finding pair of cells with different numbers of words

[victorcarreto]

Hello, I am dealing with texts, not numbers. Column A has a text in English, and column B a text in Portuguese. I need to find pairs of cells A1-B1 or A1234-B1234 whose number of words have a difference of 9 words minimum. For that I have this formula which I wrote on column C, to identify such case by writing the word “MISMATCH”:

=IF(ABS((LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))+1)-(LEN(B1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",""))+1))>=9,"MISMATCH",0)


The thing is that I don´t want to use a column, like I used column C, to add such a formula, because I would be inserting and deleting cells in column A and B, and the formula loses its reference every time a modification like this is done.
So, what I need is a macro that, with just a shortcut key ,finds next or takes me directly to the next pair of cells in the condition of this formula (I mean, a pair A-B in which A or B has more than 9 words in relation to its pair).
Any idea of how it could be done??


Thank you!

 

[martindwilson]

you dont really need a macro us advanced filter put formula in a spare column say d2
=ABS((LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2," ",""))+1)-(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2," ",""))+1))>=9
then used advanced filter / filter the list in place/list range a1:b200
/criteria range d1:d2 (note d1 must be blank)
Sheet1

*	A	B	C	D
1	eng	port	*	*
2	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	a	*	TRUE
3	2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	a b	*	*
4	3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	a b c d	*	*
5	4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	*	*	*
6	5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	a b c d e	*	*
7	1 2	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n	*	*
8	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	a b c d e f g	*	*
9	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	*	*
10	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	*	*
11	5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	a b c d e	*	*
12	1 2	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n	*	*
13	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	a b c d e f g	*	*
14	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	*	*
15	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	*	*

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Spreadsheet Formulas

Cell Formula D2 =ABS((LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2," ",""))+1)-(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2," ",""))+1))>=9 <tbody> </tbody>

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after filter
Sheet1

*	A	B	C	D
1	eng	port	*	*
2	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	a	*	TRUE
3	2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	a b	*	*
4	3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	a b c d	*	*
5	4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	*	*	*
7	1 2	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n	*	*
8	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	a b c d e f g	*	*
12	1 2	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n	*	*
13	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q	a b c d e f g	*	*

<colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; "><col style="width:202px;"><col style="width:246px;"><col style="width:64px;"><col style="width:64px;"></colgroup><tbody>
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Spreadsheet Formulas

Cell Formula D2 =ABS((LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2," ",""))+1)-(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2," ",""))+1))>=9 <tbody> </tbody>

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</tbody>

Excel tables to the web >> Excel Jeanie HTML 4