Hi

I have searched Google archive but have not found anything about searching
in Excel using "fuzzy matching". Are there any posts on this? One particular
problem is where international alphabet's differ e.g. text may include
accents on letters etc

Thanks in advance

Tim

Hi
'fuzzy match' leads me at least to the following thread :-)
http://www.google.com/groups?selm=8B...%40www.newsran
ger.com

with two possible links for this task

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Tim Childs" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hi

I have searched Google archive but have not found anything about
searching
in Excel using "fuzzy matching". Are there any posts on this? One
particular
problem is where international alphabet's differ e.g. text may
include
accents on letters etc

Thanks in advance

Tim

Tim,

A Google archive search for "Fuzzy match" produces quite a few hits.
You can also VBA-adapt algorithms from the litterature : search for "Approximate
search matching".

Regards,

Daniel M.

"Tim Childs" wrote in message
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Hi

I have searched Google archive but have not found anything about searching
in Excel using "fuzzy matching". Are there any posts on this? One particular
problem is where international alphabet's differ e.g. text may include
accents on letters etc

Thanks in advance

Tim

algorithms from the litterature : search for "Approximate search matching".

I meant : "approximate string matching"

But close enough probably ;-))

Regards,

Daniel M.

Hi

thanks for these links altho' it seems this is a quite tricky area!

all the best

Tim

"Frank Kabel" wrote in message
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Hi
'fuzzy match' leads me at least to the following thread :-)
http://www.google.com/groups?selm=8B...%40www.newsran
ger.com

with two possible links for this task

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Tim Childs" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Hi

I have searched Google archive but have not found anything about
searching
in Excel using "fuzzy matching". Are there any posts on this? One
particular
problem is where international alphabet's differ e.g. text may
include
accents on letters etc

Thanks in advance

Tim

Hi
indeed, it is a little bit tricky :-)

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Tim Childs" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Hi

thanks for these links altho' it seems this is a quite tricky area!

all the best

Tim

"Frank Kabel" wrote in message
...
Hi
'fuzzy match' leads me at least to the following thread :-)

http://www.google.com/groups?selm=8B...%40www.newsran
ger.com

with two possible links for this task

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Tim Childs" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Hi

I have searched Google archive but have not found anything about
searching
in Excel using "fuzzy matching". Are there any posts on this? One
particular
problem is where international alphabet's differ e.g. text may
include
accents on letters etc

Thanks in advance

Tim