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Created June 7, 2019 06:53
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Highlight differences between strings in Excel
Sub highlight()
' https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/3716-excel-compare-two-strings-highlight-differences-for-similarity.html
Dim xRg1 As Range
Dim xRg2 As Range
Dim xTxt As String
Dim xCell1 As Range
Dim xCell2 As Range
Dim I As Long
Dim J As Integer
Dim xLen As Integer
Dim xDiffs As Boolean
On Error Resume Next
If ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Count > 1 Then
xTxt = ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.AddressLocal
Else
xTxt = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.AddressLocal
End If
lOne:
Set xRg1 = Application.InputBox("Range A:", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)
If xRg1 Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
If xRg1.Columns.Count > 1 Or xRg1.Areas.Count > 1 Then
MsgBox "Multiple ranges or columns have been selected ", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
GoTo lOne
End If
lTwo:
Set xRg2 = Application.InputBox("Range B:", "Kutools for Excel", "", , , , , 8)
If xRg2 Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
If xRg2.Columns.Count > 1 Or xRg2.Areas.Count > 1 Then
MsgBox "Multiple ranges or columns have been selected ", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
GoTo lTwo
End If
If xRg1.CountLarge <> xRg2.CountLarge Then
MsgBox "Two selected ranges must have the same numbers of cells ", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
GoTo lTwo
End If
xDiffs = (MsgBox("Click Yes to highlight similarities, click No to highlight differences ", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "Kutools for Excel") = vbNo)
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
xRg2.Font.ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
For I = 1 To xRg1.Count
Set xCell1 = xRg1.Cells(I)
Set xCell2 = xRg2.Cells(I)
If xCell1.Value2 = xCell2.Value2 Then
If Not xDiffs Then xCell2.Font.Color = vbRed
Else
xLen = Len(xCell1.Value2)
For J = 1 To xLen
If Not xCell1.Characters(J, 1).Text = xCell2.Characters(J, 1).Text Then Exit For
Next J
If Not xDiffs Then
If J <= Len(xCell2.Value2) And J > 1 Then
xCell2.Characters(1, J - 1).Font.Color = vbRed
End If
Else
If J <= Len(xCell2.Value2) Then
xCell2.Characters(J, Len(xCell2.Value2) - J + 1).Font.Color = vbRed
End If
End If
End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
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How can the code be altered to only highlight the different characters?
For example SomethingNewBlue compared to SomethingNewandBlue, in the 2nd string only 'and' would be highlighted.
The current code highlights starting at the difference throughout the rest of the string. ex: 'andBlue'

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