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Trying to look at value in one cell(column), then see if a value in another
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On Mar 26, 8:44*am, Mark wrote:
Trying to look at value in one cell(column), then see if a value in another
cell in the same row equals a specific value, then return True or False


I'd use an IF statement

=IF(A1=D1,"True","False") or other results as needed
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Sounds like you want

=VLOOKUP(value,all_columns_looking_at,offset_from_ first_column,2)

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Mark,

You may not need either of those, perhaps this

=A4=F4
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Or just =A1=D1
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On Mar 26, 8:44 am, Mark wrote:
Trying to look at value in one cell(column), then see if a value in
another
cell in the same row equals a specific value, then return True or False


I'd use an IF statement

=IF(A1=D1,"True","False") or other results as needed



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