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<tt>'''PROPER("gooD morNINg")'''</tt> | <tt>'''PROPER("gooD morNINg")'''</tt> | ||
: returns <tt>'''Good Morning'''</tt>. | : returns <tt>'''Good Morning'''</tt>. | ||
| + | <tt>'''PROPER("john o'connor")'''</tt> | ||
| + | : returns <tt>'''John O'Connor'''</tt>. | ||
| + | <tt>'''PROPER("don't worry")'''</tt> | ||
| + | : returns <tt>'''Don'T Worry'''</tt>. The '''T''' is capitalised as it follows a non-letter. | ||
| + | <tt>'''SUBSTITUTE(PROPER(SUBSTITUTE("don't worry";"'";"'x"));"'X";"'")'''</tt> | ||
| + | : returns <tt>'''Don't Worry'''</tt>. | ||
{{Documentation/SeeAlso| | {{Documentation/SeeAlso| | ||
Revision as of 23:17, 7 May 2014
CALC FUNCTIONS
- Text Functions
- BaseCharCleanCodeConcatenateDollarExactFindFixedLeftLenLowerMidProperReplaceReptRightSearchSubstituteTText
Contents
PROPER
returns text with words in lowercase after a capitalised first letter.
Syntax:
PROPER(text)
- returns text with the first letter of each word capitalised, and other letters in lower case. More specifically, the first letter and any letter that follows a non-letter are capitalised.
Example:
PROPER("gooD morNINg")
- returns Good Morning.
PROPER("john o'connor")
- returns John O'Connor.
PROPER("don't worry")
- returns Don'T Worry. The T is capitalised as it follows a non-letter.
SUBSTITUTE(PROPER(SUBSTITUTE("don't worry";"'";"'x"));"'X";"'")
- returns Don't Worry.
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