Highlight Matched Words and Count

barim

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Hello everybody,

I tried to find anything similar that would solve this problem. I have two columns that would highlight words that match and then in column C to give me the count how many matched. For example in the first line there is only one match and word "Car" should be highlighted. In the second line there are 2 matches "Cars" and "Great" which should also be highlighted and so on. This should not be case sensitive, so "Great" and "great" should be the match. I tried so many similar macros that highlight the whole cell instead of just keyword inside each cell. I am comparing Column A with Column B so all highlights should be placed in Column B. I prefer this to be in VBA but if there is any other solution I am open to that. I appreciate any help on this issue. Thanks.



Compare1Compare2Count Matched Words
Driving CarCar is so useful
1​
Cars are greatGreat that we have cars today
2​
Mazda is reliable carMazda is good car
3​
Walking is good for your healthHealth is precious
2​
Library is so far awayI live so far away
3​
 

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