Calculate the number of unique characters that are common to two strings.
strings like .
String1 String2 UniqueCount
Ridiculous Simple 3
Incredible Silly 2
Magic Fun 0
Balloon Children 2
November December 4
January August 2
February January 4
United States India 4
Australia United Kingdom 3
Indomitable submissive 4
Hippopotamus
As an example, the string "Ridiculous" and "Simple" have the letters "s", "i" and "l" in common. As such, the expected output will be 3.
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Rakesh Sharma
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Rakesh Sharma Hi,
Assume that "Ridiculous" is in A2 and "Simple" is in B2
Now put the below array formula in C2 and drag it down.
COUNT(MATCH(ROW($A$1:INDEX(A:A,LEN(A2))),SEARCH(MID(B2,ROW($A$1:INDEX(A:A,LEN(B2))),1),A2),0))
Acknowledge the above formula using CRTL + SHIFT + ENTER
Asheesh Mattoo 20 Aug 2016 0 0
