From: Gord Dibben on 8 Jan 2010 18:04 Luke TRIM and CLEAN won't clear the 0160 non-breaking space if that's what the problem is. Edit>Replace What: Alt + 0160 With: nothing Is the only way to clear the nbsp Gord On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:31:02 -0800, Luke M <LukeM(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Your formula is correct in syntax and structure. > >Is it possible that there are extra spaces in the name that are causing >errors? For example, if T2 contains "New York " this would cause the formula >to fail (or unprintable characters, if info was copied from outside source >like the internet). If so, you might try: > >=VLOOKUP(TRIM(CLEAN(T2)),StateCodes!$A$1:$B$50,2,FALSE) |