Depends on how you use the TRIM function. You want to
first convert some characters to spaces.

See the TRIMALL macro in
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall
you can make the following changes permanent or make
another macro with a slightly different name.

'Also Convert CR and LF to a Space (CHR 032)
Selection.Replace what:=Chr(13), replacement:=Chr(32), _
LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False
Selection.Replace what:=Chr(10), replacement:=Chr(32), _
LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False

use the worksheet version of TRIM to replace consecutive inner spaces
by a single space. i.e. application.TRIM

Better use a copy of your worksheet until you know it is working properly
with your VLOOKUP. You do not want to mess up something that
worked with a data base because it used and required some strange
characters.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"RC-" wrote in message ...
Hi All,

I have a string in a cell that has a Carriage Return in it. I'm trying
to perform a Vertical Lookup and it's not working because of the CR. How
can I programmatically remove the CR from the String(s)?