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Category: Text Functions

Excel TEXT functions return a number in a specified number format

BAHTTEXT function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

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What is BAHTTEXT function in Excel? BAHTTEXT function is one of TEXT functions in Microsoft Excel that converts a number to Thai text and adds a suffix of “Baht.” You can change the Baht format to a different style in the Excel desktop application by using Regional and Language Options (Windows Start menu, Control Panel). Syntax of BAHTTEXT function BAHTTEXT(number) The …

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LEFT, LEFTB functions: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

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What are LEFT, LEFTB functions in Excel? LEFT, LEFTB functions are  TEXT functions in Microsoft Excel. LEFT returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify. While, LEFTB returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of bytes you specify. Important: …

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EXACT function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

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What is EXACT function in Excel? EXACT function is one of TEXT functions in Microsoft Excel that compares two text strings and returns TRUE if they are exactly the same, FALSE otherwise. EXACT is case-sensitive but ignores formatting differences. Use EXACT to test text being entered into a document. Syntax of EXACT function EXACT(text1, text2) The …

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FIXED function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

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What is FIXED function in Excel? FIXED function is one of TEXT functions in Microsoft Excel that rounds a number to the specified number of decimals, formats the number in decimal format using a period and commas, and returns the result as text. Syntax of FIXED function FIXED(number, [decimals], [no_commas]) The FIXED function syntax has the …

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FIND, FINDB functions: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

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What are FIND, FINDB functions in Excel? FIND and FINDB are Text functions in Microsoft Excel that locate one text string within a second text string, and return the number of the starting position of the first text string from the first character of the second text string. Important: FIND is intended for use with languages that use …

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How to extract last two words from text string in Excel

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To extract the last two words from a cell, you can use a formula built with several Excel functions, including MID, FIND, SUBSTITUTE, and LEN. Formula =MID(A1,FIND(“@”,SUBSTITUTE(A1,” “,”@”,LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,” “,””))-1))+1,100) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: =MID(B5,FIND(“@”,SUBSTITUTE(B5,” “,”@”,LEN(B5)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B5,” “,””))-1))+1,100) How this formula works At the core, this formula uses the MID function to …

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How to find and replace multiple values at same time in Excel

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To find and replace multiple values with a formula, you can nest multiple SUBSTITUTE functions together, and feed in find/replace pairs from another table using the INDEX function. Formula =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(B5,INDEX(find,1),INDEX(replace,1)), INDEX(find,2),INDEX(replace,2)) Explanation In the example shown, we are performing 4 separate find and replace operations. The formula in G5 is: =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(B5,INDEX(find,1), INDEX(replace,1)),INDEX(find,2),INDEX(replace,2)), INDEX(find,3),INDEX(replace,3)),INDEX(find,4),INDEX(replace,4)) where “find” is …

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Remove line breaks in a cell in Excel

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To remove line breaks from a cell, or from text inside a formula, you can use a formula based on the SUBSTITUTE and CHAR functions. Formula =SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(10),”, “) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: =SUBSTITUTE(B5,CHAR(10),”, “) which replaces line breaks in B5 with commas. How this formula works First, you should …

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How to extract multiple lines from a cell in Excel

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To extract lines from a multi-line cell, you can use  a clever (and intimidating) formula that combines 5 Excel functions: SUBSTITUTE, REPT, TRIM, MID,  and LEN. Formula =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,delim,REPT (” “,LEN(A1))), (N-1)*LEN(A1)+1, LEN(A1))) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in D5 is: =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE($C5,CHAR(10),REPT (” “,LEN($C5))), (D$4-1)*LEN($C5)+1, LEN($C5))) How this formula works At the core, this formula …

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How to get last word in a cell in Excel

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To get the last word from a text string, you can use a formula based on the TRIM, SUBSTITUTE, RIGHT, and REPT functions. Formula =TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(text,” “,REPT(” “,100)),100)) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C6 is: =TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(B6,” “,REPT(” “,100)),100)) Which returns the word “time”. How this formula works This formula is an interesting example …

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Split text and numbers in Excel

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To separate text and numbers, you can use a formula based on the FIND function, the MIN function, and the LEN function with the LEFT or RIGHT function, depending on whether you want to extract the text or the number. Formula =MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&”0123456789″)) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: =MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},B5&”0123456789″)) which returns …

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How to extract nth word from text string in excel

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If you need to get the nth word in a text string (i.e. a sentence, phrase, or paragraph) you can so with a clever (and intimidating) formula that combines 5 Excel functions: MID, SUBSTITUTE, TRIM,  REPT, and LEN.  Formula =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,” “,REPT(” “,LEN(A1))), (N-1)*LEN(A1)+1, LEN(A1))) Explanation How this formula works At the core, this formula takes …

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How to pad text to match equal length in Excel

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To pad text to an equal length using another character, you can use a formula based on the REPT and LEN functions. Formula =A1&REPT(“*”,count-LEN(A1)) Explanation In the example shown, a formula is used to append a variable number of asterisks (*) to values in column B so that the final result is always 12 characters in …

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Split numbers from units of measure in Excel

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To split a number from a unit value, you need to determine the position of the last number. If you add 1 to that position, you have the start of the unit text. Note: these is an experimental formula that uses a hard coded array constant, set down here for reference and comment. Casually tested …

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How to extract substring in Excel

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To extract a substring with an Excel formula, you can use the MID function. Note: In this example, we are calculating the end position in order to extract a substring with a literal start and end position. However, if you know the number of characters to extract, you can just plug in that number directly.  Formula …

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Normalize text by removing punctuations, extra spaces and more in Excel

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To remove some of the natural complexity of text (strip punctuation, normalize case, remove extra spaces) you can use a formula based on the SUBSTITUTE function, with help from the TRIM and LOWER functions. Instance There may be times when you need to remove some of the variability of text before other processing. Case Study …

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Split dimensions into two parts in Excel Worksheet

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If you have worksheet that contains text dimensions (i.e. “50 ft x 200 ft” etc.) you can split the into two parts with formulas that use several text functions. Explanation Background A common annoyance with data is that it may be represented as text instead of numbers. This is especially common with dimensions, which may …

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How to extract word containing specific text in Excel

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To extract a word that contains specific text,you can use a formula based on several functions, including TRIM, LEFT, SUBSTITUTE, MID, MAX, and REPT. You can use this formula to extract things like email addresses, or other substrings with a unique id. Formula =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1,” “,REPT(” “,99)), MAX(1,FIND(“@”,SUBSTITUTE (A1,” “,REPT(” “,99)))-50),99)) Explanation In the example shown, …

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Extract most frequently occurring text in Excel

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To extract the word or text value that occurs most frequently in a range, you can use a formula based on several functions INDEX, MATCH, and MODE. Formula =INDEX(range,MODE(MATCH(range,range,0))) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in H5 is: =INDEX(B5:F5,MODE(MATCH(B5:F5,B5:F5,0))) Working from the inside out, the MATCH function matches the range against itself. That is, …

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Split dimensions into three parts in Excel

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To split dimensions that like 100x50x25 into three separate parts, you can use some rather complicated formulas that use LEFT, MID, RIGHT, FIND, LEN, and SUBSTITUTE. Note: you can also use Flash Fill in Excel 2013 and above, and the “text to columns” feature in older versions of Excel. Both approaches are quite a bit …

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How to extract text between parentheses in Excel

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To extract text between parentheses, braces, brackets, etc. you can use a formula based on the MID function, with help from SEARCH function. Formula =MID(text,SEARCH(“(“,text)+1,SEARCH(“)”, text)-SEARCH(“(“,text)-1) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: =MID(B5,SEARCH(“(“,B5)+1,SEARCH (“)”,B5)-SEARCH(“(“,B5)-1)+0 How this formula works The foundation of this formula is the MID function, which extracts a specific …

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Find most frequent text within a range with criteria in Excel

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To find the most frequently occurring text in a range, based on criteria you supply, you can use an array formula based on several Excel functions MATCH, MODE, INDEX,  and IF. Formula =INDEX(range1,MODE(IF(range2=criteria, MATCH(range1,range1,0)))) Note: this is an array formula and must be entered with control + shift + enter. Explanation In the example shown, the formula …

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Replace one character with another in Excel

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To replace or substitute all occurrences of one character with another character, you can use the SUBSTITUTE function. Formula =SUBSTITUTE(ref,old,new) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C6 is: =SUBSTITUTE(B6,” “,”-“) How this formula works The SUBSTITUTE function is full automatic. All you need to do is supply “old text” and “new text”. SUBSTITUTE …

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Extract word that begins with specific character in Excel

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To extract words that begin with a specific character, you can use a formula based on six functions: TRIM, LEFT, SUBSTITUTE, MID, LEN, and REPT. This approach is useful if you need to extract things like a Twitter user name from a cell that contains other text. Formula =TRIM(LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(MID(text,FIND(“@”, txt),LEN(text)),” “,REPT(” “,100)),100)) Note: 100 represents the longest …

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Join cells with comma in Excel

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To join multiple cell values with a comma, you can use a formula based on the SUBSTITUTE and TRIM functions. You can use this same approach to concatenate values in cells with any delimiter you like. Formula =SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A1&” “&B1&” “&C1&” “&D1&” “&E1),” “,”, “) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in G5 is: =SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(B5&” “&C5&” “&D5&” “&E5&” “&F5),” …

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How to translate letters to numbers in Excel

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To translate letters in a string to numbers, you can use an array formula based on the TEXTJOIN and VLOOKUP functions, with a defined translation table to provide the necessary lookups. Formula {=TEXTJOIN(“”,1,VLOOKUP(T(IF(1,MID(A1,ROW (INDIRECT(“1:”&LEN(A1))),1))),xtable,2,0))} Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: {=TEXTJOIN(“”,1,VLOOKUP(T(IF(1,MID(B5,ROW (INDIRECT(“1:”&LEN(B5))),1))),xtable,2,0))} where “xtable” is the named range E5:F10. Note: this is an array …

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Join first and last name — Manipulating NAMES in Excel

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If you need to join separate first and last names together into a single full name, you can easily do so with concatenation using the ampersand (&) character. In the formula below, first is first name, and last is last name. Formula =first&” “&last Explanation In the example, the active cell contains this formula: =B4&” “&C4 How this formula …

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How to count total characters in a range in Excel

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If you want to count the total characters in a range of cells, you can do with a formula that uses LEN, along with the SUMPRODUCT function. Formula =SUMPRODUCT(LEN(rng)) Explanation In the example, the active cell contains this formula: =SUMPRODUCT(LEN(B3:B6)) Here’s how the formula works: SUMPRODUCT accepts the range B3:B6 as an array of four …

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Remove leading and trailing spaces from text in one or more cells in Excel

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If you need to strip leading and trailing spaces from text in one or more cells, you can use the TRIM function. Formula =TRIM(text) Explanation In the example show, the formula in cell C3 is: =TRIM(B3) Once you’ve removed extra spaces, you can copy the cells with formulas and paste special elsewhere as “values” to …

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How to strip numeric characters from cell in Excel

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To remove numeric characters from a text string, you can try this experimental formula based on the TEXTJOIN function, new in Excel 2016. Formula {=TEXTJOIN(“”,TRUE,IF(ISERR(MID(A1, ROW(INDIRECT(“1:100”)),1)+0), MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT(“1:100″)),1),””))} Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: =TEXTJOIN(“”,TRUE,IF(ISERR(MID(B5, ROW(INDIRECT(“1:100”)),1)+0), MID(B5,ROW(INDIRECT(“1:100″)),1),””)) Note: this is an array formula and must be entered with control + shift + …

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Extract middle name from full name — Manipulating NAMES in Excel

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If you need to get the middle name from a full name, and you already have the first and last names in separate cells, you can use a formula that extracts the middle name using the MID and LEN functions, with help from TRIM function. Note: this is a pretty sloppy formula, but will work …

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How to count number of characters of text in a cell in Excel

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If you need to count the total characters in a cell, you can do so using the LEN function. Formula =LEN(a1) Explanation In the example, the formula in the active cell is: =LEN(B3) The LEN function simply counts all characters that appear in a cell. All characters are counted, including space characters. Numbers are also …

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Remove first character in a cell in Excel

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To remove the first character in a cell, you can use the REPLACE function. Formula =REPLACE(A1,1,N,””) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in D5 is: =REPLACE(A1,1,1,””) How this formula works This formula uses the REPLACE function to replace the first character in a cell with an empty string (“”). The arguments for REPLACE are …

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How to strip non-numeric characters in Excel

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To remove non-numeric characters from a text string, you can try this experimental formula based on the TEXTJOIN function, new in Excel 2016. Formula {=TEXTJOIN(“”,TRUE,IFERROR(MID(A1,ROW (INDIRECT(“1:100″)),1)+0,””))} Note: TEXTJOIN will return the numbers as text, for example “100,”500″, etc. If you want a true numeric result, add zero, or wrap the entire formula in the VALUE function. TEXTJOIN was added …

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Get last name from name with comma — Manipulating NAMES in Excel

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If you need extract the last name from a full name in LAST, FIRST format, you can do so with a formula that uses the LEFT and FIND functions. The formula works with names in this format, where a comma and space separate the last name from the first name. Note: this formula will only …

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How to count specific words in a range in Excel

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To count how many times a specific a word (or any substring) appears inside a range of cells, you can use a formula based on the SUBSTITUTE, LEN, and SUMPRODUCT functions.  Formula =SUMPRODUCT((LEN(range)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(range,text,””)))/LEN(text)) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C11 is: =SUMPRODUCT((LEN(B5:B8)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B5:B8,C2,””)))/LEN(C2)) Note: The formula on this page counts instances of a word in a …

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Remove file extension from filename in Excel

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To remove a file extension from a file name, you can use a formula based on the LEFT and FIND functions. Formula =LEFT(filename,FIND(“.”,filename)-1) Note: because this formula finds the first occurrence of “.”, it will remove all file extensions when there are are more than one. Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C5 …

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How to strip html from text or numbers in Excel

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To strip html or other markup from values in cells, you can use the MID function. Formula =MID(text,start,LEN(text)-markup_len) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: =MID(B5,4,LEN(B5)-7) How this formula works The MID function returns characters using a fixed starting point and ending point. In this case, the markup consists of the html …

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Extract last name from full name — Manipulating NAMES in Excel

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If you need extract the last name from a full name, you can do so with this rather complex formula that uses several functions. Note: In the  formula below, name is a full name, with a space separating the first name from other parts of the name. Formula =RIGHT(name,LEN(name)-FIND(“*”,SUBSTITUTE(name,” “,”*”, LEN(name)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(name,” “,””))))) Important! Handling inconsistent …

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How to count specific words in a cell in Excel

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If you need to count how many times a specific a word (or any substring) appears inside a cell, you can use a formula that uses SUBSTITUTE and LEN. Formula =(LEN(text)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(text,word,””)))/LEN(word) Explanation In our example, we are using this formula: =(LEN(B4)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B4,C4,””)))/LEN(C4) How this formula works B4 is the cell we’re counting words in, and C4 …

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