I am in the process of brain storming how to best tackle the below problem. Any input is greatly appreciated.
Sample Excel sheet columns:
Column A | Column B | Column C
Apple | Apple |
Orange | Orange |
Pear | Banana |
I want Excel to tell me whether items in column A and B match or mismatch and display results in column C. The formula I enter in column C would be =IF(A1=B1, "Match", "Mismatch")
On excel, I would just drag the formula to the rest of the cells in column C to apply the formula to them and the result would be:
Column A | Column B | Column C
Apple | Apple | Match
Orange | Orange | Match
Pear | Banana | Mismatch
To automate this using a python script, I tried:
import openpyxl
wb = openpyxl.load_workbook('test.xlsx')
Sheet = wb.get_sheet_by_name('Sheet1')
for cellObj in Sheet.columns[2]:
cellObj.value = '=IF($A$1=$B$1, "Match", "Mismatch")
wb.save('test.xlsx')
This wrote the formula to all cells in column C, however the formula only referenced cell A1 and B1, so result in all cells in column C = Match.
Column A | Column B | Column C
Apple | Apple | Match
Orange | Orange | Match
Pear | Banana | Match
How would you handle this?