approx. match

[didoshmilev]

Hi,

I have two columns A and C with different companies names and I need to create a formula for approx. match. So far I used the following formulas: =VLOOKUP(CONCATENATE("*",C2,"*"),$A$2:$A$341,1,FALSE) and =MATCH(C2&"*",$A:$A,0) but found only 50% of the approx. matches. Do you know any other formula which I can use so that I can increase the percentage of the approx. matches?

many thanks

 

[gaz_chops]

Can you give an example of the names in C2 & A:A?

 

[hiker95]

didoshmilev,

1. What version of Excel and Windows are you using?

2. Are you using a PC or a Mac?

for approx. match

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