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Cleaning text data

D ATA A N A LY S I S I N E X C E L

Jen Bricker
Head of Career Services, DataCamp
Data analysis process review

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Data analysis process review

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Data analysis process review

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Data analysis process review

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Concatenating text strings

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CONCATENATE() function syntax
Syntax:

=CONCATENATE(value1, [value2],...)

Example:

=CONCATENATE(A2,B2)

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CONCATENATE() improved
Example:

=CONCATENATE(A2," - ",B2)

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LOWER(), UPPER(), and PROPER() functions
Syntax:

=LOWER(text1)

Syntax:

=UPPER(text1)

Syntax:

=PROPER(text1)

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Output

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Let's practice!
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Extracting text from
cells
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Jen Bricker
Head of Career Services, DataCamp
What is a string?

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Counting characters

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LEN() function syntax
Syntax:

=LEN(text)

Example:

=LEN("3D My Kicks - 3Dmykicks.com")

or

=LEN(B2)

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Extracting text

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LEFT() function syntax
Syntax:

=LEFT(text,number_of_characters)

Example:

=LEFT(B2,LEN("3D My Kicks"))

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Extracting text continued
What is the length of the bad string?

=LEN(",'type'")

result: 7

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Nesting LEFT() and LEN()
Example

=LEFT(M2,LEN(M2)-7)

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RIGHT() function syntax
Syntax:

=RIGHT(text,number_of_characters)

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Replacing text

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SUBSTITUTE() function syntax
Syntax:

=SUBSTITUTE(text, old_text, new_text, [instance])

Example:

=SUBSTITUTE(B2,":","-")

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Output

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Let's practice!
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Preparing date data
D ATA A N A LY S I S I N E X C E L

Jen Bricker
Head of Career Services, DataCamp
Interpreting date analysis requests
Look at the project data by date

Data by launch date?

How long a project campaign ran?

Trends by year, month, day of the week?

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Project length
Syntax:

=deadline-launched_at

Example:

=E2-D2

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Dynamic date and time entry

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NOW() and TODAY() functions syntax
Syntax:

=NOW()

=TODAY()

Example:

=NOW()-E2

=TODAY()-E2

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Continuous vs discrete date analysis

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Continuous vs discrete date analysis

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Months and days of the week

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MONTH() function syntax
Syntax:

=MONTH(date)

Example:

=MONTH(E2)

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WEEKDAY() function syntax
Syntax:

=WEEKDAY(date,[return_type])

return_type options

1 or omi ed: Sunday (1) to Saturday (7)

2: Monday (1) to Sunday (7)

Example:

=WEEKDAY(E2,2)

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Let's practice!
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The most important
function in Excel
D ATA A N A LY S I S I N E X C E L

Jen Bricker
Head of Career Services, DataCamp
VLOOKUP() introduction

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VLOOKUP() syntax
Syntax:

=VLOOKUP (lookup_value, table_array, col_num, [range_lookup])

lookup_value : what you want to look up

table_array : where you want to look for it

col_num : the column number in the range containing the value to return

range_lookup : return an approximate ( TRUE ) or exact match ( FALSE )

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Columns in common

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VLOOKUP() applied
Syntax: Date Tables sheet:

=VLOOKUP (lookup_value, table_array,


col_num, [range_lookup])

Example:

=VLOOKUP(F2,'Date Tables'!D:E,2,FALSE)

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VLOOKUP() and MONTH() combined
Nested Formula Example:

=VLOOKUP(MONTH(E2),'Date Tables'!D:E,2,FALSE)

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Let's practice!
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