issues with lookup_value with vlookup

[tpkelley_no]

I am using vlookup and the lookup up value does not match because of spacing. how can I fix the issue? This is my formula I used. i tried True and it came up with the wrong number. =VLOOKUP(B67,Data_Sheet!C:F,4,FALSE)

 

[Latchmaker]

So B67 does not exactly match anything in Column F?

One of them has additional spaces?

Can You create a seperate column removing the spaces by using =TRIM(), then Vlookup to this column?

 

[joeu2004]

It's column C that B67 does not match exactly. I think tpkelley_no understands that. He says "because of spacing".

But without specifics, it is difficult to instruct "how to fix the issue". In the first place, we don't where the errant spaces are: B67, or column C in worksheet Data_Sheet, or both. Secondly, we don't know if the "spaces" are real spaces (ASCII 32) or non-breaking spaces (ASCII 160). The latter is common when we copy-and-paste from webpages. Finally, we don't know if the data in B67 and column C are both text, or if they are intended to be both numeric, but one is not because of the errant spaces.

@tpkelley_no.... I suggest that you upload an example Excel file (redacted) that demonstrates the problem to a file-sharing website (e.g. box.net/files), and post the public/share URL in a response here. Test the download URL, being careful to log out of the file-sharing website. (If you use box.net/files, ignore an preview errors, and just download.)

Some participants cannot or will not download such files. But in this case, obviously, the devil is in the details that would be difficult for us to see if you simply post the data in a table here.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Does the following succeed?

=VLOOKUP("*"&B67&"*",Data_Sheet!C:F,4,FALSE)

 

[tpkelley_no]

this works!
=VLOOKUP("*"&B67&"*",Data_Sheet!C:F,4,FALSE)
Thank You.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

this works!
=VLOOKUP("*"&B67&"*",Data_Sheet!C:F,4,FALSE)
Thank You.

You are welcome.