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OR Exact statement not working to compare values in two columns
Hi,
I am trying to compare two columns of numbers to see if values in one column appear in the other. Given something like the two columns on the left below, I have a thrid column called "match?" that uses the statement: =OR(EXACT(b2, $a$2:$a $16)) to compare values in columns. value 1 value 2 match? 1 5 FALSE 2 3 FALSE 3 1 FALSE 4 2 FALSE 5 4 FALSE However, the formula is returning FALSE for all comparisons. Any help on how I can quickly or easily compare values in two columns? Have a couple of hundred to do, above is just simple illustration. Thanks in advance, Lee |
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OR Exact statement not working to compare values in two columns
On your OR statement, did you enter it as an **array** formula? It looks as
if it should be. Type the formula, then, instead of JUST pressing the ENTER key, press and hold CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER -- ** John C ** " wrote: Hi, I am trying to compare two columns of numbers to see if values in one column appear in the other. Given something like the two columns on the left below, I have a thrid column called "match?" that uses the statement: =OR(EXACT(b2, $a$2:$a $16)) to compare values in columns. value 1 value 2 match? 1 5 FALSE 2 3 FALSE 3 1 FALSE 4 2 FALSE 5 4 FALSE However, the formula is returning FALSE for all comparisons. Any help on how I can quickly or easily compare values in two columns? Have a couple of hundred to do, above is just simple illustration. Thanks in advance, Lee |
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OR Exact statement not working to compare values in two columns
It seems you have to array-enter the formula. Double-click the cell
and commit with Shift+Ctrl+Enter. You can avoid array-entering with the scalar formula =ISNUMBER(MATCH(b2, $a$2:$a$16, 0)) HTH Kostis Vezerides On Oct 30, 6:23*pm, wrote: Hi, I am trying to compare two columns of numbers to see if values in one column appear in the other. Given something like the two columns on the left below, I have a thrid column called "match?" that uses the statement: =OR(EXACT(b2, $a$2:$a $16)) to compare values in columns. value 1 value 2 match? 1 * * * 5 * * * FALSE 2 * * * 3 * * * FALSE 3 * * * 1 * * * FALSE 4 * * * 2 * * * FALSE 5 * * * 4 * * * FALSE However, the formula is returning FALSE for all *comparisons. Any help on how I can quickly or easily compare values in two columns? Have a couple of hundred to do, above is just simple illustration. Thanks in advance, Lee |
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OR Exact statement not working to compare values in two columns
Let 1,2,3,4 ... be in column A; and 5,6,7... be in B
Let there be 500 entries In C1 use =IF(COUNTIF($A$1:$A$500,B1),"Repeated","") You never need EXACT to compare numbers (only text) best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme remove caps from email wrote in message ... Hi, I am trying to compare two columns of numbers to see if values in one column appear in the other. Given something like the two columns on the left below, I have a thrid column called "match?" that uses the statement: =OR(EXACT(b2, $a$2:$a $16)) to compare values in columns. value 1 value 2 match? 1 5 FALSE 2 3 FALSE 3 1 FALSE 4 2 FALSE 5 4 FALSE However, the formula is returning FALSE for all comparisons. Any help on how I can quickly or easily compare values in two columns? Have a couple of hundred to do, above is just simple illustration. Thanks in advance, Lee |
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OR Exact statement not working to compare values in two columns
Hi,
Or just the =COUNTIF(A$1:A$500,B1) this returns 0 if there are no matches, and a number greater than 0 if there are matches. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire " wrote: Hi, I am trying to compare two columns of numbers to see if values in one column appear in the other. Given something like the two columns on the left below, I have a thrid column called "match?" that uses the statement: =OR(EXACT(b2, $a$2:$a $16)) to compare values in columns. value 1 value 2 match? 1 5 FALSE 2 3 FALSE 3 1 FALSE 4 2 FALSE 5 4 FALSE However, the formula is returning FALSE for all comparisons. Any help on how I can quickly or easily compare values in two columns? Have a couple of hundred to do, above is just simple illustration. Thanks in advance, Lee |
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