Extracting similar words

[Milade8080]

Hi
Is there a way to make it possible to extract the same words between two sentences
For example, in cell A1 we have : My name is Morteza Ghovati
in cell B1 we have : Morteza Ghovati is My brother
That result is in cell C1 : My-is-Morteza-Ghovati

 

[István Hirsch]

Are you interested in a formula solution where the common words are collected in C, as you requested, but some helper columns are also used right to column C?

 

[Rick Rothstein]

For example, in cell A1 we have : My name is Morteza Ghovati
in cell B1 we have : Morteza Ghovati is My brother
That result is in cell C1 : My-is-Morteza-Ghovati

Give this UDF (user defined function) a try...

Function DupeWords(S1 As String, ByVal S2 As String) As String
  Dim X As Long, Words() As String
  Words = Split(S1)
  S2 = " " & S2 & " "
  For X = 0 To UBound(Words)
    If InStr(1, S2, " " & Words(X) & " ", vbTextCompare) Then
      DupeWords = DupeWords & "-" & Words(X)
    End If
  Next
  DupeWords = Mid(DupeWords, 2)
End Function

HOW TO INSTALL UDFs
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If you are new to UDFs, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. You can now use DupeWords just like it was a built-in Excel function. For example,

=DupeWords(A1,B1)

If you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.

 

[Milade8080]

Give this UDF (user defined function) a try...

Function DupeWords(S1 As String, ByVal S2 As String) As String
  Dim X As Long, Words() As String
  Words = Split(S1)
  S2 = " " & S2 & " "
  For X = 0 To UBound(Words)
    If InStr(1, S2, " " & Words(X) & " ", vbTextCompare) Then
      DupeWords = DupeWords & "-" & Words(X)
    End If
  Next
  DupeWords = Mid(DupeWords, 2)
End Function

HOW TO INSTALL UDFs
------------------------------------
If you are new to UDFs, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. You can now use DupeWords just like it was a built-in Excel function. For example,

=DupeWords(A1,B1)

If you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.

Thanks for answer