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  1. 03-11-2013, 04:40 AM #1
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    Newbie with a Zip Code Isolation Question

    Hi Everyone-

    Thanks for welcoming me to the forum...

    I have a question and I'm not even really sure how to ask it.

    On Sheet 1 I have a mailing list
    On Sheet 2 I have a list of zip code I do not want to mail to

    How do I identify and flag the "Bad" zips on Sheet 1?

    Many Thanks to anyone willing to help
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    Re: Newbie with a Zip Code Isolation Question

    You can do this several ways, I would start with an if(vlookup or match function to find the zip code you don't want to use and maybe highlight them with conditional formatting.

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    Re: Newbie with a Zip Code Isolation Question

    I know (at least I think I know) how to do it for a single zip... But I can't figure out how to use VLookup for an entire list (the list does note represent a range) these are pretty good size list:

    Sheet 1 Mailing list (250K records)
    Sheet 2 Zips I don't want to mail too (1900 records)

    I think I just dont understand where to use VLookup
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    Re: Newbie with a Zip Code Isolation Question

    drnewland, welcome to the forum.

    If you upload a small sample workbook - a sheet containing 20 zip codes, with a list of 4 you want to exclude, for example - we will be happy to show you how this works.
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    Re: Newbie with a Zip Code Isolation Question

    For lists that large I would use =match(sheet1 zipcode cells,sheet2 zipcode ranges,0) in a conditional format formula to change the color of the cells than sort or filter by color to hide or remove those rows.
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