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Formula to search a Column with Cell content from another Column?

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    Formula to search a Column with Cell content from another Column?

    I'm trying to compare two columns of user names against each other so I can delete obsolete users in the 2nd column.

    IE Column A has:
    JaneDoe
    JohnDoe
    JaneSmith

    Column C has:
    JaneDoe
    JohnDoe
    JohnSmith
    JaneSmith


    I've tried =IF(A:A=C1, "Keep", "Delete") and that doesn't work because it's looking for "=C1" in the A column. I have also tried =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("JaneDoe",A:A)),"OK", "Not OK") which does work in searching the entire column A but I have over 900 rows in both columns and don't want to edit each individual search where JaneDoe is put and want it to do a cell reference from C instead.

    Any suggestions?
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