Microsoft's Excel software is one of the best tools for you to organize, analyze, and manipulate data. Here are three ways to compare data in two columns.

The Excel TEXTSPLIT function can split text strings by using row or column delimiters. Learn how to use the new TEXTSPLIT () function in Excel.

If using the Text To Columns Wizard to split data into more than one column takes too much time, this intuitive tool will help speed things up. In essence, it's a smarter way to copy and paste the ...

TEXTSPLIT () parses, or “splits,” strings using column and row delimiters, much in the same way Microsoft’s Text To Columns feature works with columns, but in a function.

Figure E Use Excel’s BYROW () to evaluate by rows. As with Excel’s BYCOL (), you could do this with several MAX () functions, but that would require 11 functions and would return 11 result values.

Select the customer names in the first column (cells A:2 to A:8), select the Data tab in the Ribbon, and select the Text to Columns command. A wizard appears showing the following options.

Implementing data validation prevents incorrect data entry. Using Text to Columns organizes combined data for better analysis. Applying Find and Replace corrects errors and inconsistencies quickly.

The UPPER function instructs Excel to take that first character in cell T3 and capitalize it. I inserted just this portion of the formula in cell Z3 and copied it down to cell Z12. See the screenshot ...