#33 — Find The Differences Between Contents of Two Cells
Judith-Excel-Sharing
Posted on July 25, 2024
Problem description & analysis:
In the following Excel table, cell A1 and cell B1 contain strings made up of vertical line-separated numbers and walled in by vertical lines at both ends:
Task: find numbers that exist in A1 but does not exist in B1 and display them in the same format:
Solution:
Use SPL XLL to do this:
=spl("=$[|] / (?1.split($[|]) \ ?2.split($[|])).concat($[|])/ $[|]",A1,B1)
As shown in the picture below:
The symbol \ computes difference, which are members that are contained in set A but are not contained in set B. Symbol / concatenates two strings. $[] represents a string.
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Judith-Excel-Sharing
Posted on July 25, 2024
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