I've two excel files having data and each having four columns. I need to compare the two excels and it should show me the difference for each row.
To achieve this, I'm thinking of:
Using a VLookup feature
or
Writing Python code to achieve this.
Was wondering if there is any other better approach for this please?
Thank you.
Just an idea.
Here is an example of how you could use the =IF function to compare two Excel files:
1. Open both Excel files in separate tabs in Excel.
2. In the first Excel file, select the cell where you want to display the result of the comparison.
3. Type the =IF function in the selected cell, followed by the cell reference for the corresponding cell in the second Excel file. For example, if you want to compare the values in cell A1 of the first Excel file with cell A1 of the second Excel file, you would type =IF(A1=Sheet2!A1, "Match", "Difference") in the selected cell.
4. Press Enter to execute the =IF function and display the result of the comparison. If the values in the two cells are the same, the =IF function will display "Match". If the values are different, the =IF function will display "Difference".
5. Repeat the above steps for each cell that you want to compare in the two Excel files. And when you've done it to two you mgiht be able to select the two created IF's and drag it down so it will fill out the rest (if you someday have more than 4 columns).
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I have a table with several rows for each category(column) and a corresponding score for them in excel. I want to get the sum of all scores for each category(I will use the SUMIF formula). I want to know how to extract one occurrence of each category name onto a separate column without manually typing it. Is there a formula or a shortcut that I could use?
This can be easily achieved by using the UNIQUE function. Suppose you have the following data as an example in the range A1:B8:
Now simply copy your headings into, e.g., the columns D:E and enter the following formulas in the cells D2 and E2 respectively:
=UNIQUE(A2:A8)
=SUMIF($A$2:A8;D2;$B$2:$B$8)
Adjust the arrays to your needs and you should have solved your problem. The final output looks as follows:
I want to Select Some cells of A column and convert those into one single cell on a column And add The , or / Character between of every cells data.
For example Please see my picture.
I Have selected some cells in a column and want to convert or merge those to single cell with / separated cells data.
Picture:
I am very amateur in Excel. Please give me a guidance for step by step convert.
In Excel 2016 you can use a new function called Textjoin() with the syntax
=Textjoin(delimiter, ignore empty text, range to join)
From your screenshot it seems that you want to join the text from rows 12 to 15 in each column, so the formula would be
=Textjoin("/",true,B12:B15)
Copy that formula to the right.
In earlier versions of Excel you can use
=B12&"/"&B13&"/"&B14&"/"&B15
and copy to the right.
By the way, it would make our task of helping you a little bit easier if the sample screenshot shows English instead of Arabic, because with Arabic, most of us will be forced to compare the pictorials, since most of us can't read Arabic as easily as English.
I have two excel sheets with the similar header columns and dataset is similar however some times there are some miss-match with their values which I would like to compare with excel formulas or lookup or built in tool. Please advise
On Sheet1 you can place in column D (example is for row 2 to highlight the row with a mismatch) the following formula:
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(Sheet1!A2,Sheet2!A:C,3,FALSE)=Sheet1!C2,FALSE)
This will output TRUE or FALSE depending if the email matches for the unique id. You can adapt using this either for a more complex formula or for conditional formatting.
If you are just looking to compare two spreadsheets, Windows comes with a function called Spreadsheet Compare. Just do a search in the task bar and it should come up. It is great if you are looking to compare two separate workbooks. If they are in the same workbook you can copy one into a new workbook then compare them. It will show every discrepancy.
I have a problem. I have multiple excel files all with a few numbers in a list. I need to take those numbers in those lists and see if those values are in another excel sheet with over 570000 values. Then mark the next column over with a yes or no. As it stands I'm looking up over a hundred thousand values individually using control F. I was wondering if it is possible to look up the whole list at one time. This problem could also be phrases as searching for multiple unique values in a sheet at one time.
Any help?
Thank you!
Edit: So if I'm trying to find 4 values in a list of 1000 values, is there anyway to get the cell next to each of those 4 values to say "yes"? Or is that impossible? The 4 values in this case would be the lists from other excel files.
A simple COUNTIF will show whether a value exists in another column no matter whether that column is on another worksheet or another workbook altogether.
Example: With both workbooks open, use this formula to find out if the value in A1 is in another workbook's (Other WB.xlsx) Sheet1 column B.
=IF(COUNTIF([Other WB.xlsx]Sheet1!$B:$B, A1), "Yes", "No")
If the two workbooks are open, you can Alt+Tab between to select column B from the other workbook while you are creating the formula. If you close the other workbook, the formula will reflect the full path of the closed workbook automatically like,
=IF(COUNTIF('C:\Users\user\Documents\[Other WB.xlsx]Sheet1'!$B:$B, A1), "Yes", "No")
You can fill the formula down quickly by simply double-clicking on the small black square drag handle in the lower right of the the cell.
I've got a spreadsheet containing several sheets and want to put all values from column A from each sheet into a single column on another sheet.
Is this possible?
Alternatively is there an easy way to "flatten" the data for export (each sheet has the same column structure)?
If I were you I would open up the macro recorder and then record your manual actions in doing what you want in VBA. The code will be quite simple to understand and then you will be able to edit it as you wish. VBA macros are ideal for this type of mundane data manipulation within a spreadsheet.
I think you need the VLOOKUP function, but I'm not clear on exactly what you want to do; do you want the new column to contain all the values from column A of sheet 1 followed by all the values from column A of sheet 2, then all values from column A of sheet 3 and so on, or do you want the new sheet to contain the sum (or means, or concatenation) of each of the column As from several other sheets?
You can put this command on the sheet where you want to paste all columns
=CONCATENATE(Sheet1!A1,Sheet2!A1)
The above command is only for extract data from two sheets, however you can add more i.e. Sheet3!A1....