DRSteele
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DRSteele submitted a new Excel article:
Remove Unwanted Characters from a Textstring - We can get rid of things like punctuation from a textstring in a cell.
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Remove Unwanted Characters from a Textstring - We can get rid of things like punctuation from a textstring in a cell.
Getting rid of unwanted characters in a cell's textstring can be achieved easily by creating a Table of acceptable UNICODEs and their corresponding UNICHARs. The Table (here named T_codes) can be expanded or contracted as needed. Here, we have just the usual set of English letters (26 Upper Case and 26 Lowers plus the Numerals), but it can be altered to suit other needs.
Also listed is a formula that spills down 50,000 rows to show ALL the UNICODEs. It might be more manageable to look at...
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