Just because data looks identical, it doesn't mean it is.
That's the key message of this video, which demonstrates how two values that look the same are actually different.
@globalexcelsummit Just because data looks identical, it doesn't mean it is. ย That's the key message of this video, which demonstrates how two values that look the same are actually different. ย 'Hello world' is contained in cells B2 and B3, each referred to as Value A and Value B, respectively. After testing them for equality using =๐ฑ๐ธ=๐ฑ๐น, FALSE is returned. Their lengths are then checked for any trailing spaces. There turns out to be one in Value A, but even after removing it, the equality test does not change. ย The difference only becomes apparent after returning the Unicode numbers for the spaces that separate the two words. This is done using =๐๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฒ๐พ๐ณ๐ด(๐ผ๐ธ๐ณ(๐ฑ๐ธ:๐ฑ๐น,๐ผ,๐ท)). ย ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ย Inside UNICODE, MID is nested and the range is specified before putting a ๐๐๐๐๐_๐๐๐ of 6 as both spaces are the sixth character. A ๐๐๐_๐๐๐๐๐ of 1 is also added to extract only that character. ย The Unicode numbers returned are 32 and 160, proving there is a difference. Value A's space is copied across and pasted to replace Value B's. With both now featuring spaces that use number 32, all things are equal and TRUE is returned. ย You might encounter this problem if you copy and paste something from the web. Nevertheless, it's worth being aware of when you're cleaning and transforming your data because it can mess up your analysis in a very sneaky way. ย #exceleration #excelย #microsoftexcel #excelformulas #exceltips #globalexcelsummit โฌ original sound - globalexcelsummit
'Hello world' is contained in cells B2 and B3, each referred to as Value A and Value B, respectively. After testing them for equality using =๐ฑ๐ธ=๐ฑ๐น, FALSE is returned. Their lengths are then checked for any trailing spaces. There turns out to be one in Value A, but even after removing it, the equality test does not change.
The difference only becomes apparent after returning the Unicode numbers for the spaces that separate the two words. This is done using =๐๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฒ๐พ๐ณ๐ด(๐ผ๐ธ๐ณ(๐ฑ๐ธ:๐ฑ๐น,๐ผ,๐ท)).
Unicode is a universal encoding standard that has a unique value assigned to every character, symbol, and script used in languages worldwide. Its purpose is to ensure the consistent representation of text across different platforms and devices.โ
Inside UNICODE, MID is nested and the range is specified before putting a ๐๐๐๐๐_๐๐๐ of 6 as both spaces are the sixth character. A ๐๐๐_๐๐๐๐๐ of 1 is also added to extract only that character.
The Unicode numbers returned are 32 and 160, proving there is a difference. Value A's space is copied across and pasted to replace Value B's. With both now featuring spaces that use number 32, all things are equal and TRUE is returned.
You might encounter this problem if you copy and paste something from the web. Nevertheless, it's worth being aware of when you're cleaning and transforming your data because it can mess up your analysis in a very sneaky way.
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