Text Functions

• Jul 27, 2021
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This document briefly describes text functions implemented in the ASPxSpreadsheet.

BAHTTEXT(number)

Converts a number to text, using the ß (baht) currency format.

CHAR(number)

Returns the character specified by a number within the character set used by your system.

A number must be between 1 and 255.

CLEAN(text)

Removes all non-printable characters from text.

The CLEAN function was designed to remove the first 32 nonprinting characters in the 7-bit ASCII code (values 0 through 31) from text.

CODE(text)

Returns the numeric code for the first character of a string.

CONCATENATE(text1, [text2], ...)

Joins text strings.

DOLLAR(number, [decimals])

Converts a number into text and applies a currency format.

EXACT(text1, text2)

Checks if two strings are exactly the same.

FIND(find_text, within_text, [start_num])

Finds a substring or a character in a string.

FIXED(number, [decimals], [no_commas])

Rounds a number to certain number of decimal places and converts it to text.

LEFT(text, [num_chars])

Returns a specified number of characters from the start of a text string.

LEN(text)

Returns the length of a text string.

LOWER(text)

Converts all characters to lower case.

MID(text, start_num, num_chars)

Returns a specified number of characters from the middle of a text string.

NUMBERVALUE(Text, [Decimal_separator], [Group_separator ])

Converts text to a number, in a locale-independent way.

PROPER(text)

Converts all characters in a text string to proper case (first letter in a word is upper case and other letters are lower case)

REPLACE(old_text, start_num, num_chars, new_text)

Replaces all or part of a text string with another string starting from a specified position.

REPT(text, number_times)

Returns a string that is composed of a specified text string, repeated a number of times.

RIGHT(text,[num_chars])

Returns a specified number of characters from the end of a text string.

SEARCH(find_text,within_text,[start_num])

Returns the position of a character or text string in a specified text string.

SUBSTITUTE(text, old_text, new_text, [instance_num])

Substitutes all occurrences of a search text string within an original text string with the replacement text.

T(value)

Checks if the value is text.

TEXT(value, format_text)

Converts a value to text.

TRIM(text)

Removes spaces at the start and end of a text string.

UNICODE(text)

Returns the number (code point) corresponding to the first character of the text.

UPPER(text)

Converts all characters to upper case.

VALUE(text)

Converts a text string into a numeric value.