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janetrn

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Hi, have a sheet with 6 columns of data to compare. I need to check to see if each cell matches the others exactly. If any cell on the row does not match then enter "no match" in 7th column.


Abdomen1v Abd 1v Abdomen 1 View "no match"

Chest1 Chest1 Chest1 "ok"


in the example above the first line does not match since the text is not identical.


I have tried =EXACT but this only looks at 2 cells, tried =IF(A2=B2=C2,etc) but does not provide correct results. Any suggestions?

Janet
 
Hi, janetrn!


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And about your question...


Try this:

=SI(Y(A1=B1;B1=C1;C1=D1;D1=E1;E1=F1);"ok";"no match") -----> in english: =IF(AND(A1=B1,B1=C1,C1=D1,D1=E1,E1=F1),"ok","no match")


Regards!
 
Janet


Firstly, Welcome to the Chandoo.org forums.


You could also use

=IF(COUNTIF(A1:F1,A1)=6,"Match","No Match")


In your example you only had 3 Matches "Chest1" are 3 Matches and 3 Blanks valid ?
 
Hi, Thanks for the welcome. Already I find the site/forums to be helpful and ideas of how to use what I have seen here are whirling in my head! At some point will learn enough to help others and reply to post.


As for the replies to my request, Thank you for the help.


Since my data is spread across a large sheet, I used the following to more easily pick which columns to compare.


=IF(AND(E12=J12,J12=O12,O12=S12,S12=X12,X12=AC12),"ok","no match")


Janet
 
Hi, janetrn!

Glad you solved it. Thanks for your feedback and for your kind words too. Welcome back whenever needed or wanted.

Regards!
 
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