I have some values in column A and I want to check one by one if the values in column A exist in column B.
Send the same file to both inputs of the Find/Replace too, and:
select to match Entire field
choose column A as "Find with Field"
choose column B as "Find Value"
"Append Fields to Record" choose Column B.
This will add a 2nd column B to your data set, which will be NOT NULL if an instance of column B exists that matches a given column A.
You could also accomplish this in much the same way with the join tool. Import data twice, select tool to isolate each column, do a join with column a = column b. This will give you output showing which values are in both columns, as well as giving you the unique values from each column. Just depends on what you're trying to accomplish later down the workflow.
Here is an image depicting this workflow.
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I have a database tab which holds all my information for each item in my inventory. This is always changing as I add new inventory. I want to take certain information in that tab (columns A & B) and use it in a separate tab called stock inventory in columns A & B. When it transfers I would like a blank cells in columns C,D,E, and F. I did try VLOOKUP however, because column A on the database tab is repeated, when the information was transferred to the stock inventory tab it duplicated information instead of actual information. For example Column A may say "Scale" column B may say "abalone, there may be a second entry with the same information in column A but different information in column B. When it transfers to the stock inventory tab anytime it recognizes "scale" in the column A it would say Abalone. This is not what I want. I want to bring over actual information for column B even if column A is the same. Any help is appreciated.
To solve the problem of the repeated value in the VLOOKUP you could create helper column on the left of the first vlookup matrix column, with the formula =ROW()&A2, and use this value as key to be searched with vllokup instead of the value in A1: there will be no duplicates, as the value will be the concatenation of the row number and the name of the article.
Have 2 columns A and B both contain file names. There are duplicates so there might be more records in column A as compared to column B. I want to create a third column which states there is no match for the same file name in column B Please find the attached excel. Right now I am doing this manually. Is it possible to do this using a ifcountif or a vlookup?
Use
=IFERROR(MATCH(A1,B$1:B$3,0),"No Match")
If there is a match, then the match returns the position number of the match.
Just drag down, edit the array for B as needed.
I can't seem to find what I'm looking for and I just can't make it work with the partially correct Answers I find.
So I have an Excel file with empty column A. A lot of data is pasted in columns B to E
I need Excel to check if the data (text) in column be start with "C0". If it does, it needs to add this value to the field in the same row of column A. If column B does not start with "C0", Column A should get the value of column C (which is also text).
The only solutions I find are for integers or for whole strings. In this case the value in column B is a text and somehow can't fix it to look for only beginning with "C0", it always wants to check the whole value or doesn't check at all.
Try this in A2:
=IF(Left(B2,2) = "C0",B2,C2)
Basically I have 2 columns of data in excel, A and B. Does anyone know how to arrange column A in descending order but also have the associated information in column B follow the data in column A.
Secondly, say I have two pieces of data in column A that have the same value, how can I order the information in descending order based on the values in column B in that case?
You mean something like this??
Í have two spreadsheets.
Column A has values.
Column B has the same values but in different order.
Columns C,D,F are also important and related to Column A.
I need to find the matching values from Column A and Column B.
And replace the values in Column B with the Columns C,D,F.
Thank you preliminary!
The function you are looking for is vlookup(). This function searches through a given column for the first value that matches a variable that you have set. It then steps n columns to the right and returns the value.
This function will not replace the values in column B with the desired values in C, D, & F. Rather you must create a new column and select the desired value from each column according to rules that you set.
It is unclear to me whether you wish to combine columns C, D, & F (in which case you should use the concatanate() function), or only display the values in one column based on some priority system. Concatenating the values is relatively simple, as mentioned above. Prioritizing the columns requires setting up some if / else statements to govern the condition under which each column C, D, or F will be returned.
UPDATE
Based on the image that you have appended in the comment below, I would suggest you place the following function in cell D2:
=vlookup(C2,A$2:B$8,2,0)
Then drag this equation down the length of column D, from row 2 to row 8. The references will automatically be adjusted for each row.
As a side note, I usually place the Number and Price columns into a tab of their own. If you go to the bottom left of the page you'll see that you can create a new tab (and title it whatever you like). It is important keep that information visually separate because you are using it as a lookup table. While lookup tables are important, they do not need to be visible on the main spreadsheet at all times. Plus, they almost always have a different number of rows than the data set being analyzed (in this case I'm guessing you would be analyzing Number-2 and Price-2). So it becomes awkward to display the lookup table and main data set side by side.