I've used Vlookup a lot but just lately I've been getting odd results.
I have two tables with data in and I need to check the second one for identical data in the first
Both tables have columns for firstname, lastname and company. I use the "&" command in a fourth column in both tables to concatenate them all, and then use vlookup in a column in the second table, looking at the first table for the concatenated string.
But the trouble is the result is wrong...though the concatenated string is "JohnSmithABCLtd", it's giving me a match of "LucyJonesXYZLtd" and I have no idea why.
The "MATCH" function using exactly the same parameters (looking for the concatenated string in the second table in the concatenated column in the first) works just fine.
What am I doing wrong?
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