Difference between revisions of "Documentation/How Tos/Calc: CLEAN function"

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CALC FUNCTIONS

FUNCTIONS

returns a text string with non-printable characters removed.

CLEAN(text)

returns text with all non-printable characters removed.

Spaces are not removed.

where cell A1 contains =CHAR(7) & "cat" & CHAR(8):

CLEAN(A1)

returns cat. The 2 non-printable characters are removed.

LEN(CLEAN(A1))

returns 3, the number of characters in cat.

See Also

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 * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TEXT_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Text]]
 * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_TRIM_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Trim]]
+* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_UNICODE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Unicode]]
+* [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_UNICHAR_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Unichar]]
 * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_UPPER_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Upper]]
 * [[Documentation/How_Tos/Calc:_VALUE_function|<div style="font-size: 120%;">Value]]