It looks like it has something to do with the underscores. For instance:

?"_ _"
_ _

?"' '"
' '

?"_ '"
_ '

?"" Space(10) "<"
<

? "_" Space(10) "_"
_ _

? "_"; Space(10); "_"
_ _

? "_" Tab(10) "_"
_ _

? "" Tab(10) "<"
<


using Win 2K, Excel 2002

"Woody" wrote in message
.121...
In the immediate window, I input:

? "_" & " abc " & "_"

and it returns:

_ abc _


Why did it knock off all but one of the spaces off the right side of the
middle string?

Thanks,
Woody