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I obtained a formula from www.cpearson.com for extracting values on one list
and not another. I put 16717 rows of part numbers in cells A2:A16717. I put another list of part numbers in cells B2:B16717. I entered the formula =IF(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$16717,B2)=0,B2,"") into cell C2 and used the fill corner to enter the formula in C cells down to C16717. (which it the one from the web site) Shouldnt I be getting the values that on on the B cell list but not in the A cell list? Seems like I was, ( had to keep putting new numbers in the B cell list over and over to get a new extracted list in C cells - needed to sort over 60,000 part numbers against A cell list ) Then I noticed I was getting alot of duplicate numbers and blank cells in the extracted list. Also had another problem, some of the part numbers are the same in A cell list and B cell list and shouldnt show up in the extracted list but they are due to a key entry. Example: dm-002-03 in Acell list DM-002-03 in Bcell list Anyway to overcome these problems? Thanks Bunches, Barbara |
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Hi Barbara
i did exactly as described in your post, even down to the dm-002-03 Vs DM-002-03 and it worked fine (DM-002-03 didn't show up in column C) - maybe there's spaces before or after your data (if there are and you can afford to remove all spaces in the part numbers columns, select columns A & B, choose edit / replace - click in the first box and press your spacebar, and then click on replace all) ... this should solve the problem of an extra space. other than that i'm not sure what could be going wrong for you Cheers julieD "B Schwarz" wrote in message ... I obtained a formula from www.cpearson.com for extracting values on one list and not another. I put 16717 rows of part numbers in cells A2:A16717. I put another list of part numbers in cells B2:B16717. I entered the formula =IF(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$16717,B2)=0,B2,"") into cell C2 and used the fill corner to enter the formula in C cells down to C16717. (which it the one from the web site) Shouldnt I be getting the values that on on the B cell list but not in the A cell list? Seems like I was, ( had to keep putting new numbers in the B cell list over and over to get a new extracted list in C cells - needed to sort over 60,000 part numbers against A cell list ) Then I noticed I was getting alot of duplicate numbers and blank cells in the extracted list. Also had another problem, some of the part numbers are the same in A cell list and B cell list and shouldnt show up in the extracted list but they are due to a key entry. Example: dm-002-03 in Acell list DM-002-03 in Bcell list Anyway to overcome these problems? Thanks Bunches, Barbara |
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Julie,
I will rid the spaces and align all the numbers the same and give it another try. Will let you know if it works, thanks, Barb "JulieD" wrote: Hi Barbara i did exactly as described in your post, even down to the dm-002-03 Vs DM-002-03 and it worked fine (DM-002-03 didn't show up in column C) - maybe there's spaces before or after your data (if there are and you can afford to remove all spaces in the part numbers columns, select columns A & B, choose edit / replace - click in the first box and press your spacebar, and then click on replace all) ... this should solve the problem of an extra space. other than that i'm not sure what could be going wrong for you Cheers julieD "B Schwarz" wrote in message ... I obtained a formula from www.cpearson.com for extracting values on one list and not another. I put 16717 rows of part numbers in cells A2:A16717. I put another list of part numbers in cells B2:B16717. I entered the formula =IF(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$16717,B2)=0,B2,"") into cell C2 and used the fill corner to enter the formula in C cells down to C16717. (which it the one from the web site) Shouldnt I be getting the values that on on the B cell list but not in the A cell list? Seems like I was, ( had to keep putting new numbers in the B cell list over and over to get a new extracted list in C cells - needed to sort over 60,000 part numbers against A cell list ) Then I noticed I was getting alot of duplicate numbers and blank cells in the extracted list. Also had another problem, some of the part numbers are the same in A cell list and B cell list and shouldnt show up in the extracted list but they are due to a key entry. Example: dm-002-03 in Acell list DM-002-03 in Bcell list Anyway to overcome these problems? Thanks Bunches, Barbara |
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Julie,
Not working. When I test the list against one another I am still getting the same part number on both lists. Could it be this...List B does have some duppicate numbers. Example List A has part numbers that have been converted to pdf List B has all part numbers and for every page it lists the part number, like if there is a part number that has 3 pages for the print it lists the part number 3 times. Could this be causing Excel problems when checking the list? Barb "B Schwarz" wrote: Julie, I will rid the spaces and align all the numbers the same and give it another try. Will let you know if it works, thanks, Barb "JulieD" wrote: Hi Barbara i did exactly as described in your post, even down to the dm-002-03 Vs DM-002-03 and it worked fine (DM-002-03 didn't show up in column C) - maybe there's spaces before or after your data (if there are and you can afford to remove all spaces in the part numbers columns, select columns A & B, choose edit / replace - click in the first box and press your spacebar, and then click on replace all) ... this should solve the problem of an extra space. other than that i'm not sure what could be going wrong for you Cheers julieD "B Schwarz" wrote in message ... I obtained a formula from www.cpearson.com for extracting values on one list and not another. I put 16717 rows of part numbers in cells A2:A16717. I put another list of part numbers in cells B2:B16717. I entered the formula =IF(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$16717,B2)=0,B2,"") into cell C2 and used the fill corner to enter the formula in C cells down to C16717. (which it the one from the web site) Shouldnt I be getting the values that on on the B cell list but not in the A cell list? Seems like I was, ( had to keep putting new numbers in the B cell list over and over to get a new extracted list in C cells - needed to sort over 60,000 part numbers against A cell list ) Then I noticed I was getting alot of duplicate numbers and blank cells in the extracted list. Also had another problem, some of the part numbers are the same in A cell list and B cell list and shouldnt show up in the extracted list but they are due to a key entry. Example: dm-002-03 in Acell list DM-002-03 in Bcell list Anyway to overcome these problems? Thanks Bunches, Barbara |
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Hi
when i test it on a few numbers the duplicates in B don't appear in C, so, if you'ld like to zip the file up and email it direct to me (julied_ng at hcts dot net dot au) i'll be happy to have a look at it for you Cheers JulieD "B Schwarz" wrote in message ... Julie, Not working. When I test the list against one another I am still getting the same part number on both lists. Could it be this...List B does have some duppicate numbers. Example List A has part numbers that have been converted to pdf List B has all part numbers and for every page it lists the part number, like if there is a part number that has 3 pages for the print it lists the part number 3 times. Could this be causing Excel problems when checking the list? Barb "B Schwarz" wrote: Julie, I will rid the spaces and align all the numbers the same and give it another try. Will let you know if it works, thanks, Barb "JulieD" wrote: Hi Barbara i did exactly as described in your post, even down to the dm-002-03 Vs DM-002-03 and it worked fine (DM-002-03 didn't show up in column C) - maybe there's spaces before or after your data (if there are and you can afford to remove all spaces in the part numbers columns, select columns A & B, choose edit / replace - click in the first box and press your spacebar, and then click on replace all) ... this should solve the problem of an extra space. other than that i'm not sure what could be going wrong for you Cheers julieD "B Schwarz" wrote in message ... I obtained a formula from www.cpearson.com for extracting values on one list and not another. I put 16717 rows of part numbers in cells A2:A16717. I put another list of part numbers in cells B2:B16717. I entered the formula =IF(COUNTIF($A$2:$A$16717,B2)=0,B2,"") into cell C2 and used the fill corner to enter the formula in C cells down to C16717. (which it the one from the web site) Shouldnt I be getting the values that on on the B cell list but not in the A cell list? Seems like I was, ( had to keep putting new numbers in the B cell list over and over to get a new extracted list in C cells - needed to sort over 60,000 part numbers against A cell list ) Then I noticed I was getting alot of duplicate numbers and blank cells in the extracted list. Also had another problem, some of the part numbers are the same in A cell list and B cell list and shouldnt show up in the extracted list but they are due to a key entry. Example: dm-002-03 in Acell list DM-002-03 in Bcell list Anyway to overcome these problems? Thanks Bunches, Barbara |
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