The idea is that on sheet 1 there is a list of companies under the headings bill and send, and on the second sheet there is a second list of companies. My assignment is to figure out which ones match up. For example Lehman Brothers on sheet 1 matches up to Lehman Brothers on sheet 2, except that on sheet 2 it has more specific information, which is giving me a headache. I need to determine which companies are on both and which are unique.
Not sure how much this helps...but I did get some results...
Try In Sheet 1, E2: =MATCH("*"&D2&"*",Sheet2!A:A,0) copied down
if any of the strings in Column A of Sheet2 contain the text in column D of sheet 1, then you will get a number returned (which represents the position in Column A that the match was found), else, you get a N/A#.
Where there is a will there are many ways.
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Hey that worked pretty well, I also simplified my lists immensely but your function delivered good results. Thanks for helping me out.
Great! No problem!
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