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Susanne

In column A I have the names of the participants and in column B I have the
names of their room mate. Meaning that everybody are mentioned in both
columns of course. Now I need to check that if John is Kenns room mate then
Kenn is also Johns room mate.

Could anyone please help me.

Thanks,
Susanne
 
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vezerid

In column A I have the names of the participants and in column B I have the
names of their room mate. Meaning that everybody are mentioned in both
columns of course. Now I need to check that if John is Kenns room mate then
Kenn is also Johns room mate.

Could anyone please help me.

Thanks,
Susanne
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In column C (C2)
=IF(INDEX($A$2:$A$100,MATCH(B2,$A$2:$A$100,0))=B2,"Match","No match")

You can then use filter on C or simply spot inconsistencies.

HTH
Kostis Vezerides
 
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Susanne

I have changed the formula according to my worksheet but it only gives me
N/A...

I have my names/room mates in the columns of B and Q, and my Excel uses the
; instead of commas to separate in formulas. Could you please look through it
for me? Have I done wrong ...?

My first row is #3.

=IF(INDEX($B$3:$B$100;MATCH(Q3;$B$3:$B$100;0))=Q3;"Match";"No match")

Rgs
Susanne
 
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vezerid

I have changed the formula according to my worksheet but it only gives me
N/A...

I have my names/room mates in the columns of B and Q, and my Excel uses the
; instead of commas to separate in formulas. Could you please look through it
for me? Have I done wrong ...?

My first row is #3.

=IF(INDEX($B$3:$B$100;MATCH(Q3;$B$3:$B$100;0))=Q3;"Match";"No match")

Rgs
Susanne
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Hmmm,

I know I had a small mistake in my formula, but I am not sure it
should cause #N/A. Anyway, try the following, small modification of
your formula:

=IF(INDEX($Q$3:$Q$100;MATCH(Q3;$B$3:$B$100;0))=Q3;"Match";"No match")

Let us know if this one works.

Kostis
 
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Susanne

Sorry, still gets the #N/A..

Susanne


vezerid said:
Hmmm,

I know I had a small mistake in my formula, but I am not sure it
should cause #N/A. Anyway, try the following, small modification of
your formula:

=IF(INDEX($Q$3:$Q$100;MATCH(Q3;$B$3:$B$100;0))=Q3;"Match";"No match")

Let us know if this one works.

Kostis
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vezerid

Sorry, still gets the #N/A..

Susanne
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Try something simpler (I should have thought of it to start with). In
C2:

=VLOOKUP(B2,A:B,2,0)

This should find the match of the pair. It should be the same name as
in A2. See what you get with this formula.

Kostis
 
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