. I would like to be able to do this in one cell. I am able to compare all the cells individually, but would rather compare the arrays as a whole. For example: Tab 1 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Tab 2 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Is there a formula that I can use to say examine these two arrays and say "Correct" because they are exactly the same? Tab 1 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Tab 2 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 46 10/6/04 In this example, Column B on Tab 2 does not match Column B on Tab 1. This would result in the two formulas not being equal. How can a formula in one cell show that? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
If the functions in the freely downloadable file at
http:/home.pacbell.net/beban are available to your workbook, then either of the following will return True or False: =RowsEqual(Sheet4!A1:C1,Sheet5!A1:C1) =ColumnsEqual(Sheet4!A1:C1,Sheet5!A1:C1) Alan Beban TangentMemory wrote: Is there a way to compare two arrays and output message if they are exactly the same, and output a different message if there is a difference in the array. I would like to be able to do this in one cell. I am able to compare all the cells individually, but would rather compare the arrays as a whole. For example: Tab 1 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Tab 2 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Is there a formula that I can use to say examine these two arrays and say "Correct" because they are exactly the same? Tab 1 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 15 10/6/04 Tab 2 Column A Column B Column C ----------- ----------- ----------- George 46 10/6/04 In this example, Column B on Tab 2 does not match Column B on Tab 1. This would result in the two formulas not being equal. How can a formula in one cell show that? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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