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Eliminating data in set that is not in other set

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    Eliminating data in set that is not in other set

    Hi all,

    I have two sets of data, which both start with a column of unique identifiers. The first set of data is a subset of the second set - the first set has about 3000 rows; the second set has 99,500 rows. All the entries that are in the first set are also in the second set - with identical identifiers.
    What I would like to do: The first set of data has information that the second set hasn't, and vice versa. So I want to merge these two sets, while getting rid of the 96,500 rows that are not in the first set (i.e. 99,500 - 3000 = 96,500). What is the easiest way to do this in excel? I attached an image that uses a small example of the problem. Thanks!

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    Re: Eliminating data in set that is not in other set

    If I understood You use the
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    p.s. better idea is upload sample of workbook than picture
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    Re: Eliminating data in set that is not in other set

    I made a workbook explaining the problem. Could you maybe show how you could use vlookup to do this automatically?
    Thanks!

    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8114735/exp...20problem.xlsx

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    Re: Eliminating data in set that is not in other set

    Look into attachment and tell is it ok? If not upload this file with expected results.
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    Re: Eliminating data in set that is not in other set

    Awesome, thanks!

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