Matching names and inserting spaces

[ILunacy]

I hope someone can help me out with this. Say I have column A filled with
like 500 names, and column B filled with 300 of the same names. Is there a
way or a formula to match the names in column B to the corresponding names in
column A, move the name in B to be in the same row as the name in A, and to
insert blank cells into B where there are no names to match A?

Example:

A B
Abe Abe
Brad Brian
Brian Chris
Chris

changed to:

A B
Abe Abe
Brad
Brian Brian
Chris Chris

Thanks

 

[Xt]

I hope someone can help me out with this. Say I have column A filled with
like 500 names, and column B filled with 300 of the same names. Is there a
way or a formula to match the names in column B to the corresponding names in
column A, move the name in B to be in the same row as the name in A, and to
insert blank cells into B where there are no names to match A?

Example:

     A                       B
Abe                   Abe
Brad                  Brian
Brian                 Chris
Chris

changed to:

     A                       B
Abe                   Abe
Brad
Brian                 Brian
Chris                Chris

Thanks

Try this in C1 =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(A1,B:B,1,0)),"",VLOOKUP(A1,B:B,1))
and copy down to give the column you want.
xt

 

[Teethless mama]

Assuming your data in A1:A5 & B1:B3

In C1: IF(COUNTIF($B$1:$B$3,A1),A1,"")

copy down to C5, select C1:C5 then right click to copy and paste special
value to columnB then delete column C

 

[ILunacy]

Thank You! This was very helpful! I have a new question that goes along with
this. Is there a way to expand on the cell selection? Besides the names in
Column B, I also have data in Columns C, D, E, & F that I need to keep with
the names in Column B. Thanks Again!