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I would like to know how can I extract 1 list (column c) that consist of values that appear on both columns (A & B)? 

Column A Column B Column C (e.g. answer)  
202 203 203  
203 204 204  
204 206  
205 207

Solution


Suppose data started from row A2:B50 then in C2 use this formula : 
C2=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A2,$B$2:$B$50,0)),"",A2)

and drag it down ......

Note that


Thanks to mubashir aziz for this tip on the forum.
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