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Emulating or replacing the EXACT function to return TRUE to a close match
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Is it possible to emulate the EXACT function to return TRUE to a close match? I have a spreadsheet with two ranges and I need to find matches between two cells, one in Column G and one in Column K. I can't use "=EXACT(G267,K267)" because they contain different ways of displaying the same time.
G267 displays "20:14" and the formula says "8:14:00 PM"
K267 displays "08:14 PM" and the formula says "08:14 PM"
Is there any way to get Excel to return TRUE in this situation? I know I can use VBA to apply the same format for both cells or I can create helper cells to do the same thing but it would be nice to be able to do it without resorting to either of those workarounds.
Thanks,
John
G267 displays "20:14" and the formula says "8:14:00 PM"
K267 displays "08:14 PM" and the formula says "08:14 PM"
Is there any way to get Excel to return TRUE in this situation? I know I can use VBA to apply the same format for both cells or I can create helper cells to do the same thing but it would be nice to be able to do it without resorting to either of those workarounds.
Thanks,
John
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