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Default Vlookup using concatenated column indexes

Hi,
If your original data (columns A, B, C, D) is imported from somewhere else,
it may contain trailing or leading spaces, or character 160. The concatenated
data (Columns E, F) will include these. Use the TRIM function to get rid of
excess spaces, and the SUBSTITUTE function to get rid of character 160.
=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(E1,CHAR(160)," ")) and copy down.
Regards - Dave.