Remove first character then compare to another cell

**dleckie** · 07-11-2015, 01:18 AM

Hi all, new to this forum and forums in general, so I hope I posted my question correctly and that I am clear enough.

I have two columns where column "E" has just numbers that are 6-10 digits in length and the second column "H" starts with an alphanumeric character (lets say the letter B) then 6-10 digits after it.

The columns go from E1: E273 and H1:H273. (not always but long enough

)

I need to remove the first character in column H then compare the results to column E. If there is a different, I need to know and that can be up to your discretion, as long as I can see the results.. I could be notified by color, by putting a 0 or 1 in a different column, or by dropping the number in a any different column.

What I have tried is creating a blank column G and putting in it the formula
=REPLACE(H1,1,1,"")
which removed the first character in column H and showed up in column G

Then I put in blank column F the formula
=IF(ISNA(MATCH(G1,E:E,0)),G1,1)
which only copied the results from column G to column F as if to say they were different. If they were the same column F would have the results 1 and not the number.

Not sure what I did wrong. And if it can be done through a VBA macro, that would be fantastic. I will be using it a lot.

EX.

Colum E

14624720
7802049
24842259
28675186
32334880
30466791
2234169
24717605
45069143
7825783
16875105
13656190
9447593

Column H

B14624720
B7802049
B24842259
B28675186
B32334880
B30466791
J2234169
J24717605
J45069143
B7825783
B16875105
B13656190
B9447593

Thank you for your time and help,

Dave

**Admin** · 07-11-2015, 10:46 AM

**bakerman** · 07-12-2015, 04:28 AM

**Rick Rothstein** · 08-01-2015, 11:22 PM

Here is another macro you can consider...

Code:

Sub Test()
  Dim LastRow As Long
  LastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "E").End(xlUp).Row
  Range("F1:F" & LastRow) = Evaluate(Replace("IF(E1:E#=0+MID(H1:H#,2,99),1,E1:E#)", "#", LastRow))
End Sub

**snb** · 08-11-2015, 02:14 PM

Or:

Code:

Sub M_snb()
   [I2:I200] = [if(E2:E200="","",if(E2:E200=abs(mid(H2:H200,2,100)),"x",""))]
End Sub

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