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# **Fix a VLOOKUP that fails on a space**

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The code in F2 was pasted from an email and ends with a space, so a plain VLOOKUP returns #N/A. In G2, look up the price with TRIM(F2) as the lookup value.

G2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Code | Product | Price |  |  | Code | Price | |
| 2 | A10 | Pen | 12 |  |  | C30 |  | |
| 3 | B20 | Notebook | 35 |  |  |  |  | |
| 4 | C30 | Stapler | 89 |  |  |  |  | |
| 5 | D40 | Folder | 24 |  |  |  |  | |
| 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
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