In MS-Excel, to remove extra spaces from a text except single space between words, we can use __________ function.
- TREND
- TRIM
- TEXT
- PROPER
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 2 : TRIM
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TREND
- TREND function returns values along with a linear trend.
- It fits a straight line (using the method of least squares) to the array's known_y's and known_x's.
- TREND returns the y-values along that line for the array of new_x's that you specify.
TRIM
- TRIM function is used to “normalize” all spacing.
- TRIM automatically strips space at the start and end of a given string and leaves just one space between all words inside the string.
- It takes care of extra spaces caused by empty cells.Therefore option 2 is correct
TEXT
- Function TEXT returns a number formatted as text.
- The TEXT function is especially useful when you want to embed a number inside the text with a certain format.
PROPER
- Microsoft Excel PROPER function sets the first character in each word to uppercase and the rest to lowercase.
- The PROPER function is a built-in function in Excel that is categorized as a String/Text Function.
- It can be used as a worksheet function (WS) in Excel. As a worksheet function, the PROPER function can be entered as part of a formula in a cell of a worksheet.
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If you pull data in from external databases and legacy systems, you will no doubt encounter text that contains extra spaces. Sometimes these extra spaces are found at the beginning of the text, whereas at other times, they show up at the end. Extra spaces are generally evil because they can cause problems in
lookup formulas, charting, column sizing, and printing. The figure illustrates how you can remove superfluous spaces by using the TRIM function.
The TRIM function is relatively straightforward. Simply give it some text and it removes all spaces from the text except for single spaces between words.
As with other functions, you can nest the TRIM function in other functions to clean up your text while applying some other manipulation. For instance, the following function trims the text in cell A1 and converts it to uppercase all in one step:
=UPPER(TRIM(A1))The TRIM function was designed to trim only the ASCII space character from text. The ASCII space character has a code value of 32. The Unicode character set, however, has an additional space character called the nonbreaking space character. This character is commonly used in web pages and has the Unicode value of 160.
The TRIM function is designed to handle only CHAR(32) space characters. It cannot, by itself, handle CHAR(160) space characters. To handle this kind of space, you need to use the SUBSTITUTE function to find CHAR(160) space characters and replace them with CHAR(32) space characters so that the TRIM function can fix them. You can accomplish this task all at one time with the following formula:
=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A4,CHAR(160),CHAR(32)))About This Article
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Trim and TrimEnds functions in Power Apps
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- 06/30/2022
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Removes extra spaces from a string of text.
Description
The Trim function removes all spaces from a string of text except for single spaces between words.
The TrimEnds function removes all spaces from the start and end of a string of text but leaves spaces between words intact.
If you specify a single string of text, the return value for either function is the string with any extra spaces removed. If you specify a single-column table that contains strings, the return value is a single-column table of trimmed strings. If you have a multi-column table, you can shape it into a single-column table, as working with tables describes.
By trimming spaces between words, Trim is consistent with the function of the same name in Microsoft Excel. However, TrimEnds is consistent with programming tools that trim spaces only from the start and end of each string.
Syntax
Trim( String )
TrimEnds( String )
- String - Required. The string of text to remove spaces from.
Trim(
SingleColumnTable )
TrimEnds( SingleColumnTable )
- SingleColumnTable - Required. A single-column table of strings to remove spaces from.
Example
Trim( " Hello World " ) | Removes all spaces from the start and end of a string and extra spaces from within the string. | "Hello World" |
TrimEnds( " Hello World " ) | Removes all spaces from the start and end of a string. | "Hello World" |
The following examples use a single-column collection, named Spaces, that contains these strings:
To create this collection, set the OnSelect property of a
Button control to this formula, open Preview mode, and then click or tap the button:
ClearCollect( Spaces, [ " Jane Doe ", " Jack and Jill", "Already trimmed", " Venus, Earth, Mars ",
"Oil and Water " ] )
Trim( Spaces ) | Trims all spaces from the start and end of each string and extra spaces from within each string in the Spaces collection. | |
TrimEnds( Spaces ) | Trims all spaces from the start and end of each string in the Spaces collection. |
Note
Extra spaces don't appear if you display a collection by clicking or tapping Collections on the File menu. To verify string length, use the Len function.
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