Text Functions
Text Functions
1) We can use the Ampersand to Join Items together. Text always goes in "Double Quotes".
2) Often times we need to extract partial text items from a larger text item.
Example: Wee need "Carlota" from "Carlota / West: 658"
Text Functions:
LEFT extracts a given number of characters from the left
RIGHT extracts a given number of characters from the right
SEARCH tells you the starting position in a text string of text you specify. FIND is similar to SEARCH, but it is case
REPLACE function replaces part of a text string with text you specify, given a starting number and the number o
LEN function counts characters
MID extracts from the midele giben a starting point and the number of charactesr that you want
**Any Math Operation on Text Numbers will convert them back to numbers. It will also remove extra spaces.
TRIM removes spaces from a text string except for single spaces between words