Compare Across Multiple Columns
Mar 3, 2009
I can find lots of ways to compare two lists with single columns, but I need a very basic guide to comparing multiple ones across two sets of data and then highlighting or extracting the unique records. I would prefer to keep the data in the existing columns for later sorting and other purposes.
I currently have the two datasets as two separate worksheets in an Excel 2003 file. The two datasets consist of the same three columns containing strings of text, but there is quite a difference in the number of rows. Dataset One is c. 3550 records, Dataset 2 is c. 1600. There are no duplicate records within each dataset, but there are duplications across the datasets and the records are in a different order, so it's not a matter of comparing Row 1 to Row 1 and so on. The data look a bit like this (semi-colons to show columns):
DATASET 1
Group;Family;Name
PM;Smith;Mary Anne
PM;Jones;Fred Henry
PD;Wilson;Peter John
PG;Green;William Laurence
...............
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Mar 16, 2007
I would like to create an excel formula that will easily compare multiple columns to each other. For example
C1 C2 C3 C4
-- -- -- --
A A B A
I want to create a formula which will compare these 4 columns to make sure they are all the same. If they are all the same, then TRUE else FALSE. I could compare C1 to C2,C3&C4, then C2 to C3&C4, then C3 to C4 but I am thinking there must be an easier way to do this.
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Nov 14, 2013
Columns A, B, and C have data (first name, last name, state) - 125k rows. Columns F, G, and H have data (first name, last name, state) - 5k rows. Some of these individuals are bound to appear on both lists, and I need to know which ones are indeed on both lists. So in other words, let's say I've got "John" "Doe" "TX" in cells F1, G1, and H1, respectively. I want to search through columns A, B, and C to find out if there are any instances in those columns of "John" "Doe" "TX" in the same row.
I'm thinking there will be multiple VLOOKUP formulas involved, but I could be way off.
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Dec 2, 2007
I am trying to compare mutiple columns of data, match them and copy select data. Find matching cells in 2 different columns and copy select info into that row. See file attached
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Mar 17, 2009
I have a spreadsheet with three years worth of data for a property I manage. Each column has cost data for the year and the specific department/cost for that year as the row value.
I have a column between the years that calculates the percent of gross revenue for the specific department/cost.
I would like to find (or create) a formula that will compare the percentage (or specific cost) for the three years within the specific row and if the increase year over year over year exceeds a trigger value it returns something (check me out/true/false) whatever.
The cost items for the property are in the hundreds so I'm trying to come up with a way to quickly see what specific cost items are going up (or down) more rapidly then what would be considered normal.
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Jan 23, 2006
I am trying to compare multiple column in a worksheet to find
common component in all the columns and what is unique to a particular
column only. And list the results/finding in adj column. What i am
trying to accomplish is something as below.
BEFORE
Sheet1 Sheet2 Sheet3
Column2 Column2 Column2
02-1234-12 07-1234-12 02-1234-12
04-1234-12 03-1234-12 02-1234-12
05-1234-12 02-1234-12 06-1234-34
AFTER
Common to all Unique to sheet1 Unique to Sheet2
02-1234-12 05-1234-12 07-1234-12
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Feb 21, 2014
Basically I have two sets of data. One will be new each week. I'd like to use the non-changing data as a base to compare new data to. The formula would need to match multiple values, including a 'time between', and then return whether a minimum rate has been met.
SampleRateExamine.xlsx
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Oct 13, 2008
I'm trying to compare values in 2 separate columns to see how many times the same value appears in both columns. Ideally I would be able to insert a range function to compare the values in the column "ID 1" against the values in column "ID 2" and return the count of times that a value appears in both columns. For example 2122, 1112 and 1718 appear in both columns and I would like the formula to return a count of 3.
ID 1ID 2
12342122
45671112
89101718
11122678
13144544
15162324
17189987
19201215
21221928
1976
2576
2345
4678
In my actual project I'm comparing 2 columns in the same worksheet. The column are column B with data in cells B2:B10266 against column C with data in cells C2:C18560.
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Feb 21, 2009
what I'm after is a macro to check the contents of Column 'A' against column 'B' and display any duplicates in Columns 'C' & 'D'.
N.B. The headings of Columns C & D are :-
C = Value Found in Column A
D = Value Found in Column B
Any duplicate entries logged in columns C & D should be listed in C2,C3,C4....C20 and D2,D3,D4......D20 etc (in effect creating two new lists)
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Jul 30, 2014
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Fist I want to compare ColB=ColH, if TRUE, compare colA=colG, if TRUE, again compare colC=colI, IF all this conditions true, then give (colD-colJ) on colL.
all the unmatched rows in 2 tables to populate with different for each table
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Jul 26, 2013
I need to compare add Column A&B in sheet1 and column A&B in sheet two and compare the two result for the difference(like vlookup).
formula to merge two cells in two sheet and compare.
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Apr 18, 2007
i've check the other threads on how to compare two columns but for some reason it is still not working for me.
I have 2 columns. Column A is the master column and column B is the comparing list. If the company that is listed in Column B (Anywhere in column B) matches exactly with the company name in column A, I would like it to say "check" in column C.
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Jan 23, 2009
I have two diffrent sets of columns of data on a spreadsheet one column set is A,B the other is D,E I want a formula or makro that will check columns A,B and compare it to D,E and if it finds a match will paste it in G,H is that possible and how would I do this?
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Dec 12, 2006
I have two worksheets but have a same column named "Admin No.". I will need to compare the 2 "admin no." column.
Example:
Worksheet 1
Admin No.Name
1111Ali
2222James
3333Janet
4444Lihua
5555Ting Ting
6666Jasmine
Worksheet 2
Admin No.Name
1100Alvin
2200John
3300Mavis
4411Haoyi
5555Ting Ting
6677Jason
I will ike to compare both "admin no." column and when worksheet 1 5555 can be find in worksheet 2, it will return True. 6666 cannot find in worksheet 2 then it will return false.
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Apr 14, 2014
I have numeric value in columns B, D, F, H.
I want to compare the values of these four cells in each row and update columns M (with the minimum value) and N (with the column of minimum value).
How can I manage this comparison?
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Apr 30, 2014
I need to compare two columns A and B with a result in column E. BUT I don't want the result to be added together. ( since it's receipt numbers ) SO my formula is incorrect I need a formula that will show the receipt numbers next to each other divided by a comma or forward slash...
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Jan 26, 2009
I have column A with 228 rows and column D with 314 rows. Both columns have the same data except that D has different data. I would like to line up everything that is the same in A and D and everything else in column D that is not the same move to G. Is there a quick way to do this?
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Oct 26, 2009
I need a Vlookup to look at two columns when searching. here is an example:
Sheet 1 is my report grid to hand out to the employees, A1 has a drop-down list with my employees names and A2 one for the month, when you click an employee name the vlookup formula fills in the information from sheet 2 (data sheet).
Sheet 2 has data like: Col 1= Month, col 2=employee L-name, col 3= production etc...
currently the vlookup formula messes up because the employee name is in there multiple times because of the months column, i have to delete all months except the one i need. formula is: =vlookup(A1,'sheet2'!,B:C,2,false)
this formula will pull the data in sheet two column 3 (production) for the employee that matches.
how can i make it compare first to col 1 (month) and then col 2 (employee).
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Dec 11, 2012
I want to compare Columns A and B and Insert value in C.
So if Column A is null, then place value of column B in C, otherwise place Value of A in C.
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Aug 22, 2013
I want to compare two Excel workbooks which have multiple columns and identify the rows only if all the valves match in both the workbooks, i am attaching a file to understand better.
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Sep 13, 2013
I have two columns that each contain about 100 serial numbers. Most of the serial numbers shoud be in both columns. How to I determine if there is a serial number that is only in one of the columns and not in the other?
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Mar 6, 2014
I want to compare many columns and find duplication in the last one;
Example:
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E
1234 1234 1 A OK
1235 1235 1 A OK
1236 1236 3 A OK
1237 1236 0 A OK
1238 1236 1 B Duplication found in different column
1239 1238 0 A OK
To get Column "C" which is calculate how many numbers in that row are repeated with respect to Column "B", I solve it by using : =COUNTIF(B:B,A2) ;
But I want to get a result of duplication in "Column E" by see if "Column B" + "Column D" has the same value regardless of number then say "OK", but if it is not than the before, then write "Duplication found in different column".
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Apr 30, 2009
The code below compares values on sheet 4 column A to sheet 3 column A and then colors a cell "Green" (Temporary), later I will place data from sheet 4 into sheet 3.
I dont know why but when it finds data on sheet 4 that is not 100% numeric it errors out.
Run-time error '91'
Object variable or With block variable not set.
The data in sheet 4 column A is primarily numeric, there are and always will be some numeric/alpha strings.
I can change the value of sheet 4 A2 to "123x" from "123" and the code stops as described. Leaving sheet 4 A1 as 100% numeric, which works fine.
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Sep 22, 2008
i'm trying to do some analyzing on an excel sheet and was seeing if there was a function that I could use to speed this up.
So in the file...
I want to Group what's in Column A So the 1's together and the 2's together... Once that is selected I want to know what the largest number in Column C is...
So if the function can select 1 in column A then tell me that 10 is the biggest number in Column C....
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Dec 13, 2011
I'm trying to compare the 1st 7 days average this year vs the 1st 7 days average last year. How do I write the formula?
Last YearThis Year
536,212
852,865 417,290
345,981 702,816
850,560 189,808
335,285 691,152
572,165 283,036
842,145 404,916
735,364 528,332
121,475
348,793
697,944
876,360
671,170
928,103
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Feb 15, 2012
I would like to have a macro or a function, which could compare two "A" columns in different workbooks. macro should run from the first one wb, which gonna have less data in a column than wb2. so, if, let's say, A3 in wb1 differs from A3 in wb2, an empty row should be added in wb1, and now we would jump and compare A4 in wb1 with A4 in wb2 and so on..
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Mar 11, 2012
I have problem comparing dates in two columns. In these columns, with dates, there can be instead of date letter "X". When I try to compare dates I don't get good results. I have to see that date in column P has been before date in column Q (example 22.02.2012 (P), 23.02.2012(Q), OK).
Code:
Sub test()
For Each oneCell In Range("Q2:Q60001")
Select Case oneCell.Value
Case Is "X"
If oneCell.Offset(0, -1) "X" Then
[Code] ........
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Mar 20, 2012
I need to compare 2 lists (each list has 3 columns [first name, last name and email address).
I am trying to compare columns A(incl. First name), B(incl. Last name) and C(incl. email address) to columns D, E and F.
D, E, and F are also First name, Last name and e-mail address respectively.
I need to compare A, B, and C to D, E, and F and find duplicates and highlight them.
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Apr 30, 2013
I have an excel spreadsheet with multiple columns of options.
In column A, I select either "yes" or "no" to activate other columns.
In column B, I have, let's say, lease terms; 12, 24 & 36.
I'm trying to find a formula that I can enter that will take all the columns I select as yes, and tell me if the lease terms match up.
So, if I select yes in cells A4 & A13, are the lease terms in B4 & B13 the same...do they match?
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Oct 4, 2013
I have a spreadsheet of products that are listed in column A and another list of products in column B. I need to find the difference in price in a percentage for each product. My problem is the lists differ a little bit in that there are more products in column A so they are not lined up correctly. Is there a way to have excel look in column A and find the match in column B and then line them up so the matching products are in the same row? This will cut out a lot of time having to do the formula in each cell rather than autofilling the formula.
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