Text and Data functions

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

ASC Changes full-width (double-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to half-width (single-byte) characters

BAHTTEXT Converts a number to text, using the ß (baht) currency format

CHAR Returns the character specified by the code number

CLEAN Removes all nonprintable characters from text

CODE Returns a numeric code for the first character in a text string

CONCATENATE Joins several text items into one text item

DOLLAR Converts a number to text, using the $ (dollar) currency format

EXACT Checks to see if two text values are identical

FIND Finds one text value within another (case-sensitive)

FIXED Formats a number as text with a fixed number of decimals

JIS Changes half-width (single-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to full-width (double-byte) characters

LEFT Returns the leftmost characters from a text value

LEN Returns the number of characters in a text string

LOWER Converts text to lowercase

MID Returns a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify

PHONETIC Extracts the phonetic (furigana) characters from a text string

PROPER Capitalizes the first letter in each word of a text value

REPLACE Replaces characters within text

REPT Repeats text a given number of times

RIGHT Returns the rightmost characters from a text value

SEARCH Finds one text value within another (not case-sensitive)

SUBSTITUTE Substitutes new text for old text in a text string

T Converts its arguments to text

TEXT Formats a number and converts it to text

TRIM Removes spaces from text

UPPER Converts text to uppercase

VALUE Converts a text argument to a number