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  1. 11-21-2014, 02:49 PM #1
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    Question EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    I have 2 columns filled with Numbers.

    0000004655215 0068958355023 Duplicate
    0000007745443 0000004655215 Unique

    I'm currently using this formula in column 3:

    =IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A1,$B$1:$B$10000,0)),"Unique","Duplicate")

    I need to edit this formula to ignore leading zeros when the formula makes the decision. So the formula would yield for example:

    0000004655215 0068958355023 Duplicate
    0000007745443 0000004655215 Duplicate
    0000888848943 7745443 Unique


    How do I edit the formula to yield this result?

    All help is greatly appreciated.
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    =IF(ISERROR(MATCH(--A1,--$B$1:$B$10000,)),"Unique","Duplicate"), CSE
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    Quote Originally Posted by tim201110 View Post
    =IF(ISERROR(MATCH(--A1,--$B$1:$B$10000,)),"Unique","Duplicate"), CSE
    This returns the same thing as my formula, I do not see what you changed.
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    86 views and 1 reply. Come on guys. Someone on this forum has to know how to edit this formula to output this result.
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  5. 11-27-2014, 07:56 AM #5
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    How about this:

    Formula: copy to clipboard 
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    Quote Originally Posted by zbor View Post
    How about this:

    Formula: copy to clipboard 
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    I cant even use this formula, it returns me an error.
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    What kind of error? Work for me:
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    aaa I found the problem, the formula in your previous thread had a semi colon instead of a comma. Ill try this formula on the full sheet and will let you know how it goes.
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    Errrr, I still have this problem, where I have effectively removed duplicates in 2 matching columns, But I cannot get everything to match. Here is a sample excel sheet attached. If someone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
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    Re: EDITING compare-two-columns-remove-duplicates FORMULA

    Just wondering if I should create a separate thread for the above sorting problem??
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