Cannot extract LEFT or RIGHT data from a cell

Chialiwa

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We have a data dump that brings our item numbers into the cells as "000043F". I am trying to write a formula where if the right character is F, so one and so forth. The problem is no LEFT or RIGHT formula works on this cell at all. I have tried TRIM, TEXT and nothing works. Usually this happens when there is an extra space, but in this case there are NO exptra spaces in the front or end. However, if I add one space to the end but hit backspace twice it lands me at the very end. It's almost like there is a hidden space in there??? What can I do? Example of what it looks like below:

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Data below - See Item Number column:

Book1
ABC
2Item TypereformattedItem Number
3FGFinished good‭000030F‬
4FGFinished good‭000030F‬
5FGFinished good‭000030F‬
6FGFinished good‭000030F‬
7FGFinished good‭000030F‬
8FGFinished good‭000030F‬
9FGFinished good‭000030F‬
10FGFinished good‭000030F‬
11FGFinished good‭000030F‬
12FGFinished good‭000030F‬
13FGFinished good‭000030F‬
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I want to specify that if I do a right,2, it will pull the F but I need it in this formula below and I can't use just F since it's like an F with a space:

=IF(AND(RIGHT(D107,1)="F",LEFT(A107,3)<>"CDE",LEFT(A107,3)<>"CDW",LEFT(A107,3)<>"CFE",LEFT(A107,3)<>"CFW"),I107-R107,"")
 
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Not sure what solution you found but the code below should remove the unwanted character

VBA Code:
Sub Remove8236()
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Replace ChrW(8236), "", xlPart
End Sub
 
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Good to hear you got the solution.
If you would like to post the solution then it is perfectly fine to mark your post as the solution to help future readers. Otherwise, please do not mark a post that doesn't contain a solution.
 
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