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Default Comparing text in columns

On Apr 16, 1:01*pm, Ron Rosenfeld wrote:
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:53:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Thanks for all your help! *How can this be modified to deal with blank
cells in the 'phrase list' column?


What happened when you tried it?

If you entered it correctly, the formula should be returning a null string, which appears blank, if the cell in the Phrase List column is empty.


It works fine on the test data. Could you explain what this formula
is doing?