Text functions

Text functions

Function	Description
ASC function	Changes full-width (double-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to half-width (single-byte) characters
BAHTTEXT function	Converts a number to text, using the ß (baht) currency format
CHAR function	Returns the character specified by the code number
CLEAN function	Removes all nonprintable characters from text
CODE function	Returns a numeric code for the first character in a text string
CONCATENATE function	Joins several text items into one text item
DOLLAR function	Converts a number to text, using the $ (dollar) currency format
EXACT function	Checks to see if two text values are identical
FIND, FINDB functions	Finds one text value within another (case-sensitive)
FIXED function	Formats a number as text with a fixed number of decimals
JIS function	Changes half-width (single-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to full-width (double-byte) characters
LEFT, LEFTB functions	Returns the leftmost characters from a text value
LEN, LENB functions	Returns the number of characters in a text string
LOWER function	Converts text to lowercase
MID, MIDB functions	Returns a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify
NUMBERVALUE function	Converts text to number in a locale-independent manner
PHONETIC function	Extracts the phonetic (furigana) characters from a text string
PROPER function	Capitalizes the first letter in each word of a text value
REPLACE, REPLACEB functions	Replaces characters within text
REPT function	Repeats text a given number of times
RIGHT, RIGHTB functions	Returns the rightmost characters from a text value
SEARCH, SEARCHB functions	Finds one text value within another (not case-sensitive)
SUBSTITUTE function	Substitutes new text for old text in a text string
T function	Converts its arguments to text
TEXT function	Formats a number and converts it to text
TRIM function	Removes spaces from text
UNICHAR function	Returns the Unicode character that is references by the given numeric value
UNICODE function	Returns the number (code point) that corresponds to the first character of the text
UPPER function	Converts text to uppercase
VALUE function	Converts a text argument to a number