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Tricky comparing question
I have my list of Criteria in Column A - (In this case the Criteria are names)
In column B, C, D, and so on are days of the month. I paste the raw data underneath the spreadsheet in the coresponding columns. So, day 1 is under column B. Day 2 under column C and so on. I have formulas setup in the spreadsheet to count every time it sees the name in the data for each day. Those formulas work great, so I dont want to change them. Here is a small example of the layout. A B C D E Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 John 1 0 1 1 Mark 2 0 0 0 Steve 0 3 1 0 Dan 0 0 1 1 John Steve John John <--This data is pasted from a text file Mark Steve Dan Dan Mark Steve Steve Jason Notice that in column E, the name Jason is in the data, but not anywhere in column A. So there are 3 names in the data list, but only 2 are counted. So I would then have to insert a new row for Jason. What I would like to do is to somehow compare the names after I paste the data in, and if there is a name that is not in column A, then it would point that out - maybe changing the text color to red, or returning a value into another cell. Thank you in advance for any ideas. |
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