Conditional Formatting with Partial name search
Is there a way to use conditional formatting to search two lists of names,
and highlight the differences by only highlighing those with last name differences. (My spreadsheet contains over 250 names) Example: Column A: Jones, Dave Smith, Bob Brown, Sally White, Mary Column B: Jones, Dave V. Smith, Bob A. White, Mary I am looking for a conditional formula that would highlight Mary White in column A as the only different one between the two lists. Please help. |
Conditional Formatting with Partial name search
CF:
=COUNTIF($B$2:$B$4,LEFT($A2,FIND(",",$A2))&"*")=0 "Diane" wrote: Is there a way to use conditional formatting to search two lists of names, and highlight the differences by only highlighing those with last name differences. (My spreadsheet contains over 250 names) Example: Column A: Jones, Dave Smith, Bob Brown, Sally White, Mary Column B: Jones, Dave V. Smith, Bob A. White, Mary I am looking for a conditional formula that would highlight Mary White in column A as the only different one between the two lists. Please help. |
Conditional Formatting with Partial name search
Thanks so much. It worked with one little change to cover the entire list.
=COUNTIF($B:$B,LEFT($A2,FIND(",",$A2))&"*")=0 "Teethless mama" wrote: CF: =COUNTIF($B$2:$B$4,LEFT($A2,FIND(",",$A2))&"*")=0 "Diane" wrote: Is there a way to use conditional formatting to search two lists of names, and highlight the differences by only highlighing those with last name differences. (My spreadsheet contains over 250 names) Example: Column A: Jones, Dave Smith, Bob Brown, Sally White, Mary Column B: Jones, Dave V. Smith, Bob A. White, Mary I am looking for a conditional formula that would highlight Mary White in column A as the only different one between the two lists. Please help. |
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