formula leaving whitespace - vba

Question

I have the following formula designed to flag rows in a ListObject:
=IF( [#[Is Closed]]="Y", "", "Y")
I have some vba code that looks for these value via StrCmp, and was surprised to find that the Text property of the cell was " Y " (as opposed to "Y").
There are some obvious easy work arounds but can someone explain why the formula is leaving whitespace and how to force it not to?
Cheers,
UPDATE
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' FindAllInColumn
' To find a value regardless of hidden rows and autofulter settings that can make
' other methods unreliable
'
' aSearchRange : the range of data to search, which MUST be a single column
' aLookUpVal : the value
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Function FindAllInColumn(aSearchRange As Range, aLookUpVal As Variant) As Excel.Range
Debug.Assert aSearchRange.Columns.Count = 1
Dim rngEach As Range
Dim rngResult As Excel.Range
For Each rngEach In aSearchRange
' Debug.Print rngEach.Address & ": Value " & rngEach.Text
' If IsValued(rngEach.Text) Then Stop
If (StrComp(rngEach.Text, aLookUpVal) = 0) Then
If rngResult Is Nothing Then
Set rngResult = rngEach
Else
Set rngResult = Application.Union(rngResult, rngEach)
End If
End If
Next rngEach
Set FindAllInColumn = rngResult
End Function
The FIX
StrComp(rngEach.Value2, aLookUpVal, vbTextCompare)
Changing .Text to .Value2 instead. Odd, but at least it works now

Answer 1

In general empty spaces in Excel sometimes cause a lot of problems. As the OP has found out himself, .Value2 seems like a universal problem-solver of many strange cases.
Try to select the cell and check the following code, it will print possible "hidden" empty spaces:
Option Explicit
Public Sub TestMe()
Dim rng As Range
Dim cnt As Long
Set rng = Selection
For cnt = 1 To Len(rng)
Debug.Print Asc(Mid(rng, cnt, 1))
Next cnt
End Sub