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MATCH function - 2 columns w/ SIMILAR, not EXACT data
colu. 1 contains:
1001 vendor 43980 1001/1180/90 CAT 8 1001/1180/90/8 col. 2 contains: 1001 SD3 vendor number 43980 PO 45609 1001 1180 90 8 I need to match these 2 columns IF the values are the same, regardless of text. Any suggestions? |
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Given your data, the following formulas will generate a match:
=a1=b1 =right(a2,5)=right(b2,5) no match in row 3 =substitute(a4,"/"," ")=b4 However, if other date have different similarities, you may find if more efficient to write a macro to toss out the extraneous stuff, so you end up with exact matches. -- Regards, Fred Please reply to newsgroup, not e-mail "Jane" wrote in message ... colu. 1 contains: 1001 vendor 43980 1001/1180/90 CAT 8 1001/1180/90/8 col. 2 contains: 1001 SD3 vendor number 43980 PO 45609 1001 1180 90 8 I need to match these 2 columns IF the values are the same, regardless of text. Any suggestions? |
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Hi Fred,
I'm not very familiar with the Match function (altho' I use Vlookup frequently)... woul dyou mind giving me an example of the formula written out that captures what you have suggested? It would be most appreciated. thank you, Jane "Fred Smith" wrote: Given your data, the following formulas will generate a match: =a1=b1 =right(a2,5)=right(b2,5) no match in row 3 =substitute(a4,"/"," ")=b4 However, if other date have different similarities, you may find if more efficient to write a macro to toss out the extraneous stuff, so you end up with exact matches. -- Regards, Fred Please reply to newsgroup, not e-mail "Jane" wrote in message ... colu. 1 contains: 1001 vendor 43980 1001/1180/90 CAT 8 1001/1180/90/8 col. 2 contains: 1001 SD3 vendor number 43980 PO 45609 1001 1180 90 8 I need to match these 2 columns IF the values are the same, regardless of text. Any suggestions? |
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The formulas I gave you will evaluate to TRUE or FALSE. I didn't provide any
information on the Match function, because I didn't see an application for it. As you are interested, Match works somewhat like Vlookup, but rather that returning a cell value, it returns the position in the list (eg, the 5th entry in the list). -- Regards, Fred Please reply to newsgroup, not e-mail "Jane" wrote in message ... Hi Fred, I'm not very familiar with the Match function (altho' I use Vlookup frequently)... woul dyou mind giving me an example of the formula written out that captures what you have suggested? It would be most appreciated. thank you, Jane "Fred Smith" wrote: Given your data, the following formulas will generate a match: =a1=b1 =right(a2,5)=right(b2,5) no match in row 3 =substitute(a4,"/"," ")=b4 However, if other date have different similarities, you may find if more efficient to write a macro to toss out the extraneous stuff, so you end up with exact matches. -- Regards, Fred Please reply to newsgroup, not e-mail "Jane" wrote in message ... colu. 1 contains: 1001 vendor 43980 1001/1180/90 CAT 8 1001/1180/90/8 col. 2 contains: 1001 SD3 vendor number 43980 PO 45609 1001 1180 90 8 I need to match these 2 columns IF the values are the same, regardless of text. Any suggestions? |
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