Compare 2 columns in a worksheet.

Hi,

I need to compare 2 columns in a worksheet and see if the
values are similar.
Eg:
A : B
X-001 X-001
X-024 X-024
x-090 X-089
X-334 X-334
X-323 X-323

The third row must be highlighted here because the value
is different in the 2 columns. Is there any Excel
function to compare 2 columns?
Can someone tell me how to do this.

Thanks,
Neeraja

Neeraja, here is one way =A1=B1 put this in C1 and copy down, will retrun
true if the cell are the same or false if the cells are different
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"Neeraja" wrote in message
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Hi,

I need to compare 2 columns in a worksheet and see if the
values are similar.
Eg:
A : B
X-001 X-001
X-024 X-024
x-090 X-089
X-334 X-334
X-323 X-323

The third row must be highlighted here because the value
is different in the 2 columns. Is there any Excel
function to compare 2 columns?
Can someone tell me how to do this.

Thanks,
Neeraja

Select the cells that might need to be highlighted. Then select
Format-Conditional Formating. Change "Cell value is" to "Formula is",
enter this formula:

=$A1$B1

click format, and select a pattern to shade the cells.

-Dave

"Neeraja" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I need to compare 2 columns in a worksheet and see if the
values are similar.
Eg:
A : B
X-001 X-001
X-024 X-024
x-090 X-089
X-334 X-334
X-323 X-323

The third row must be highlighted here because the value
is different in the 2 columns. Is there any Excel
function to compare 2 columns?
Can someone tell me how to do this.

Thanks,
Neeraja