Comparing Column Values

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ExcelHelp - Apr 5, 2010 at 08:57 AM
rizvisa1 Posts 4478 Registration date Thursday January 28, 2010 Status Contributor Last seen May 5, 2022 - Apr 5, 2010 at 04:20 PM
I am trying to compare two columns to see if they carry the same values - column A has 556 values (starling at line 3), and column B has 69 values (starting at line 3)- I want to see if the values in column B match the values in Column A;

I used the following formula but it does not seem to work:
=VLOOKUP($A3,$B$3:$B$69,2,FALSE)


Does anyone know why this is not working?


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ehlblackstar Posts 11 Registration date Monday April 5, 2010 Status Member Last seen November 2, 2018
Apr 5, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Try typing =EXACT(A3:B3) in column C.
Hope it could help you...
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rizvisa1 Posts 4478 Registration date Thursday January 28, 2010 Status Contributor Last seen May 5, 2022 766
Apr 5, 2010 at 04:20 PM
In case you are wondering why your formula is not working
=VLOOKUP($A3,$B$3:$B$69,2,FALSE)

"2" refers to the second column in range $B$3:$B$69. As you can see, there is no second column in the range. There is only one column and that is column B
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