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Default Compare cell contents in adjacent columns

hello
i am trying to compare the contents of all the cells in column a with all
the cells in column b and where there is a match copy that name to column c.
the problem is the name in , for example, A10 may exist in B1620 and i have
16000 cells to compare. hope i've explained this ok.
I have spent a good few hours searching through the theads here and found a
lot of very useful stuff but not in answer to this specific proble.
can anybody help please.
 
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