>> May be I am missing something obvious.

Jack,

Too early here but I think you would get the right results if you used VLSCMP 
instead of VLSHRT and here is an old topic which explains the different results

https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg92247.html

Thanks,
Kolusu


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