Find unique values between two columns

horizonflame

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Hi All

I am comparing two columns to find unique values. I have the below but I need help to stop blank cells returning a yes value.

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(E3,$B$3:$B$7000,1,FALSE)),"Yes","NO")

I would also like to count the unique values but avoid an array formula. I have the below but not yet working:

=SUM(1/COUNTIF($E$3:$E$7000, $E$3:$E$7000))+SUM(IF(COUNTIF($E$3:$E$7000, $B$3:$B$7000)=0, 1/COUNTIF($B$3:$B$7000, $B$3:$B$7000), 0))

Many thanks for any help :)
 
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Excel Facts

What does custom number format of ;;; mean?
Three semi-colons will hide the value in the cell. Although most people use white font instead.
I hope something like this helps you:

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff; "> <colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; " /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:53.23px;" /><col style="width:21.86px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /><col style="width:76.04px;" /></colgroup><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; "><td > </td><td >B</td><td >C</td><td >D</td><td >E</td><td >F</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >2</td><td >DATA</td><td >UNIQUE</td><td > </td><td >DATA</td><td >UNIQUE</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >3</td><td >data3</td><td >no</td><td > </td><td >data3</td><td >no</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >4</td><td >data4</td><td >yes</td><td > </td><td >data5</td><td >no</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >5</td><td >data5</td><td >no</td><td > </td><td >data7</td><td >no</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >6</td><td >data6</td><td >yes</td><td > </td><td >data9</td><td >yes</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >7</td><td >data7</td><td >no</td><td > </td><td >data11</td><td >yes</td></tr><tr style="height:19px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >8</td><td >data8</td><td >yes</td><td > </td><td >data13</td><td >yes</td></tr></table><br /><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; border-style: groove ;border-color:#00ff00;background-color:#fffcf9; color:#000000; "><tr><td ><b></b></td></tr><tr><td ><table border = "1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt;"><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; font-size:10pt;"><td >Cell</td><td >Formula</td></tr><tr><td >C3</td><td >=IF(COUNTIF($B$3:$B$8,B3)+COUNTIF($E$3:$E$8,B3)=1,"yes","no")</td></tr><tr><td >F3</td><td >=IF(COUNTIF($B$3:$B$8,E3)+COUNTIF($E$3:$E$8,E3)=1,"yes","no")</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
 
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I'm glad to help you. Thanks for the feedback.
 
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