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Anonymous
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Text Comparison not working

I have a simple yet not working expression that does not seem to change output no matter what here is the following example shown below.

Both are Excel tables from different Excel Files

Master_names
Bond,James
Smith,Will
Wahlberg,Mark

Check_List

Smith,Will

I want to output the Master_names not in the check_List table so I wrote the following expression to output a table object.

if(Master_names <> Check_List, Master_names) // this outputs the entire Master_names table


outputs this

OUTPUT
Bond,James
Smith,Will
Wahlberg,Mark

My question is what am I doing wrong I check for the string length and Trim functions to remove any white spaces or leading white space.

This is the desired output

Desired Output
Bond,James
Wahlberg,Mark
5 Replies
sunny_talwar

May be try this

Check_List:

LOAD Check_List

FROM ....;

Master_Names:

LOAD Master_Names

     ...

FROM ....

Where not Exists(Check_List, Master_Names);

vishsaggi
Champion III
Champion III

Try this may be:

Text2:

LOAD * INLINE [

Check_List

'Smith,Will'

];

Text1:

LOAD * INLINE [

Master_names

'Bond,James'

'Smith,Will'

'Wahlberg,Mark'

];

NoConcatenate

Final:

LOAD *

Resident Text1

WHERE NOT Exists(Check_List, Master_names);

Drop Table Text1;

Replace the inline loads with your Excel source.

Anonymous
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Author

Thank You for answering, but I need it to where the data is not "fixed" or known on any of the tables. 

Anonymous
Not applicable
Author

How would I do this within the expression editor ex. building a visual table within the app.

Thank You

sunny_talwar

May be using set analysis in your expression

{<Master_Names = e(Check_List)>}