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using IF statement to compare text
I have a long list of items in Excel. I have been trying to use the IF
statements to compare items in the list, so that I might delete the repeated items. Please note: the whole list is text. There are no numbers. I have been trying to use =IF(A1=A2),"same","not same" but keep getting an error. Please help, or perhaps suggest another function to use? |
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using IF statement to compare text
You are extremely close:
=IF(A1=A2,"e","ne") -- Gary's Student "RichN" wrote: I have a long list of items in Excel. I have been trying to use the IF statements to compare items in the list, so that I might delete the repeated items. Please note: the whole list is text. There are no numbers. I have been trying to use =IF(A1=A2),"same","not same" but keep getting an error. Please help, or perhaps suggest another function to use? |
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using IF statement to compare text
Ouch! Thanks.
"Gary''s Student" wrote: You are extremely close: =IF(A1=A2,"e","ne") -- Gary's Student "RichN" wrote: I have a long list of items in Excel. I have been trying to use the IF statements to compare items in the list, so that I might delete the repeated items. Please note: the whole list is text. There are no numbers. I have been trying to use =IF(A1=A2),"same","not same" but keep getting an error. Please help, or perhaps suggest another function to use? |
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using IF statement to compare text
Here's one way:
Assume your data is in the range A1:A20. The first instance of a value is considered the original and is therefore not flagged: To flag the repeats enter this formula in B1 and copy down to B20: =IF(COUNTIF(A$1:A1,A1)1,"repeat","") Biff "RichN" wrote in message ... I have a long list of items in Excel. I have been trying to use the IF statements to compare items in the list, so that I might delete the repeated items. Please note: the whole list is text. There are no numbers. I have been trying to use =IF(A1=A2),"same","not same" but keep getting an error. Please help, or perhaps suggest another function to use? |
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The error comes from an incorrect syntax.
Should be =IF(A2=A1,"same","not same") Better formula would be this one from Chip Pearson. =IF(COUNTIF($A$1:$A$300,A1)1,"Duplicate","Not Duplicate") For more on duplicates management see Chip's site at http://www.cpearson.com/excel/duplicat.htm Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:56:02 -0800, RichN wrote: I have a long list of items in Excel. I have been trying to use the IF statements to compare items in the list, so that I might delete the repeated items. Please note: the whole list is text. There are no numbers. I have been trying to use =IF(A1=A2),"same","not same" but keep getting an error. Please help, or perhaps suggest another function to use? |
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