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In Excel XP I'm trying to compare two columns and extract the differences in
the 3rd column. For example,

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
ACD ACDI I

Is it possible to perform this function?

Hi,

In A1, we have the text quot;acdirquot; (without quotes) and in B1 we have the text
quot;acdirtyuquot; (without quotes). In cell C1 enter the following array formula
(Ctrl Shift Enter)

=IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(A1,B1)),MID(B1,COUNTA(MID($A$1,R OW(INDIRECT(quot;1:quot;amp;LEN(A1))),1)) 1,10))

Please check various combinations to see how it works. If you have any
further queries, please feel free to contact me at .

Regards,

Ashish Mathur

quot;Kelli Freemanquot; wrote:

gt; In Excel XP I'm trying to compare two columns and extract the differences in
gt; the 3rd column. For example,
gt;
gt; Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
gt; ACD ACDI I
gt;
gt; Is it possible to perform this function?


not that i know of. What is the purpose of doing that? There may be a
way to format the text so that it can be manipulated, but depends on
the purpose.

For example:

if the difference is always at the end of the data string, there would
be an easy solution, especially if the data strings are all the same
length.--
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