Excel-MATCH function doesn't work on pasted values
I'm trying to find the positions of the values(text) in one column in another column. I ran the function: =MATCH(B1, A:A, 0)
and I get a #N/A
result. But this result is incorrect...as I clearly see the value of B1 in column A.
I thought the issue might be with the fact that I pasted the cells into the sheet. So I did a test run where I manually inputed the values in the cells and then ran the function. Result: It worked.... But I sure as hell don't want to manually input all my data.
So my question is...how do I fix this? I've tried pasting the values in all sorts of formats and still no luck. Maybe this is not the issue? I do not know. Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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I'm trying to find the positions of the values(text) in one column in another column. I ran the function: =MATCH(B1, A:A, 0)
and I get a #N/A
result. But this result is incorrect...as I clearly see the value of B1 in column A.
I thought the issue might be with the fact that I pasted the cells into the sheet. So I did a test run where I manually inputed the values in the cells and then ran the function. Result: It worked.... But I sure as hell don't want to manually input all my data.
So my question is...how do I fix this? I've tried pasting the values in all sorts of formats and still no luck. Maybe this is not the issue? I do not know. Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
I think that there are spaces (or other invisible characters) in the pasted text, in which case using=MATCH("*"&B1&"*", A:A, 0)
should give a match. But that means that the text B1 can be anywhere in the cells you're looking up (*
is a wildcard in excel to mean any number of any characters).
– Jerry
Sep 20 '13 at 17:45
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I'm trying to find the positions of the values(text) in one column in another column. I ran the function: =MATCH(B1, A:A, 0)
and I get a #N/A
result. But this result is incorrect...as I clearly see the value of B1 in column A.
I thought the issue might be with the fact that I pasted the cells into the sheet. So I did a test run where I manually inputed the values in the cells and then ran the function. Result: It worked.... But I sure as hell don't want to manually input all my data.
So my question is...how do I fix this? I've tried pasting the values in all sorts of formats and still no luck. Maybe this is not the issue? I do not know. Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
I'm trying to find the positions of the values(text) in one column in another column. I ran the function: =MATCH(B1, A:A, 0)
and I get a #N/A
result. But this result is incorrect...as I clearly see the value of B1 in column A.
I thought the issue might be with the fact that I pasted the cells into the sheet. So I did a test run where I manually inputed the values in the cells and then ran the function. Result: It worked.... But I sure as hell don't want to manually input all my data.
So my question is...how do I fix this? I've tried pasting the values in all sorts of formats and still no luck. Maybe this is not the issue? I do not know. Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
microsoft-excel microsoft-excel-2010 worksheet-function
edited Sep 21 '13 at 19:32
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asked Sep 20 '13 at 17:40
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I think that there are spaces (or other invisible characters) in the pasted text, in which case using=MATCH("*"&B1&"*", A:A, 0)
should give a match. But that means that the text B1 can be anywhere in the cells you're looking up (*
is a wildcard in excel to mean any number of any characters).
– Jerry
Sep 20 '13 at 17:45
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I think that there are spaces (or other invisible characters) in the pasted text, in which case using=MATCH("*"&B1&"*", A:A, 0)
should give a match. But that means that the text B1 can be anywhere in the cells you're looking up (*
is a wildcard in excel to mean any number of any characters).
– Jerry
Sep 20 '13 at 17:45
I think that there are spaces (or other invisible characters) in the pasted text, in which case using
=MATCH("*"&B1&"*", A:A, 0)
should give a match. But that means that the text B1 can be anywhere in the cells you're looking up (*
is a wildcard in excel to mean any number of any characters).– Jerry
Sep 20 '13 at 17:45
I think that there are spaces (or other invisible characters) in the pasted text, in which case using
=MATCH("*"&B1&"*", A:A, 0)
should give a match. But that means that the text B1 can be anywhere in the cells you're looking up (*
is a wildcard in excel to mean any number of any characters).– Jerry
Sep 20 '13 at 17:45
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In my experience, this occurs because you're trying to match cells with two different formats. For example, when you copy and paste data into column A, it may be pasted as Text format. If B1 is numeric and A:A are text cells, even if the content is identical and there are no superfluous spaces or other invisible characters, the match will still return #N/A
.
You probably know how to change the cell format, but I'll describe it for the sake of completeness. In the Home tab of the Ribbon, click here:
and change the formats of each group of cells so that they match.
I think you're right about the mismatch John but it's not always easy to change formats, e.g. if you have text formatted numbers you can't simply change to a numeric format (or actually you can make the change but it doesn't work) - Text to columns functionality can be used to change the format of a whole column
– barry houdini
Sep 21 '13 at 10:59
1
You might be able to copy and Paste Special into the same spot and choose the format there too (e.g., paste values)
– beroe
Sep 21 '13 at 17:10
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If you're matching numbers, try using the "VALUE" function.
For instance =VALUE(A1) will return (the Number) 100 if cell A1 is TEXT formatted, and contains 100, or 100 with a trailing or leading space (perhaps multiple, I didn't try)
It can be really helpful when, like mentioned above, formatting is stopping matches or lookups.
This is what Excel 2007 help says about it:
"Converts a text string that represents a number, to a number"
Text can be in any of the constant number, date, or time formats recognized by Microsoft Excel. If text is not in one of these formats, VALUE returns the #VALUE! error value.
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In my case, I replaced spaces with blanks in the pasted cells and the contents finally matched.
3
what's the difference between a space and a blank?
– Pierre.Vriens
Dec 11 '17 at 11:43
add a comment |
I had this issue. In my case the tilde character (~) broke the MATCH function, even with pasted values. There may be other special characters that do this as well.
The question really describes a different situation. There is no problem with the characters when manually entered.
– fixer1234
Apr 17 '15 at 17:12
add a comment |
I had a similar problem using the match function between two different sheets. Cells were correctly formatted and had no extra spaces. Weirder still, the match function would throw the #N/A sometimes, but other times it would provide a number, but with the wrong row number.
Solution: I re-ordered both sheets by the columns I was matching and poof! All fixed. Couldn't tell you why, though.
add a comment |
I've managed to solve this, without really understanding the cause... but it seems to be some kind of formatting related thing.
What you should do is copy the matched column of each sheet to Notepad, and then cut and paste back. This will get rid of the problem. Hope it helps!
add a comment |
I too killed an hour on this. The notepad trick DID work, but first I had to format the respective columns to be "Text". They were "General". Just formatting didn't work, and I was able to recreate it with previously saved versions.
2
This answer appears to be commentary. Commentary should never be submitted as an answer to a question. You should edit this answer, and provide specific details, how the author solves their problem. An answer, is not the proper place, to get help with your own problems. Your lack of reputation,and your inability to submit comments, isn't a valid reason to submit comments as an answer. Please consider modifying your answer so it answers the author's question.
– Ramhound
Jun 26 '17 at 17:54
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I had a similar problem comparing "Time" fields, it turned out one of the columns actually contained date & time while the other was just time (both were from CSV files). They were both formatted to show TIME only so I didn't notice at first but when I converted them both to Time - voala!
add a comment |
You most likely have spaces or special characters you can't see.(Format Issue)
List/ Column you're searching your data in (A:A)-In this Scenario
- Copy column (A:A) and Paste to Notepad
- After Pasted to Notepad, Ctrl+A and Ctrl+X
Go Back to Excel
- Ctrl+V to on the Column
This gets rid of all the spaces in between character/ fixes the formatting issue.
-Not the nicest way to solve this problem, but when you have thousands of rows to search through, it's the easiest solution.
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In my experience, this occurs because you're trying to match cells with two different formats. For example, when you copy and paste data into column A, it may be pasted as Text format. If B1 is numeric and A:A are text cells, even if the content is identical and there are no superfluous spaces or other invisible characters, the match will still return #N/A
.
You probably know how to change the cell format, but I'll describe it for the sake of completeness. In the Home tab of the Ribbon, click here:
and change the formats of each group of cells so that they match.
I think you're right about the mismatch John but it's not always easy to change formats, e.g. if you have text formatted numbers you can't simply change to a numeric format (or actually you can make the change but it doesn't work) - Text to columns functionality can be used to change the format of a whole column
– barry houdini
Sep 21 '13 at 10:59
1
You might be able to copy and Paste Special into the same spot and choose the format there too (e.g., paste values)
– beroe
Sep 21 '13 at 17:10
add a comment |
In my experience, this occurs because you're trying to match cells with two different formats. For example, when you copy and paste data into column A, it may be pasted as Text format. If B1 is numeric and A:A are text cells, even if the content is identical and there are no superfluous spaces or other invisible characters, the match will still return #N/A
.
You probably know how to change the cell format, but I'll describe it for the sake of completeness. In the Home tab of the Ribbon, click here:
and change the formats of each group of cells so that they match.
I think you're right about the mismatch John but it's not always easy to change formats, e.g. if you have text formatted numbers you can't simply change to a numeric format (or actually you can make the change but it doesn't work) - Text to columns functionality can be used to change the format of a whole column
– barry houdini
Sep 21 '13 at 10:59
1
You might be able to copy and Paste Special into the same spot and choose the format there too (e.g., paste values)
– beroe
Sep 21 '13 at 17:10
add a comment |
In my experience, this occurs because you're trying to match cells with two different formats. For example, when you copy and paste data into column A, it may be pasted as Text format. If B1 is numeric and A:A are text cells, even if the content is identical and there are no superfluous spaces or other invisible characters, the match will still return #N/A
.
You probably know how to change the cell format, but I'll describe it for the sake of completeness. In the Home tab of the Ribbon, click here:
and change the formats of each group of cells so that they match.
In my experience, this occurs because you're trying to match cells with two different formats. For example, when you copy and paste data into column A, it may be pasted as Text format. If B1 is numeric and A:A are text cells, even if the content is identical and there are no superfluous spaces or other invisible characters, the match will still return #N/A
.
You probably know how to change the cell format, but I'll describe it for the sake of completeness. In the Home tab of the Ribbon, click here:
and change the formats of each group of cells so that they match.
edited Sep 20 '13 at 18:36
answered Sep 20 '13 at 18:29
John Bensin
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I think you're right about the mismatch John but it's not always easy to change formats, e.g. if you have text formatted numbers you can't simply change to a numeric format (or actually you can make the change but it doesn't work) - Text to columns functionality can be used to change the format of a whole column
– barry houdini
Sep 21 '13 at 10:59
1
You might be able to copy and Paste Special into the same spot and choose the format there too (e.g., paste values)
– beroe
Sep 21 '13 at 17:10
add a comment |
I think you're right about the mismatch John but it's not always easy to change formats, e.g. if you have text formatted numbers you can't simply change to a numeric format (or actually you can make the change but it doesn't work) - Text to columns functionality can be used to change the format of a whole column
– barry houdini
Sep 21 '13 at 10:59
1
You might be able to copy and Paste Special into the same spot and choose the format there too (e.g., paste values)
– beroe
Sep 21 '13 at 17:10
I think you're right about the mismatch John but it's not always easy to change formats, e.g. if you have text formatted numbers you can't simply change to a numeric format (or actually you can make the change but it doesn't work) - Text to columns functionality can be used to change the format of a whole column
– barry houdini
Sep 21 '13 at 10:59
I think you're right about the mismatch John but it's not always easy to change formats, e.g. if you have text formatted numbers you can't simply change to a numeric format (or actually you can make the change but it doesn't work) - Text to columns functionality can be used to change the format of a whole column
– barry houdini
Sep 21 '13 at 10:59
1
1
You might be able to copy and Paste Special into the same spot and choose the format there too (e.g., paste values)
– beroe
Sep 21 '13 at 17:10
You might be able to copy and Paste Special into the same spot and choose the format there too (e.g., paste values)
– beroe
Sep 21 '13 at 17:10
add a comment |
If you're matching numbers, try using the "VALUE" function.
For instance =VALUE(A1) will return (the Number) 100 if cell A1 is TEXT formatted, and contains 100, or 100 with a trailing or leading space (perhaps multiple, I didn't try)
It can be really helpful when, like mentioned above, formatting is stopping matches or lookups.
This is what Excel 2007 help says about it:
"Converts a text string that represents a number, to a number"
Text can be in any of the constant number, date, or time formats recognized by Microsoft Excel. If text is not in one of these formats, VALUE returns the #VALUE! error value.
add a comment |
If you're matching numbers, try using the "VALUE" function.
For instance =VALUE(A1) will return (the Number) 100 if cell A1 is TEXT formatted, and contains 100, or 100 with a trailing or leading space (perhaps multiple, I didn't try)
It can be really helpful when, like mentioned above, formatting is stopping matches or lookups.
This is what Excel 2007 help says about it:
"Converts a text string that represents a number, to a number"
Text can be in any of the constant number, date, or time formats recognized by Microsoft Excel. If text is not in one of these formats, VALUE returns the #VALUE! error value.
add a comment |
If you're matching numbers, try using the "VALUE" function.
For instance =VALUE(A1) will return (the Number) 100 if cell A1 is TEXT formatted, and contains 100, or 100 with a trailing or leading space (perhaps multiple, I didn't try)
It can be really helpful when, like mentioned above, formatting is stopping matches or lookups.
This is what Excel 2007 help says about it:
"Converts a text string that represents a number, to a number"
Text can be in any of the constant number, date, or time formats recognized by Microsoft Excel. If text is not in one of these formats, VALUE returns the #VALUE! error value.
If you're matching numbers, try using the "VALUE" function.
For instance =VALUE(A1) will return (the Number) 100 if cell A1 is TEXT formatted, and contains 100, or 100 with a trailing or leading space (perhaps multiple, I didn't try)
It can be really helpful when, like mentioned above, formatting is stopping matches or lookups.
This is what Excel 2007 help says about it:
"Converts a text string that represents a number, to a number"
Text can be in any of the constant number, date, or time formats recognized by Microsoft Excel. If text is not in one of these formats, VALUE returns the #VALUE! error value.
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In my case, I replaced spaces with blanks in the pasted cells and the contents finally matched.
3
what's the difference between a space and a blank?
– Pierre.Vriens
Dec 11 '17 at 11:43
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In my case, I replaced spaces with blanks in the pasted cells and the contents finally matched.
3
what's the difference between a space and a blank?
– Pierre.Vriens
Dec 11 '17 at 11:43
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In my case, I replaced spaces with blanks in the pasted cells and the contents finally matched.
In my case, I replaced spaces with blanks in the pasted cells and the contents finally matched.
answered Dec 11 '17 at 10:44
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what's the difference between a space and a blank?
– Pierre.Vriens
Dec 11 '17 at 11:43
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what's the difference between a space and a blank?
– Pierre.Vriens
Dec 11 '17 at 11:43
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3
what's the difference between a space and a blank?
– Pierre.Vriens
Dec 11 '17 at 11:43
what's the difference between a space and a blank?
– Pierre.Vriens
Dec 11 '17 at 11:43
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I had this issue. In my case the tilde character (~) broke the MATCH function, even with pasted values. There may be other special characters that do this as well.
The question really describes a different situation. There is no problem with the characters when manually entered.
– fixer1234
Apr 17 '15 at 17:12
add a comment |
I had this issue. In my case the tilde character (~) broke the MATCH function, even with pasted values. There may be other special characters that do this as well.
The question really describes a different situation. There is no problem with the characters when manually entered.
– fixer1234
Apr 17 '15 at 17:12
add a comment |
I had this issue. In my case the tilde character (~) broke the MATCH function, even with pasted values. There may be other special characters that do this as well.
I had this issue. In my case the tilde character (~) broke the MATCH function, even with pasted values. There may be other special characters that do this as well.
answered Apr 17 '15 at 16:26
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The question really describes a different situation. There is no problem with the characters when manually entered.
– fixer1234
Apr 17 '15 at 17:12
add a comment |
The question really describes a different situation. There is no problem with the characters when manually entered.
– fixer1234
Apr 17 '15 at 17:12
The question really describes a different situation. There is no problem with the characters when manually entered.
– fixer1234
Apr 17 '15 at 17:12
The question really describes a different situation. There is no problem with the characters when manually entered.
– fixer1234
Apr 17 '15 at 17:12
add a comment |
I had a similar problem using the match function between two different sheets. Cells were correctly formatted and had no extra spaces. Weirder still, the match function would throw the #N/A sometimes, but other times it would provide a number, but with the wrong row number.
Solution: I re-ordered both sheets by the columns I was matching and poof! All fixed. Couldn't tell you why, though.
add a comment |
I had a similar problem using the match function between two different sheets. Cells were correctly formatted and had no extra spaces. Weirder still, the match function would throw the #N/A sometimes, but other times it would provide a number, but with the wrong row number.
Solution: I re-ordered both sheets by the columns I was matching and poof! All fixed. Couldn't tell you why, though.
add a comment |
I had a similar problem using the match function between two different sheets. Cells were correctly formatted and had no extra spaces. Weirder still, the match function would throw the #N/A sometimes, but other times it would provide a number, but with the wrong row number.
Solution: I re-ordered both sheets by the columns I was matching and poof! All fixed. Couldn't tell you why, though.
I had a similar problem using the match function between two different sheets. Cells were correctly formatted and had no extra spaces. Weirder still, the match function would throw the #N/A sometimes, but other times it would provide a number, but with the wrong row number.
Solution: I re-ordered both sheets by the columns I was matching and poof! All fixed. Couldn't tell you why, though.
answered Aug 12 '15 at 21:00
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I've managed to solve this, without really understanding the cause... but it seems to be some kind of formatting related thing.
What you should do is copy the matched column of each sheet to Notepad, and then cut and paste back. This will get rid of the problem. Hope it helps!
add a comment |
I've managed to solve this, without really understanding the cause... but it seems to be some kind of formatting related thing.
What you should do is copy the matched column of each sheet to Notepad, and then cut and paste back. This will get rid of the problem. Hope it helps!
add a comment |
I've managed to solve this, without really understanding the cause... but it seems to be some kind of formatting related thing.
What you should do is copy the matched column of each sheet to Notepad, and then cut and paste back. This will get rid of the problem. Hope it helps!
I've managed to solve this, without really understanding the cause... but it seems to be some kind of formatting related thing.
What you should do is copy the matched column of each sheet to Notepad, and then cut and paste back. This will get rid of the problem. Hope it helps!
edited Apr 2 '17 at 6:51
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answered Apr 2 '17 at 5:29
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I too killed an hour on this. The notepad trick DID work, but first I had to format the respective columns to be "Text". They were "General". Just formatting didn't work, and I was able to recreate it with previously saved versions.
2
This answer appears to be commentary. Commentary should never be submitted as an answer to a question. You should edit this answer, and provide specific details, how the author solves their problem. An answer, is not the proper place, to get help with your own problems. Your lack of reputation,and your inability to submit comments, isn't a valid reason to submit comments as an answer. Please consider modifying your answer so it answers the author's question.
– Ramhound
Jun 26 '17 at 17:54
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I too killed an hour on this. The notepad trick DID work, but first I had to format the respective columns to be "Text". They were "General". Just formatting didn't work, and I was able to recreate it with previously saved versions.
2
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– Ramhound
Jun 26 '17 at 17:54
add a comment |
I too killed an hour on this. The notepad trick DID work, but first I had to format the respective columns to be "Text". They were "General". Just formatting didn't work, and I was able to recreate it with previously saved versions.
I too killed an hour on this. The notepad trick DID work, but first I had to format the respective columns to be "Text". They were "General". Just formatting didn't work, and I was able to recreate it with previously saved versions.
answered Jun 26 '17 at 17:29
John M
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Jun 26 '17 at 17:54
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I had a similar problem comparing "Time" fields, it turned out one of the columns actually contained date & time while the other was just time (both were from CSV files). They were both formatted to show TIME only so I didn't notice at first but when I converted them both to Time - voala!
add a comment |
I had a similar problem comparing "Time" fields, it turned out one of the columns actually contained date & time while the other was just time (both were from CSV files). They were both formatted to show TIME only so I didn't notice at first but when I converted them both to Time - voala!
add a comment |
I had a similar problem comparing "Time" fields, it turned out one of the columns actually contained date & time while the other was just time (both were from CSV files). They were both formatted to show TIME only so I didn't notice at first but when I converted them both to Time - voala!
I had a similar problem comparing "Time" fields, it turned out one of the columns actually contained date & time while the other was just time (both were from CSV files). They were both formatted to show TIME only so I didn't notice at first but when I converted them both to Time - voala!
answered Nov 17 '17 at 17:27
Bob
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You most likely have spaces or special characters you can't see.(Format Issue)
List/ Column you're searching your data in (A:A)-In this Scenario
- Copy column (A:A) and Paste to Notepad
- After Pasted to Notepad, Ctrl+A and Ctrl+X
Go Back to Excel
- Ctrl+V to on the Column
This gets rid of all the spaces in between character/ fixes the formatting issue.
-Not the nicest way to solve this problem, but when you have thousands of rows to search through, it's the easiest solution.
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You most likely have spaces or special characters you can't see.(Format Issue)
List/ Column you're searching your data in (A:A)-In this Scenario
- Copy column (A:A) and Paste to Notepad
- After Pasted to Notepad, Ctrl+A and Ctrl+X
Go Back to Excel
- Ctrl+V to on the Column
This gets rid of all the spaces in between character/ fixes the formatting issue.
-Not the nicest way to solve this problem, but when you have thousands of rows to search through, it's the easiest solution.
add a comment |
You most likely have spaces or special characters you can't see.(Format Issue)
List/ Column you're searching your data in (A:A)-In this Scenario
- Copy column (A:A) and Paste to Notepad
- After Pasted to Notepad, Ctrl+A and Ctrl+X
Go Back to Excel
- Ctrl+V to on the Column
This gets rid of all the spaces in between character/ fixes the formatting issue.
-Not the nicest way to solve this problem, but when you have thousands of rows to search through, it's the easiest solution.
You most likely have spaces or special characters you can't see.(Format Issue)
List/ Column you're searching your data in (A:A)-In this Scenario
- Copy column (A:A) and Paste to Notepad
- After Pasted to Notepad, Ctrl+A and Ctrl+X
Go Back to Excel
- Ctrl+V to on the Column
This gets rid of all the spaces in between character/ fixes the formatting issue.
-Not the nicest way to solve this problem, but when you have thousands of rows to search through, it's the easiest solution.
answered Feb 22 at 0:35
Adrian
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I think that there are spaces (or other invisible characters) in the pasted text, in which case using
=MATCH("*"&B1&"*", A:A, 0)
should give a match. But that means that the text B1 can be anywhere in the cells you're looking up (*
is a wildcard in excel to mean any number of any characters).– Jerry
Sep 20 '13 at 17:45