Compare cell contents in adjacent columns

[Guest]

hello
i am trying to compare the contents of all the cells in column a with all
the cells in column b and where there is a match copy that name to column c.
the problem is the name in , for example, A10 may exist in B1620 and i have
16000 cells to compare. hope i've explained this ok.
I have spent a good few hours searching through the theads here and found a
lot of very useful stuff but not in answer to this specific proble.
can anybody help please.

 

[Guest]

The solution to this problem requires familiarity with two techniques in
Excel :
* Conditional formatting
and
* countif formula (Countif)

For a very clear explanation and a dead easy example go to the John
Walkenbach website : (http://www.j-walk.com/) and look for the article :
"Comparing Two List With Conditional Formatting" and the "Excel User Tip"
section.

I had a similiar sort of issue where I wanted to do the comparision
proogramatically - to incorporate the above technique programmatically , just
simply use the macro recorder and follow the steps as stated in the John
Walkenbach article (tailor it to your situation ,of course).

Hope my suggestion helps.

Regards

sysAccountant

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that SysAccountant. have managed to solve my problem with this.
by the way the link to the example is :

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip073.htm

 

[Guest]

Glad to be of some help - thanks for the info on the J. Walkenbach link


Rgds
sysAccountant