Formula for matching addresses
Hi There,
Can someone help with a formula in excel to find matching addresses between 2 columns? I want to be able to find matching addresses despite the spacing, upper/lower case formatting and punctuation used in the addresses. Is there a formula that can help me pick out matching addresses from 2 lists? If there is, please help me? Email me at ..... Thanks, Sean |
Formula for matching addresses
Put this alongside the looked up value and copy down
=ISNUMBER(MATCH(TRIM(B2),TRIM($A$2:$A$20),0)) It is an arry formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shifte-Enter, not just Enter. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "SeanUK2005" wrote in message ... Hi There, Can someone help with a formula in excel to find matching addresses between 2 columns? I want to be able to find matching addresses despite the spacing, upper/lower case formatting and punctuation used in the addresses. Is there a formula that can help me pick out matching addresses from 2 lists? If there is, please help me? Email me at ..... Thanks, Sean |
Formula for matching Postal addresses
Hi Bob, Thanks for the help. Either Im executing the formula incorrectly or it doesnt work. I have two list lists of Postal Addresses. I need to extract the ones that match but cant seem to find a proper formula as the Postal Addresses arent in the same format. In other words, some are in Upper and some lower case and some have 1 or more spaces inbetween and some have punctuation eg in list 1 i have 23 Jones Lane and in list 2, I have 23 joneS Lane. This is a match but no formula will pick it out unless they are identically spaced and the upper and lower case all match. Can you help? I just need to pick out the common postal addresses in two lists so we can use the information. Please help if u can? Thanks alot for the help. Cheers, Sean "SeanUK2005" wrote: Hi There, Can someone help with a formula in excel to find matching addresses between 2 columns? I want to be able to find matching addresses despite the spacing, upper/lower case formatting and punctuation used in the addresses. Is there a formula that can help me pick out matching addresses from 2 lists? If there is, please help me? Email me at ..... Thanks, Sean |
Formula for matching Postal addresses
Sean, the case is irrelevant in that formula, believe me.
Spaces are not so, but TRIM should manage that. I put 23 Jones Lane in A9 I put 23 joneS Lane in B3 and this formula =ISNUMBER(MATCH(TRIM(B3),TRIM($A$2:$A$20),0)) returned TRUE. I even added some extra spaces in it, no problem. Remember, it is an array formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not just Enter. -- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "SeanUK2005" wrote in message ... Hi Bob, Thanks for the help. Either Im executing the formula incorrectly or it doesnt work. I have two list lists of Postal Addresses. I need to extract the ones that match but cant seem to find a proper formula as the Postal Addresses arent in the same format. In other words, some are in Upper and some lower case and some have 1 or more spaces inbetween and some have punctuation eg in list 1 i have 23 Jones Lane and in list 2, I have 23 joneS Lane. This is a match but no formula will pick it out unless they are identically spaced and the upper and lower case all match. Can you help? I just need to pick out the common postal addresses in two lists so we can use the information. Please help if u can? Thanks alot for the help. Cheers, Sean "SeanUK2005" wrote: Hi There, Can someone help with a formula in excel to find matching addresses between 2 columns? I want to be able to find matching addresses despite the spacing, upper/lower case formatting and punctuation used in the addresses. Is there a formula that can help me pick out matching addresses from 2 lists? If there is, please help me? Email me at ..... Thanks, Sean |
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