Using this formula IN B2 to return a value located within a text
string:

=IF(A2="","",MID(A2,10,1))

This returns the 10th character.
for example:
A2 contains TBL18016210
The formula properly returns a 1.
I also return the 11th character to C2 (value of 0 in this case, if it
exists).


Now it gets messy:

.. . .I want to do a VLOOKUP in column D to a table on those returned
values 1 and 0, and concatenate them with a /(forward slash) between
them.
Want to return "BRN/BLK"

I think the VLOOKUP and CONCATENATE doesn't like the fact that the
lookup values are the result of formulas.

Thoughts? (Plenty of room for helper columns.)

TIA.

Pete