text formatting and comparing worksheets

lhoffman

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I have a two part problem in comparing lists of email addresses. The first should be simple enough: in the C column of one sheet, the addresses are in the format "<name@domain.com>", and I'll need a way to remove the <>'s so that I can compare the list with another one.

The second part seems to come up a bit, most recently addressed by a response by HalfAce to msavage. I tried to use the code HalfAce posted, but the For statement kept giving me a compile error ("Expected: expression"). Here are the specifics to the problem: two worksheets in a book, rows in each are First Name, Last Name, email. I need to compare the entries, and create a third sheet from the rows in Sheet A which are not in Sheet B, using the email add's as the criterium. Any help out there?
 

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Welcome to the board.

Can we see some examples of the e-mail addresses?
I have a two part problem in comparing lists of email addresses. The first should be simple enough: in the C column of one sheet, the addresses are in the format "", and I'll need a way to remove the <>'s so that I can compare the list with another one."

Can you post the code for "The second part".


Have a great day,
Stan
 
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I'm sorry, I did post an example, but all I wound up with were quotes, so I'll write it funny like this:

< name at domain dot com >

There are no spaces in the entries.

As for the code, here is a paste from HalfAce's post, with some elements changed to fit my workbook:

Code:
Sub EmailDifference()
Dim c As Range, List As Object, Rw As Long
Set List = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

With Sheets("FileMaker")
  For Each c In .Range("C2", .Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    If Not List.Exists(c.Value) Then
      List.Add c.Value, Nothing
    End If
  Next
End With

With Sheets("Outlook")
  For Rw = 2 To .Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    If List.Exists(.Cells(Rw, "C").Value) Then
      .Rows(Rw).Copy Sheets("Differences").Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2)
    End If
  Next
End With

Set List = Nothing

End Sub
 
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Hello lhoffman, welcome to the board.
So, am I right in thinking you want to go through and make a list of the addresses in column C
of the Outlook sheet, then go through column C of the FileMaker sheet, and record each address
on the Differences sheet that's not in the list from the Outlook sheet?

(And have you resolved the problem of getting rid of the "<" & ">" characters ?)
- If not, which sheet are these in?
- Am I right in thinking it's column C for both these sheets?
 
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HalfAce, thanks for responding. Both the Outlook and FileMaker sheets have entries of (Col A) First, (Col B) Last, (Col C) email. The Outlook sheet has entries that aren't in the FileMaker sheet. I want to go through column C of Outlook (the email addresses), and if an entry is not present in column C of FileMaker, I want to take the whole row (First, Last, and email), and add it to the Differences sheet, which is empty.

As for the "<>" characters, I haven't fixed that yet. They are only in the Outlook sheet, and it would be OK to change the entries permanently.
 
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Hi lhoffman,
Give this a try and see if it's what you're after.
Code:
Sub EmailDifference()
Dim c As Range, List As Object, Rw As Long
Set List = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

With Sheets("Outlook")
  For Each c In .Range("C2", .Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    c.Value = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(c.Value, "<", "")
    c.Value = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(c.Value, ">", "")
    If Not List.Exists(c.Value) Then
      List.Add c.Value, Nothing
    End If
  Next
End With

With Sheets("FileMaker")
  For Rw = 2 To .Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    If Not List.Exists(.Cells(Rw, "C").Value) Then
      .Rows(Rw).Copy Sheets("Differences").Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)(2)
    End If
  Next
End With

Set List = Nothing

End Sub
 
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When I paste the code into the VB editor, it gives me a compile error at the For statements, saying "Expected: expression". Any idea why?
 
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I just copied the code you posted above and pasted. What's there is exactly what I put in. Could the Excel version matter here?
 
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I wouldn't think it's a version issue.
It's fine for me in XL 2K and 2003.
If it's a compile error, then some lines of code should be red (yes?)
Which line(s) are those?
 
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