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I have a column called Area and I am creating a custom column called Region based on Area using IF Statement as follows:
However, the output comes as follows:
Some of the A's get assigned and others are given others. I am not able to understand why this is happening. Any suggestions?
Thank You!
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@Anonymous,
You have " A" (space A) versus "A" with no space.
Therefore your IF ( ) is evaluting as FALSE giving you "Others"
Proud to be a Super User!
@Anonymous,
You have " A" (space A) versus "A" with no space.
Therefore your IF ( ) is evaluting as FALSE giving you "Others"
Proud to be a Super User!
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