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CALC FUNCTIONS

Text Functions

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FUNCTIONS

• Base
• Char
• Clean
• Code
• Concatenate
• Decimal
• Dollar
• Exact
• Find
• Fixed
• Left
• Len
• Lower
• Mid
• Proper
• Replace
• Rept
• Right
• Search
• Substitute
• T
• Text
• Trim
• Upper
• Value

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List of Calc Text functions

ARABIC	returns an Arabic number (eg 14), given a Roman number (eg XIV)
BAHTTEXT	returns Thai text, given a number
BASE	returns a text representation of a number, in a specified base radix.
CHAR	returns a single text character, given a character code.
CLEAN	returns a text string with non-printing characters removed.
CODE	returns the numeric code for the first character in a text string.
CONCATENATE	combines several text strings into one string.
DECIMAL	returns a decimal number, given a text representation and its base radix.
DOLLAR	returns text representing a number in your local currency format.
EXACT	returns TRUE if two text strings are identical
FIND	returns the position of a string of text within another string.
FIXED	returns a number as text with a specified format.
LEFT	returns text from the beginning of a text string.
LEN	returns the length of a text string.
LOWER	converts a text string to lowercase.
MID	returns text from the middle of a text string.
PROPER	returns text with words in lowercase after a capitalised first letter.
REPLACE	replaces part of a text string with a different text string.
REPT	returns a text string comprised of copies of another text string.
RIGHT	returns text from the end of a text string.
ROMAN	returns a Roman numeral (eg XIV), given a number.
SEARCH	returns the position of a text segment within a text string.
SUBSTITUTE	substitutes new text for old text in a text string.
T	returns the given text, or an empty text string if the target is not text.
TEXT	converts a number into text according to a given format.
TRIM	removes excess spaces from a text string.
UPPER	converts a text string to uppercase.
VALUE	returns a number, given a text representation.

Issues:

The forthcoming ODFF standard lists these text functions which are not yet available in Calc: ASC, JIS, UNICHAR, UNICODE