am trying to match two columns of data were column b has text values that
are very similar but not formatted exactly the same as column a. The slight
formatting differences result null values on the vlookup. One solution for
this challenge is to match the first 15 characters of a cell rather than the
entire cell value. Can someone tell me how I can direct vlookup to look at a
restricted character count? If vlookup isn't the right choose what is?

For what it's worth, here's an example of the format challenge that's
killing my vlookup. ABC Firm LLC vs. ABC Firm, LLC.

Thanks!

david