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is there a way to compare two list columns transfer values to another column?

leirga11
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i have events that has columns like this:

date1 date2
01/01/2018 01/01/2018
01/02/2018 01/26/2018
01/03/2018 03/12/2018
01/04/2018 04/1/2018
01/05/2018
01/06/2018

I want to compare them and extract same values to another column. is it possible? thanks in advance.

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493669
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try this:

...|table date1 date2 | eval common = if(date1=date2,date1,null())

use if condition to check if it matches and if not matched then its value will be null

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leirga11
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I used this command but nothing happened.

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493669
Super Champion

try the updated query

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