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matching texts in 2 columns
Can I match texts in 2 columns (one column has a longer string than the other
column so let's say it should be able to match the first 5 characters) and then highlight the ones that have no matches... |
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matching texts in 2 columns
Suppose in Col A you have the data..and
B1 enter a text mathcing with one of the entries in Col A The below formula in C1 will check for the first 5 characters of B1 in ColA and return "No match" if a match is not found. If a match is found formula will return blank =IF(ISERROR(MATCH(LEFT(B1,5) & "*",A:A,0)),"No Match","") -- If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "my_melody" wrote: Can I match texts in 2 columns (one column has a longer string than the other column so let's say it should be able to match the first 5 characters) and then highlight the ones that have no matches... |
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