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    Question Compare 2 Columns of Email Addresses to Find Duplicates?

    Hello all! What I am trying a accomplish is to compare two columns of email addresses to find the duplicates. Then, I need to be able to sort or somehow organize the identified duplicates. There are 2,369 addresses in column A, and 5,360 in column B.

    I have tried a number of formulas found online, but nothing seems to work. I'm a novice at Excel functions and would greatly appreciate help with this.

    Thank you!
    Laura
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    Re: Compare 2 Columns of Email Addresses to Find Duplicates?

    Hi Laura & Welcome to the board,

    In C1 you could use =IF(COUNTIF($A$1:$A$2369,B1)>=1,"Dup","Nope") which will look at A1:A2369 and tell you if anything is the same as anything in B1.

    Adjust the range to meets your needs. This formula you would drag down to the length of column B.

    After this you will have numbers, 0 = no match and 1 = match. If you get anything above 1 then it means you have more than duplicates. It could be repeated more than once.
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    Re: Compare 2 Columns of Email Addresses to Find Duplicates?

    Hi,

    What's the ultimate objective? Are you looking to extract from both lists a list of unique names?

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    Re: Compare 2 Columns of Email Addresses to Find Duplicates?

    Wow, thank you! That was an absolutely perfect formula, worked great. Wish I had come here first for help!

    Thanks
    Laura

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    Re: Compare 2 Columns of Email Addresses to Find Duplicates?

    Glad it worked for you Laura.

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