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Text functions (reference)
 

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FunctionDescription
ASC Changes full-width (double-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to half-width (single-byte) characters
BAHTTEXT Converts a number to text, using the ß (baht) currency format
CHAR Returns the character specified by the code number
CLEANRemoves all nonprintable characters from text
CODEReturns a numeric code for the first character in a text string
CONCATENATEJoins several text items into one text item
DOLLARConverts a number to text, using the $ (dollar) currency format
EXACTChecks to see if two text values are identical
FIND, FINDBFinds one text value within another (case-sensitive)
FIXEDFormats a number as text with a fixed number of decimals
JISChanges half-width (single-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to full-width (double-byte) characters
LEFT, LEFTBReturns the leftmost characters from a text value
LEN, LENBReturns the number of characters in a text string
LOWERConverts text to lowercase
MID, MIDBReturns a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify
PHONETICExtracts the phonetic (furigana) characters from a text string
PROPERCapitalizes the first letter in each word of a text value
REPLACE, REPLACEBReplaces characters within text
REPTRepeats text a given number of times
RIGHT, RIGHTBReturns the rightmost characters from a text value
SEARCH, SEARCHBFinds one text value within another (not case-sensitive)
SUBSTITUTESubstitutes new text for old text in a text string
TConverts its arguments to text
TEXTFormats a number and converts it to text
TRIMRemoves spaces from text
UPPERConverts text to uppercase
VALUEConverts a text argument to a number

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