I'm currently struggling with something that seems to me like it should be quite simple. I have the following two rows in a spreadsheet, say A and B from 1 to 5:
Strategic, Input, Restorative, Learner, Individualization
Connectedness, Strategic, Intellection, Learner, Achiever
How can I count how many words are the same in both rows? The answer in the above case should be 2.
CodePudding user response:
This array formula should work:
=SUM(IFERROR(MATCH(A:A;B:B;0)/MATCH(A:A;B:B;0);0))-1
When introducing the formula don't press enter. You have to press Control Shift Enter.
It should be shown like this, with curly brackets:
CodePudding user response:
You can do something like this in column C from row 1 to 5 and sum the result of the values.
=ZÄHLENWENNS($B$1:$B$5;A1) //German
=COUNTIF($B$1:$B$5,A1) //English
CodePudding user response:
You could use =SUMPRODUCT(--(COUNTIF(A1:A5,B1:B5)>0))
. Sumproduct does not require ctrl shift enter
also not in older Excel versions.
PS This solution is not case sensitive.