coloums comparison in excel

hi,

i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two coloums
and i want to select common values from these two coloums by comparing each
cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?

Tushar

lets say you want to compare columns A and B.
Enter the followinf formula in column c and copy down.
=IF(A1=B1,A1,"")

Mangesh


"Tushar" <Tushar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi,
>
> i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two
coloums
> and i want to select common values from these two coloums by comparing
each
> cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?
>
> Tushar

but the coloums are not same they are something like below

abc abc
xyz tuv
lmn xyz
pqr
bcd
lmn

so each cell of coloum 1 shd look into the all second coloum cells
for eg coloum 1, cell 1( abc ) shd get compared with each cell of second
coloum then xyz shd get compared with all 2nd coloum cells so on

how can i do this ?

tushar


"Tushar" wrote:

> hi,
>
> i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two coloums
> and i want to select common values from these two coloums by comparing each
> cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?
>
> Tushar

ok fine. And what is the result you expect and where. For instance, you
compare abc from col1 in col2 and find that abc exists, do you want to know
its position, or just some string saying it exists, or just print abc.

and in case of pqr, what result do you expect and in which cell.

Or do you want the count of the string in question.

Mangesh



"Tushar" <Tushar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> but the coloums are not same they are something like below
>
> abc abc
> xyz tuv
> lmn xyz
> pqr
> bcd
> lmn
>
> so each cell of coloum 1 shd look into the all second coloum cells
> for eg coloum 1, cell 1( abc ) shd get compared with each cell of second
> coloum then xyz shd get compared with all 2nd coloum cells so on
>
> how can i do this ?
>
> tushar
>
>
> "Tushar" wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two
coloums
> > and i want to select common values from these two coloums by comparing
each
> > cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?
> >
> > Tushar

In case abc exist in both the coloums then it shd print "abc" in the 3rd coloum
and if pqr not exist then it shd print "pqr not exist" in the 4th coloum.

All existed cells in both the coloums shd be printed in the 3rd coloum and
all non existed cells shd be in the 4th coloum

Tushar

"Mangesh Yadav" wrote:

> ok fine. And what is the result you expect and where. For instance, you
> compare abc from col1 in col2 and find that abc exists, do you want to know
> its position, or just some string saying it exists, or just print abc.
>
> and in case of pqr, what result do you expect and in which cell.
>
> Or do you want the count of the string in question.
>
> Mangesh
>
>
>
> "Tushar" <Tushar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FEB09DE-8B0F-490A-9272-78E9ACEAB5DA@microsoft.com...
> > but the coloums are not same they are something like below
> >
> > abc abc
> > xyz tuv
> > lmn xyz
> > pqr
> > bcd
> > lmn
> >
> > so each cell of coloum 1 shd look into the all second coloum cells
> > for eg coloum 1, cell 1( abc ) shd get compared with each cell of second
> > coloum then xyz shd get compared with all 2nd coloum cells so on
> >
> > how can i do this ?
> >
> > tushar
> >
> >
> > "Tushar" wrote:
> >
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two
> coloums
> > > and i want to select common values from these two coloums by comparing
> each
> > > cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?
> > >
> > > Tushar
>
>
>

ok, then enter the following in the 3rd column and drag down:
=IF(COUNTIF($B$1:$B$6,A1)>0,A1,"")

and the following in 4th column and drag down
=IF(COUNTIF($B$1:$B$6,A1)>0,"",A1 & " does not exist")

Mangesh



"Tushar" <Tushar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F6D4F1B-1AF3-40A8-BB58-E6DBC47F9243@microsoft.com...
> In case abc exist in both the coloums then it shd print "abc" in the 3rd
coloum
> and if pqr not exist then it shd print "pqr not exist" in the 4th coloum.
>
> All existed cells in both the coloums shd be printed in the 3rd coloum and
> all non existed cells shd be in the 4th coloum
>
> Tushar
>
> "Mangesh Yadav" wrote:
>
> > ok fine. And what is the result you expect and where. For instance, you
> > compare abc from col1 in col2 and find that abc exists, do you want to
know
> > its position, or just some string saying it exists, or just print abc.
> >
> > and in case of pqr, what result do you expect and in which cell.
> >
> > Or do you want the count of the string in question.
> >
> > Mangesh
> >
> >
> >
> > "Tushar" <Tushar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5FEB09DE-8B0F-490A-9272-78E9ACEAB5DA@microsoft.com...
> > > but the coloums are not same they are something like below
> > >
> > > abc abc
> > > xyz tuv
> > > lmn xyz
> > > pqr
> > > bcd
> > > lmn
> > >
> > > so each cell of coloum 1 shd look into the all second coloum cells
> > > for eg coloum 1, cell 1( abc ) shd get compared with each cell of
second
> > > coloum then xyz shd get compared with all 2nd coloum cells so on
> > >
> > > how can i do this ?
> > >
> > > tushar
> > >
> > >
> > > "Tushar" wrote:
> > >
> > > > hi,
> > > >
> > > > i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two
> > coloums
> > > > and i want to select common values from these two coloums by
comparing
> > each
> > > > cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?
> > > >
> > > > Tushar
> >
> >
> >

yeah done...its working fine...

thanks a lot mangesh

tushar

"Mangesh Yadav" wrote:

> ok, then enter the following in the 3rd column and drag down:
> =IF(COUNTIF($B$1:$B$6,A1)>0,A1,"")
>
> and the following in 4th column and drag down
> =IF(COUNTIF($B$1:$B$6,A1)>0,"",A1 & " does not exist")
>
> Mangesh
>
>
>
> "Tushar" <Tushar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7F6D4F1B-1AF3-40A8-BB58-E6DBC47F9243@microsoft.com...
> > In case abc exist in both the coloums then it shd print "abc" in the 3rd
> coloum
> > and if pqr not exist then it shd print "pqr not exist" in the 4th coloum.
> >
> > All existed cells in both the coloums shd be printed in the 3rd coloum and
> > all non existed cells shd be in the 4th coloum
> >
> > Tushar
> >
> > "Mangesh Yadav" wrote:
> >
> > > ok fine. And what is the result you expect and where. For instance, you
> > > compare abc from col1 in col2 and find that abc exists, do you want to
> know
> > > its position, or just some string saying it exists, or just print abc.
> > >
> > > and in case of pqr, what result do you expect and in which cell.
> > >
> > > Or do you want the count of the string in question.
> > >
> > > Mangesh
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Tushar" <Tushar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:5FEB09DE-8B0F-490A-9272-78E9ACEAB5DA@microsoft.com...
> > > > but the coloums are not same they are something like below
> > > >
> > > > abc abc
> > > > xyz tuv
> > > > lmn xyz
> > > > pqr
> > > > bcd
> > > > lmn
> > > >
> > > > so each cell of coloum 1 shd look into the all second coloum cells
> > > > for eg coloum 1, cell 1( abc ) shd get compared with each cell of
> second
> > > > coloum then xyz shd get compared with all 2nd coloum cells so on
> > > >
> > > > how can i do this ?
> > > >
> > > > tushar
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Tushar" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two
> > > coloums
> > > > > and i want to select common values from these two coloums by
> comparing
> > > each
> > > > > cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Tushar
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

With your example, place the following formulae in subsequent columns and
drag down till the end of column A. Your data lies in columns A and B, and I
am checking the existence of values in A in column B

=COUNTIF($B$1:$B$6,A1)
returns the number of

=MATCH(A1,$B$1:$B$6,0)
returns the position of the val;ue in column A in column B. And if not
present, it returns #N/A

Mangesh



"Tushar" <Tushar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5FEB09DE-8B0F-490A-9272-78E9ACEAB5DA@microsoft.com...
> but the coloums are not same they are something like below
>
> abc abc
> xyz tuv
> lmn xyz
> pqr
> bcd
> lmn
>
> so each cell of coloum 1 shd look into the all second coloum cells
> for eg coloum 1, cell 1( abc ) shd get compared with each cell of second
> coloum then xyz shd get compared with all 2nd coloum cells so on
>
> how can i do this ?
>
> tushar
>
>
> "Tushar" wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i would like to know how can i compare coloums in excel. I have two
coloums
> > and i want to select common values from these two coloums by comparing
each
> > cell of 1st coloum with each cell of 2nd coloum. How can i do this?
> >
> > Tushar