Logical Function Issue

Hello,

I am attempting to get a logical function to do the following:

In cell G10 I have a formula that tells me the mode of a certain word that will appear based on choices made. I would like the cell beside that to if the word is "maintenance" select the data from cell A11, if it is not then "" or 0. The formula I had attempted to you which seemed as if it should work is =IF(G10="Maintenance",A11,0) with this formula it will only give me 0 even if the text is Maintenance, if I change the order in the formula to =IF(G10="Maintenance",0,A11) then it will only give me the A11 data regardless of which word shows in cell G10.

I am at a loss hoping someone can please help. Can this be done or do I need to be using VBA to do this and using else strings. Please let me know if you have a solution.

The issue is G10 does = maintenance and I have double verified there are no spaces. I even tried it with a different text =IF(G10="Agri-Cat",A12,A11) this one will only pull the info from A11 regardless of the text it will not populate A12 info.

Not sure if this makes a difference but here is the formula used in G10 to populate the text =INDEX(B12:D12,MODE(MATCH(B12:D12,B12:D12,0)))

What does this return
=LEN(G10)
?

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You can rest assured, Excel won't lie to you.
If the formala says G10 does not = "Maintenance", then it doesn't.

Originally Posted by TanyaMatt

=INDEX(B12:D12,MODE(MATCH(B12:D12,B12:D12,0)))

Examine the cell in B12:D12 that this formula returned it's value from.
See if it contains extra spaces.

I am getting false

No spaces by the looks of it

How do I post the workbook for you to see?

Originally Posted by TanyaMatt

I am getting false

To which formula?

Originally Posted by Tony Valko

what result do you get from this formula:

=LEN(G10)=LEN("maintenance")

Or

Originally Posted by Jonmo1

What does this return
=LEN(G10)
?

What was the result of Each formula?

Originally Posted by TanyaMatt

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=LEN(G10)=LEN("maintenance") gives false =LEN(G10) gives 9

=CODE(G10) is 65
=CODE(RIGHT(G10)) is 32

Take a very close look at A4 in the sheet 'Feeding Rates-Costs'
Don't just look at the cell..
Click into the cell (click to the right side of the text in the cell) as if to add text to it, and look at the formula bar.

Well I'll be.... Went through and removed ALL spaces from everything in A column in the Feeding Rates-Costs and now we are in business