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Using Conditional Formatting to identify duplicates
How do I use Conditional Formatting to only react to an EXACT MATCH? I tested it on two columns. Column A had numbers 12 to 45. Column B had numbers 120, 121 and 122 - and then I stopped because it forrmatted them all as a "match" because of the "12" and the "21" and the "22" in column A. Is this beyond the scope of Conditional Formatting? Do I need to try a MATCH function instead? |
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highlight column A then conditional format / formula is
=ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,B:B,0)) |
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Thank you so much! That works perfectly for Column A and Column B, but when I tried to edit the formula to expand the comparison range, it didn't work. I tried
=ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,B:D,0)) I thought that the B:B portion of your original formula was the comparison range - that I would be comparing Column A to Columns B through D - but it didn't work. Is it necessary to create additional conditional formatting rules to compare other columns? Thank you! |
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try this --- highlight column A then formula is
=countif($B$1:$D$1000,A1) and format your colour |
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