Here's the approach I took:Since I don't know how many unique words you'll have
in a given cell,and I don't know if they will always be separated by a comma,I
replaced the comma with a space, then used a space as a word delimiter.
Now, if you actually are looking for PHRASES, and each PHRASE is separated by a
comma, then you'll want to change the split() function to:strArray =
Split(Cells(2, C).Value, ",")
Otherwise:
The technique I used was to create a Dictionary object and populate it with the
unique phrases or words from row 2.then, check each word/phrase from row 3 to
see if it is in the dictionary.
Option ExplicitSub Find_Matches()
Dim nCols, C
Dim strArray, inx
Dim Dict_Data
Dim DupCnt
Dim Val As String
Set Dict_Data = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
nCols = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("1:1"))
ActiveSheet.Range("4:4").ClearContents
For C = 1 To nCols
If ((Cells(2, C).Value & "X" <> "X") _
And (Cells(3, C).Value & "X" <> "X")) Then
Dict_Data.RemoveAll
'--------------------------
' Load Dictionary item
'--------------------------
strArray = Split(Replace(Cells(2, C).Value, ",", " "), " ")
For inx = 0 To UBound(strArray)
Val = UCase(strArray(inx))
If (Val & "X" <> "X") Then
If (Not Dict_Data.exists(Val)) Then
Dict_Data.Add Val, C
End If
End If
Next inx
'-----------------------
' Check for duplicates
'-----------------------
DupCnt = 0
strArray = Split(Replace(Cells(3, C).Value, ",", " "), " ")
For inx = 0 To UBound(strArray)
Val = UCase(strArray(inx))
If (Val & "X" <> "X") Then
If (Dict_Data.exists(Val)) Then
DupCnt = DupCnt + 1
End If
End If
Next inx
Cells(4, C).Value = DupCnt
End If
Next C
End Sub
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From: Kathryn S <evergreen.s1...@gmail.com>
To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS <excel-macros@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 1:53 PM
Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ count # of common strings between two cells
Here is what I have --
| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| 2 | 12,13 | 11 | 9,10 | 12 | 14,16 | 6 | A,B |
| 3 | 12 | 11 | 9,10 | 11 | 18 | 6 | A |
1. I would like to find number of common string between A2 and A3, B2 and B3,
etc
2. I would like to get total number of strings in each line, regardless of cell
or comma
3. this is what the results like
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| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | # strings |
| 2 | 12,13 | 11 | 9,10 | 12 | 14,16 | 6 | A,B | 11 |
| 3 | 12 | 11 | 9,10 | 11 | 18 | 6 | A | 8 |
| # in Common | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Can anyone provide any hints? Thanks a lot!
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