Excel Text Functions MGMI 311
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Excel Text Functions MGMI 311. Data Structure. Text is Excel = Array of Characters = String ( when coding) Text Function Array Operation. ASCII code. Most computers use ASCII code to represent text, which makes it possible to transfer data from one computer to another.
Excel Text Functions MGMI 311
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Data Structure • Text is Excel = Array of Characters = String (whencoding) • Text Function Array Operation
ASCII code • Most computers use ASCII code to represent text, which makes it possible to transfer data from one computer to another. • American Standard Code for Information Interchange • The standard ASCII code character set uses just 7 bits for each character
CODE(text) • Returns the ASCII value of a character or the first character in a cell • i.e. the function will return the ASCII value for the first character and ignore all of the characters after the first.
FIND (Find_Text, Within_Text, Start_num) SEARCH (Find_Text, Within_Text, Start_num) • Returns the location of a substring in a string • i.e. FIND is case-sensitive SEARCH is not case-sensitive If No Match, it will return #Value
MID (text, Start, Chars) • Extract a substring from a string (starting at any position) Note • Start = start position (default = 1) • Chars = number of characters
REPLACE (oldText,start_num, Num_chars,New_text) • Replaces a sequence of characters in a string with another set of characters Note • oldText = the original string value • Number_chars = the number of characters to replace the oldText
SUBSTITUTE (Text, oldText,newText, Instance_num) • Replaces a set of characters with another Note • Instance_num = n th appearance of the oldText that you want to replace
Text Functions • Concatenate (Text1, Text2,..., TextX) • Exact (Text1, Text2) • FIXED(Numbers, Decimals, No_comment) • LEFT / RIGHT (Text, Char) • LOWER (Text), PROPER (Text), UPPER (Text)
Logical Function • Logical condition test : logical operators ( return TRUE / FALSE ) e.g. • ISBLANK • ISTEXT • ISNONTEXT • ISNUMBER • ISEVEN / ISODD • ISERROR