How do I create a list of unique values from 2 columns of data
 

I have 2 columns of data. Column A has 50,000 records and Column B has 4,000
records (many of which are in Column A).

I need to generate Column C which should be all of the values from Column A
that are not also in Column B. The net yield for Column C should be roughly
46,000 records.

How can I go about solving this problem?

Many thanks!!!!

How do I create a list of unique values from 2 columns of data
 

I have to do this sort of thing often, determine which of a column of values
do (or do not) appear in another column. There are multiple ways to do it,
but my favorite goes like this: Let's see, you want to a list of values in A
that do not appear in B. Ok, in column C opposite one of the values in A,
say row 2, put the formula "=MATCH(A2,B,0)". I'm used to working with R1C1
notation so I may have done this wrong, but the MATCH function should look in
column B for any exact match on the cell in column A, and return either the
row number where a match occurred or some error, #N/A I think. Copy this to
each cell in column C opposite the values in A and you can tell at a glance
which ones match and which ones don't.

But you don't want to "tell at a glance", you want a list of the values that
aren't there. So wrap an IF around the MATCH:

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A2,B,0)),A2,"")

(Or is it "ISERR"? I think you want the one that's spelled out, "ISERROR".)
If the match returns #N/A then it means the value in A is not in B, so it
lists the value in A; if it found a match in B it puts a null string in C.
Now you can sort column C so that all the null strings are at one end of the
column, and the rest of the values are the ones you want.

--- "FrozenRope" wrote:
I have 2 columns of data. Column A has 50,000 records and Column B has 4,000
records (many of which are in Column A). I need to generate Column C which
should be all of the values from Column A that are not also in Column B.

How do I create a list of unique values from 2 columns of data
 

Another play which should deliver the goods for you
Assuming data in row2 down in cols A and B
Put in C2:
=IF(A2="","",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2,B:B,0)),"",ROW() ))
Leave C1 blank

Put in D2:
=IF(ROWS($1:1)COUNT(C:C),"",INDEX(A:A,SMALL(C:C,R OWS($1:1))))
Select C2:D2, copy down to the last row of data in col A, ie down to D50001.
Col D will return the required results, ie items in col A not found in col B,
all neatly bunched at the top.
--
Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"FrozenRope" wrote:
I have 2 columns of data. Column A has 50,000 records and Column B has 4,000
records (many of which are in Column A).

I need to generate Column C which should be all of the values from Column A
that are not also in Column B. The net yield for Column C should be roughly
46,000 records.

How can I go about solving this problem?

Many thanks!!!!