Trim function
On a column of imported text there are unwanted spaces to the left of the
text. I tried to get rid of them by inserting a column and writing a TRIM function but the spaces remained - I've never seen that happen before. Does anyone have an idea why that should happen? I'm tearing my hair out. Any ideas would be gratefully received. Thanks. |
They may not be spaces. Take a look at CLEAN in the XL
help guide and give it a try. HTH Jason Atlanta, GA -----Original Message----- On a column of imported text there are unwanted spaces to the left of the text. I tried to get rid of them by inserting a column and writing a TRIM function but the spaces remained - I've never seen that happen before. Does anyone have an idea why that should happen? I'm tearing my hair out. Any ideas would be gratefully received. Thanks. . |
Try this
=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(J2,CHAR(160),"")) -- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "aehan" wrote in message ... On a column of imported text there are unwanted spaces to the left of the text. I tried to get rid of them by inserting a column and writing a TRIM function but the spaces remained - I've never seen that happen before. Does anyone have an idea why that should happen? I'm tearing my hair out. Any ideas would be gratefully received. Thanks. |
I tried the CLEAN function and it hasn't removed the spaces either, so I
don't think they can be hidden special characters. If anyone knows of a different way of getting rid of empty spaces I'd be really happy. Thanks for your help. "Jason Morin" wrote: They may not be spaces. Take a look at CLEAN in the XL help guide and give it a try. HTH Jason Atlanta, GA -----Original Message----- On a column of imported text there are unwanted spaces to the left of the text. I tried to get rid of them by inserting a column and writing a TRIM function but the spaces remained - I've never seen that happen before. Does anyone have an idea why that should happen? I'm tearing my hair out. Any ideas would be gratefully received. Thanks. . |
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