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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

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Default =" " ="" <"" < " "

= means Is equal to
< means Is unequal to
"" means Empty
" " means a space

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" " is a space, "" is null (nothing) if you enter a space in a cell, CODE(A1)
will return the value 32 whereas you get an error if the cell is blank. When
sorting, any cell with text prfixed with a space will sort lower in rank than
a cell without the space. So " zoo" will appear before "aardvark"

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On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:23:42 GMT, "s2m via OfficeKB.com" <u23063@uwe wrote:

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

=" " = a space
="" = blank
<"" not equal blank
< " " not equal a space


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

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