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    Identify if cell has a value X in a column if the two column comparison found a FALSE

    Hi, I have two columns I am comparing Column A and Column B. In each row they are may have an X value (marked X) or have no value (Left blank). I have figured out how to compare the cells in two columns and give me a True or False for mismatches. But, now I want to be able to identify from the False ones which ones have a value X in Column B (not Column A just Column B). Could someone tell me a simple way to do that other than manually? I have 500 rows to compare and in the future I will have 1000s at a time.

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    Re: Identify if cell has a value X in a column if the two column comparison found a FALSE

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    Re: Identify if cell has a value X in a column if the two column comparison found a FALSE

    Thanks, Sktneer.
    I want to identify out of the ones marked FALSE which have a value X (instead of nothing/no value) for Column B. Row 8 and 23 for Column B have an X so I want these to be identified so I can later count them. Maybe a formula can be put into the 4th column (Column D) to pull these? Not sure what to do.

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    Re: Identify if cell has a value X in a column if the two column comparison found a FALSE

    Maybe this...

    =SUMPRODUCT(--(B2:B25<>A2:A25),--(B2:B25="x"))
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    Re: Identify if cell has a value X in a column if the two column comparison found a FALSE

    Or this...

    =COUNT(IF(B2:B25<>A2:A25,COUNTIF(B2:B25,"X")))

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    Re: Identify if cell has a value X in a column if the two column comparison found a FALSE

    As you said that col. A and B can have either a blank or a "X" so to count all the occurrences where col. A is blank and col. B contain a "X", you may try this formula.....

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    The above formula will only count the total occurrences based on your criteria but you will not know where exactly these values in col. B exist. So you may also populate col. D with a formula with True or False. True if col. A is blank and col. B has "X" in it, False otherwise.

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