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I want to compare two cells but with a partial match
e,g
A B C
1
2 John :smith John :doe IF( A2 = B2 , 1,0)
3
but i only wana compare the "john".. i dont want it to compare the ":xxx" part. How can this be done ?
Thanks
I want to compare two cells but with a partial match
e,g
A B C
1
2 John :smith John :doe IF( A2 = B2 , 1,0)
3
but i only wana compare the "john".. i dont want it to compare the ":xxx" part. How can this be done ?
Thanks
Perhaps:
=IF(TRIM(LEFT(A2,FIND(":",A2)-1))=TRIM(LEFT(B2,FIND(":",B2)-1)),1,0)
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