help comparing two sets od data to find the odd data

[matsgullis]

hello i have two sets of data and i need to find the data that is not listed
in the other data here some data i got
set1 set2
2865 326
3425 329
3459 332
chocp 720
Delay 3425
gwjennahb1 3459
gwlo785 chocp
gwpd900001 Delay
gwpd900002 gwjennahb1
gwpd900005 gwlo785
gwpd900007 gwpd900001
gwpd900008 gwpd900002

and i want to know how to get excel to show the data that is not listed in
the other set like this

set1 set2
2865 326
gwpd900005 329
gwpd900007 332
gwpd900008 720
how can i do it plz help

 

[L. Howard Kittle]

About all you would want to know about dupes is here.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/duplicat.htm

HTH
Regards,
Howard

 

[Max]

One other play to try, using non-array formulas ..

A sample construct is available at
http://cjoint.com/?bmcWaX0LrO
Compare 2 data sets & extract differences_matsgulis.xls

Assuming source data for set1 & set2
are in cols A & B, data from row2 down

Extracting set1's items not found in set2:

Put in C2:
=IF(A2="","",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2,B:B,0)),"",ROW()))

Put in D2:
=IF(ISERROR(SMALL(C:C,ROW(A1))),"",
INDEX(A:A,MATCH(SMALL(C:C,ROW(A1)),C:C,0)))

Select C22, copy down to last row of data in set1
Col D returns the results, all neatly bunched at the top

Extracting set2's items not found in set1:

Put in E2:
=IF(B2="","",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(B2,A:A,0)),"",ROW()))

Put in F2:
=IF(ISERROR(SMALL(E:E,ROW(A1))),"",
INDEX(B:B,MATCH(SMALL(E:E,ROW(A1)),E:E,0)))

Select E2:F2, copy down to last row of data in set2
Col F returns the results, all neatly bunched at the top