How to highlight differences in 2 lists automatically using VBA. Often we need to compare two lists to find duplicates, different or missing values. Watch the video to learn how to check for differences or discrepancies in two lists automatically:

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Here’s the complete VBA code to check for differences between the two lists quickly and easily:

Option Explicit

Sub highlightdifferencesFinal()

Application.ScreenUpdating = False

Dim i As Long, j As Long, lastrowsht1 As Long, lastrowsht2 As Long, lastcolumn As Long, k As Long

Sheet1.Activate

lastrowsht1 = Sheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A” & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

For i = 2 To lastrowsht1

Sheet2.Activate

lastrowsht2 = Sheets(“Sheet2”).Range(“A” & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
lastcolumn = Sheet2.Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column

For j = 2 To lastrowsht2

    For k = 1 To lastcolumn

    If Sheet2.Cells(j, k) = Sheet1.Cells(i, k) Then

        Sheet2.Cells(j, k).Interior.ColorIndex = 32 ' blue color
        Sheet2.Cells(j, k).Font.Color = vbWhite

    End If

    Next k

Next j

Sheet1.Activate

Next i

Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub

Option Explicit

Sub clearFormatsSht2()
Dim i As Long, lastrowsht2 As Long

lastrowsht2 = Sheets(“Sheet2”).Range(“A” & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

Sheet2.Range(“A2:C” & lastrowsht2).clearFormats

End Sub