PLAIN-ENGLISH FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION
Excel functions in plain English
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LENText
Counts characters in text.
Read sentence and examples ↗TRIMText
Removes excess spaces.
Read sentence and examples ↗CLEANText
Removes non-printable characters.
Read sentence and examples ↗UPPERText
Converts text to uppercase.
Read sentence and examples ↗LOWERText
Converts text to lowercase.
Read sentence and examples ↗PROPERText
Capitalises words in text.
Read sentence and examples ↗SUBSTITUTEText
Replaces matching text.
Read sentence and examples ↗FINDText
Finds text with case sensitivity.
Read sentence and examples ↗SEARCHText
Finds text without case sensitivity.
Read sentence and examples ↗TEXTBEFOREText
Returns text before a delimiter.
Read sentence and examples ↗TEXTAFTERText
Returns text after a delimiter.
Read sentence and examples ↗TEXTSPLITText
Splits text using column and/or row delimiters.
Read sentence and examples ↗VALUEText
Converts numeric text to a number.
Read sentence and examples ↗TODAYDate & Time
Returns today's date.
Read sentence and examples ↗NOWDate & Time
Returns current date and time.
Read sentence and examples ↗DATEDate & Time
Creates a date from year, month, and day.
Read sentence and examples ↗YEARDate & Time
Extracts the year from a date.
Read sentence and examples ↗MONTHDate & Time
Extracts the month from a date.
Read sentence and examples ↗DAYDate & Time
Extracts the day of the month.
Read sentence and examples ↗EDATEDate & Time
Shifts a date by months.
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