Whether you are an accountant or an employer working with data analytics, you will find the need tocompare two columns in Excelto find out the differences that could be helpful. Manually comparing multiple columns in Excel can be so much difficult and can take hours of hard work, which ca...
2. Using COUNTIF to compare two columns Another way to find missing values is to use theCOUNTIF function. The COUNTIF function counts how many times a value appears in a range. For example, in this case, we count how many times a value from Column C is found in Column F. If the ...
Consider the following dataset with 10 days of sales data from two different salesmen. Each of them sold one car per day which is given in columnsBandC.We will compare these two columns to find out which models are sold by both of them on the same day or on different days. Method 1 ...
Method 1 – Compare Dates in Two Columns Whether They Are Equal or Not Steps: Select an appropriate cell (D5in this example) and use the following formula: =cell=cell(=B5=C5). PressEnter. Use theAutofill Toolto copy the formula to the rest of the cells in the column. Results are di...
Use VLOOKUP and compare two columns in Excel [Find Missing, Matching, and Unique items] and more...
Example 2 - compare two columns in Excel (case sensitive) To compare two columns for case-sensitive duplicates, use the EXACT function. Step 1 – Type the formula =EXACT(A1,B1) in a helper column Step 2 – copy the formula to the remaining rows ...
While working with data in Excel, sooner or later, you will need to compare two columns to check whether data from one column is present in another column or not. When it comes to making comparisons between two columns, lookup functions are the best in business. We can use the VLOOKUP fu...
To compare two columns, use IF, ISERROR and MATCH in Excel. You can display the duplicates or the unique values.
See how to use VLOOKUP to compare 2 columns in Excel to return common values (matches) and find missing data (differences).
When you’re working with data in Excel, sooner or later you will have to compare data. This could be comparing two columns or even data in different sheets/workbooks. In this Excel tutorial, I will show you different methods tocompare two columns in Exceland look for matches or differences...