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I have two columns of names, they include commas seperating last first
etc...how to I do a text comparision function to see if a cell in column 1 is in the range of cells in column two one cell at a time? thanks.. Countif doesn't seem to work |
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I have two columns of names, they include commas seperating last first etc...how to I do a text comparision function to see if a cell in column 1 is in the range of cells in column two one cell at a time? thanks.. Countif doesn't seem to work How are you using Countif? =COUNTIF(B$1:B$100,A1) Or: =ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,B$1:B$100,0)) Biff |
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Biff wrote: "Blah" wrote ... I have two columns of names, they include commas seperating last first etc...how to I do a text comparision function to see if a cell in column 1 is in the range of cells in column two one cell at a time? thanks.. Countif doesn't seem to work How are you using Countif? =COUNTIF(B$1:B$100,A1) Or: =ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,B$1:B$100,0)) Biff Using =COUNTIF(D$2:D$200, B2) Abajian, Aaron Christopher won't match with Abajian, Aaron Christopher even though they are on B2 and D2 respectively |
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make sure there's no extra spaces by running a trim command on your columns -- MDubbelboer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MDubbelboer's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36330 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=562287 |
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Your COUNTIF formula works for me. Checking the actual entries for
extra spaces or lack of a comma would be a logical step. Blah wrote: Biff wrote: "Blah" wrote ... I have two columns of names, they include commas seperating last first etc...how to I do a text comparision function to see if a cell in column 1 is in the range of cells in column two one cell at a time? thanks.. Countif doesn't seem to work How are you using Countif? =COUNTIF(B$1:B$100,A1) Or: =ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,B$1:B$100,0)) Biff Using =COUNTIF(D$2:D$200, B2) Abajian, Aaron Christopher won't match with Abajian, Aaron Christopher even though they are on B2 and D2 respectively |
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Try this:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(TRIM(D$2:D$200)=TRIM(B2))) If this works then that means you have leading/trailing spaces in either the range or the comparison cell or even both. Biff "Blah" wrote in message oups.com... Biff wrote: "Blah" wrote ... I have two columns of names, they include commas seperating last first etc...how to I do a text comparision function to see if a cell in column 1 is in the range of cells in column two one cell at a time? thanks.. Countif doesn't seem to work How are you using Countif? =COUNTIF(B$1:B$100,A1) Or: =ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,B$1:B$100,0)) Biff Using =COUNTIF(D$2:D$200, B2) Abajian, Aaron Christopher won't match with Abajian, Aaron Christopher even though they are on B2 and D2 respectively |
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