TRIM

The function removes spaces all before and following

the words i.e. leading and trailing spaces - and also
removes extra spaces between words but does not
remove the single space between words.

=TRIM(Text)
Example

String Result Formula

Student 1 Student 1 =TRIM(L16)
Student 1 Student 1 =TRIM(L17)
Student 1 Student 1 =TRIM(L18)

Student 1
CONCATENATE

This function joins several (more than 1) text

string into 1 string

=CONCATENATE(String1, and so on..)

OR
=String1&String2& so on..
Example

Students Maths Science

Student 1 95 83
Student 2 65 53
Student 3 85 80
Student 4 99 99
Student 5 45 60

=CONCATENATE()
Students Maths Science
Student 1 Student 1 has scored 95 in Maths
Student 2 Student 2 has scored 65 in Maths
Student 3 Student 3 has scored 85 in Maths
Student 4 Student 4 has scored 99 in Maths
Student 5 Student 5 has scored 45 in Maths
 English
81
75
90
85
55

=&" "&
English
Student 1 has scored 81 in English
Student 2 has scored 75 in English
Student 3 has scored 90 in English
Student 4 has scored 85 in English
Student 5 has scored 55 in English
SUBSTITUTE

This function is used to replace a part of text in a

string with something else. SUBSTITUTE function
is used to clean data. This function is case-
sensitive.

=SUBSTITUTE(Text, Old_Text, New_Text,

[instance_number])
Example

String Result
Stubent Student
Student 1 scored 38 marks in Science Student 1 scored 95 marks in Science
Student 1 scored 85 marks in Science Student 1 scored 85 marks in English
 Formula
=SUBSTITUTE(K7,"b","d")
=SUBSTITUTE(K8,"38","95 ")
=SUBSTITUTE(K9,"Science","English ")
UPPER and LOWER

This function converts the entire text string into

uppercase (lowercase) letters

=UPPER(Text)
or
=LOWER(Text)
Example

Students UPPER lower

Student 1 STUDENT 1 student 1
Student 2 STUDENT 2 student 2
Student 3 STUDENT 3 student 3
Student 4 STUDENT 4 student 4
Student 5 STUDENT 5 student 5
LENGTH

This function returns the number of characters

in a string (text or numeric value). It also counts
the spaces and special characters.

=LEN(Text)
Example

Students Length
Student 1 9
Student two 11
Student three 13
Student four 12
Student five 12
LEFT, RIGHT & MID

This function returns the number of specified

characters from the start/end of the string.
"MID" returns the number of specified
characters from the specified point.

=LEFT(Text, [num_chars])
=RIGHT(Text, [num_chars])
=MID(Text, [starting_position], [num_chars])
Example

QR code Value Year of Man Product ID

2018abcde43 2018 abcde
2018werty44 2018 werty
2018cvbnm43 2018 cvbnm
2017start45 2017 start
2018techa44 2018 techa
2016acade43 2016 acade
Group
43
44
43
45
44
43