Spaces in a searchable dropdown

Ztcollins

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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
I have made a drop down list that is searchable using formulas and it works. However if i type in 2x4 it gives me certain items. If i type in 2 x 4 with spaces it gives me different items.

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(ROWS($I$2:I2),$C$2:$D$3799,2,0),"") this one looks to see if there is text from what is typed in the search box

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(Sheet1!$K$4,'RE PARTS'!D2)),MAX($C$1,C1)+1,0) this one looks at the search text and gives a number to each one that contains the text.

=OFFSET($I$2,,,COUNTIF($I$2:$I$3799,"?*")) counts if there is a text in the empty cells

=COUNTIF(I2:I3799,"?*") this is a count to just show how many results are in the dynamic array.

Is there a way to make the search ignore spaces?

Thanks in advance for any help!!
 

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