coloums comparison in excel

[Guest]

hi,

i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two coloums
and i want to select common values from these two coloums by comparing each
cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?

Tushar

 

[Mangesh Yadav]

lets say you want to compare columns A and B.
Enter the followinf formula in column c and copy down.
=IF(A1=B1,A1,"")

Mangesh

 

[Guest]

but the coloums are not same they are something like below

abc abc
xyz tuv
lmn xyz
pqr
bcd
lmn

so each cell of coloum 1 shd look into the all second coloum cells
for eg coloum 1, cell 1( abc ) shd get compared with each cell of second
coloum then xyz shd get compared with all 2nd coloum cells so on

how can i do this ?

tushar

 

[Mangesh Yadav]

ok fine. And what is the result you expect and where. For instance, you
compare abc from col1 in col2 and find that abc exists, do you want to know
its position, or just some string saying it exists, or just print abc.

and in case of pqr, what result do you expect and in which cell.

Or do you want the count of the string in question.

Mangesh

 

[Mangesh Yadav]

With your example, place the following formulae in subsequent columns and
drag down till the end of column A. Your data lies in columns A and B, and I
am checking the existence of values in A in column B

=COUNTIF($B$1:$B$6,A1)
returns the number of

=MATCH(A1,$B$1:$B$6,0)
returns the position of the val;ue in column A in column B. And if not
present, it returns #N/A

Mangesh

 

[Guest]

In case abc exist in both the coloums then it shd print "abc" in the 3rd coloum
and if pqr not exist then it shd print "pqr not exist" in the 4th coloum.

All existed cells in both the coloums shd be printed in the 3rd coloum and
all non existed cells shd be in the 4th coloum

Tushar

 

[Mangesh Yadav]

ok, then enter the following in the 3rd column and drag down:
=IF(COUNTIF($B$1:$B$6,A1)>0,A1,"")

and the following in 4th column and drag down
=IF(COUNTIF($B$1:$B$6,A1)>0,"",A1 & " does not exist")

Mangesh

 

[Guest]

yeah done...its working fine...

thanks a lot mangesh

tushar

 

[Mangesh Yadav]

Sure. Thanks for the feedback.

Mangesh

yeah done...its working fine...

thanks a lot mangesh

tushar