Documentation/How Tos/Calc: Text functions
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- Text Functions
- BaseCharCleanCodeConcatenateDecimalDollarExactFindFixedLeftLenLowerMidProperReplaceReptRightSearchSubstituteTText
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
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