Excel: Remove Unwanted Spaces with TRIM (the Cause of Many Common VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP/FILTER Problems)
Are you tired of errors in your formulas being caused by extra spaces in your data? In this tutorial I'll show you the TRIM function in Excel, a powerful tool for cleaning up your data by removing unnecessary spaces. Once I've covered the basics I'll take it a step further and show you how to combine TRIM with VLOOKUP (or XLOOKUP) and the FILTER function for more accurate and efficient data analysis.
🗒 Notes and Resources
Download a copy of the file used in this video: https://app.box.com/s/4ja12o31v907dkz...
The formulas that I used in the demos:
=TRIM(A2)
=TRIM(A2:A31)
=VLOOKUP(G1,TRIM(A2:D31),3,FALSE)
=FILTER(A2:C31,TRIM(C2:C31)="iPhone")
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