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  1. 11-26-2013, 01:02 PM #2
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    Re: Excel formatting formula help

    Assuming that
    data starts in A2 going down,
    "-" occurs in suffix only (i.e values are all of the format abab-suffix and not ab-ab-suffix)

    Select data (A2:A1000) and conditional formatting>New rule>Formula
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    =MATCH("*"&MID(A2,1,FIND("-",A2&"-")-1)&"*", $A$1:$A1,0)
    format as you wish. See attachment
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