Identifying common data between 2 cells
 

Hello-
I am trying to identify common criteria between 2 cells using Excel 2007.
For instance: I have a series of numbers and possibly letters in 1 cell
(part number). I want to compare to another cell that has similar but not exactly the same data. The info might look like this....
(Cell 1) 55758 vs. (Cell 2) AVT55758 or possibly (Cell 1) AB55758 vs. (Cell 2) XY55758000. The difference in how the data is presented is how a vendor might list a product. In reality, it's the same product.

I want to be able to either have a macro or a formula that could match a minimum of 4 consecutive numbers and give me a result that says it's a good match. If it's 5 consecutive numbers, then it should say it's an excellent match.
It's a time eating process to manually view data and a macro or formula like this would be a great time saver. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks - Mark

Identifying common data between 2 cells
 

Hi Mark,

Am Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:13:39 +0000 schrieb MRPRMR:

For instance: I have a series of numbers and possibly letters in 1 cell
(part number). I want to compare to another cell that has similar but
not exactly the same data. The info might look like this....
(Cell 1) 55758 vs. (Cell 2) AVT55758 or possibly (Cell 1) AB55758 vs.
(Cell 2) XY55758000. The difference in how the data is presented is how
a vendor might list a product. In reality, it's the same product.

you are comparing A1 and B1:
=IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(RIGHT(A1,5),B1)),"Excellent Match",IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(RIGHT(A1,4),B1)),"Good Match",""))


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Claus Busch
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