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rajesh nag
03-25-2008, 12:06 AM
Hi

I have values in two column

Case 1 Address and city

I would like to Know if city name exists in address coloumn

Ex h#52 jayanagar bangalore in adreess bangalore in city

I have two columns in company

I have to compare company in one column exists another company column or not, thing is i cann,t use vlookup as it looks for exact match i am looking for fuzzy match (80% match) or string match (any one word of this column exists in that column)

Ex: TSE company ltd in coloumn TSE com in another column

Can any one help me on this

Regards
Rajesh

mdmackillop
03-25-2008, 11:50 AM
Have a look here for some suggestions
http://www.mrexcel.com/pc07.shtml