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Value in A8 Result ACCA Pakistan ACCA LEFT (A8,4)

This document provides examples and explanations of various Excel text functions including LEFT, RIGHT, MID, UPPER, LOWER, PROPER, CONCATENATE, FIND, SEARCH, REPT, LEN and TEXT. It includes the syntax for each function and examples showing how each function extracts, modifies or formats text values in cells.

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Value in A8 Result ACCA Pakistan ACCA LEFT (A8,4)

This document provides examples and explanations of various Excel text functions including LEFT, RIGHT, MID, UPPER, LOWER, PROPER, CONCATENATE, FIND, SEARCH, REPT, LEN and TEXT. It includes the syntax for each function and examples showing how each function extracts, modifies or formats text values in cells.

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LEFT Function is used to extract specified number of characters from left of string

Syntax : LEFT(StringValue,NoOfCharacters)

Function written C8 : Left(A8,4) will extract ACCA from the value resided in Cell A8

Value in A8 Result
ACCA Pakistan ACCA =LEFT(A8,4)
RIGHT Function is used to extract specified number of characters from Right of string

Syntax : RIGHT(StringValue,NoOfCharacters)

Function written B8 : Left(A8,8) will extract Pakistan from the value resided in Cell A8

Value in A8 Result
ACCA Pakistan Pakistan =RIGHT(A8,8)
MID Function is used to extract specified number of characters from within the string

Syntax : MID(StringValue,StartingPosition,NoOfCharacters)

Function written B8 : MID(A8,6,3) will extract Pak from the value resided in Cell A8

Value in A8 Result
ACCA Pakistan Pak =MID(A8,6,3)
UPPER Function is used to convert a text or a string to Upper Case

Syntax : UPPER(StringValue)

Function written B8 : UPPER(A8) will resulted ACCA PAKISTAN

Value in A8 Result
ACCA Pakistan ACCA PAKISTAN =UPPER(A8)
LOWER Function is used to convert a text or a string to Lower Case

Syntax : LOWER(StringValue)

Function written B8 : LOWER(A8) will resulted acca pakistan

Value in A8 Result
ACCA Pakistan acca pakistan =LOWER(A8)
PROPER Function is used to convert a first letter of each word in a string to Capital letter of the
string while remaining text will be in lower case

Syntax : PROPER(StringValue)

Function written B8 : PROPER(A8) will resulted Acca Pakistan

Value in A8 Result
ACCA Pakistan Acca Pakistan =PROPER(A8)
er of the
CONCATENATE Function is used to convert two or more string values to a single string value or combine two string

Syntax : CONCATENATE(FirstStringValue,SeconfStringValue,ThirdStringValue)

Function written C8 : CONCATENATE(A8,B8) will resulted AccaPakistan. There is no space in between, to insert a
space we need to modify a formula and insert space in between

Value in A8 Value in B8 Result


ACCA Pakistan ACCAPakistan =CONCATENATE(A8,B8)
ACCA Pakistan =CONCATENATE(A8," ",B8)

We can also use an & operator instead of Concatenate function to have the same effect on strings
Syntax : FirstStringValue&econfStringValue&ThirdStringValue

Function written C17 : A17&B17 will resulted AccaPakistan. There is no space in between, to insert a space we need
to modify a formula and insert space in between

ACCA Pakistan ACCAPakistan =A17&B17


ACCA Pakistan =A17&" "&B17
string value or combine two string

no space in between, to insert a

NATE(A8,B8)
NATE(A8," ",B8)

e effect on strings

between, to insert a space we need


FIND Function is used to find a location of text value with in a string. This function will return the position of a text
to be located.

Syntax : FIND(TextValueToBeFound,StringValueToBeSearched)

Function written C8 : FIND("C",A8) will resulted 2 which is the first occurance of C in ACCA

Value in A8 Value in B8 Result


ACCA Pakistan 2 =FIND("C",A8)

We can also find the next occurance of string by modifying obove formula by specifying the position to start search
with in the string

Syntax : FIND(TextValueToBeFOUND,StringValueToBeSearched,StartingPositionOfSearching)
Function written C17 : FIND("C",A17,3) will return as next C is located at position 3 with in the string

ACCA Pakistan 3 =FIND("C",A17,3)


ACCA Pakistan =A17&" "&B17
on will return the position of a text

C in ACCA

ecifying the position to start search

Searching)

n 3 with in the string


SEARCH Function is used to find a location of text value with in a string. This function will return the position of a
text to be located.

Syntax : SEARCH(TextValueToBeFound,StringValueToBeSearched)

Function written C8 : SEARCH("C",A8) will resulted 2 which is the first occurance of C in ACCA

Value in A8 Value in B8 Result


ACCA Pakistan 2 =SEARCH("C",A8)

We can also find the next occurance of string by modifying obove formula by specifying the position to start search
with in the string

Syntax : SEARCH(TextValueToBeFOUND,StringValueToBeSearched,StartingPositionOfSearching)

Function written C17 : SEARCH("A",A17,2) will return 4 as next A is located at position 4 with in the string

ACCA Pakistan 4 =SEARCH("A",A17,2)


ction will return the position of a

of C in ACCA

ecifying the position to start search

OfSearching)

sition 4 with in the string

A",A17,2)
Remarks
ACCAACCAACCA It will return ACCAACCAACCA
The Excel Rept function returns a supplied text string, repeate
specified number of times.

The syntax of the function is:


REPT( text, number_times )
Where the arguments are as follows:
text-The string to be repeated.number_times-The number of
the supplied text is to be repeated.

Note:
If number_times is zero, the function returns an empty string
If number_times is a decimal, it is truncated to an integer.
urns a supplied text string, repeated a

s:
)
as follows:
ed.number_times-The number of times that
peated.

e function returns an empty string;


al, it is truncated to an integer.
Len Function Example
Word Length Formula
Un iversity of the Punjab 25 =LEN(A3)
ACCA Global 11 =LEN(A4)
Nestle Pakistan 15 =LEN(A5)
Khurram Khan 12 =LEN(A6)
Excel 5 =LEN(A7)
Advance Excel Training Workshop 31 =LEN(A8)
123 3 =LEN(A9)
45678 5 =LEN(A10)
The Excel LEN function returns the length of a supplied text
string.
The syntax of the function is:
LEN( text )
Use of Text function
123 00123
45 00045
The Excel TEXT function converts a supplied nu
1556 01556 format.
2 00002
The syntax of the function is:
165 00165 TEXT( value, format_text )
65 00065
Where the function arguments are:
value-A numeric value, that you want to be co
format_text-A text string that defines the form
supplied value.
T function converts a supplied numeric value into text, in a user-specified

the function is:


ormat_text )

nction arguments are:


ric value, that you want to be converted into text.
text string that defines the formatting that you want to be applied to the
.
Formulas:
A B
Value Formatted Value
### 07/07/2015 =TEXT(B4, "dd/mm/yyyy")
42192 07/07/2015 =TEXT(B5, "dd/mm/yyyy")
42192 Jul 07 2015 =TEXT(B6, "mmm dd yyyy")
18:00 18:00 =TEXT(B7, "hh:mm")
0.75 18:00 =TEXT(B8, "hh:mm")
36.3636 36.36 =TEXT(B9, "0.00")
0.5555 55.6% =TEXT(B10, "0.0%")
567.9 $567.90 =TEXT(B11, "$#,##0.00")
-5 - $5.00 =TEXT(B12, "+ $#,##0.00;- $#,##0.00;$0.00")
5 + $5.00 =TEXT(B13, "+ $#,##0.00;- $#,##0.00;$0.00")
0 $0.00 =TEXT(B14, "+ $#,##0.00;- $#,##0.00;$0.00")
0.00;$0.00")
0.00;$0.00")
0.00;$0.00")

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