Introduction to the Excel TRIM Function The Excel TRIM function is categorized under the TEXT functions. It removes the extra spaces from a text string. Objectives Remove all spaces from a text string except for single spaces between words. Syntax =TRIM (text) Arguments Explanation ArgumentRequired...
The combination of theFIND,LEFTandTRIMfunctions helps us to calculate the position of the first space character in the string; spaces towards the left side of the string. Here, we passed the formula throughREPLACEfunction. As a result, the leading spaces of the string were replaced with no bl...
The TRIM Function[1]is categorized under ExcelText functions. TRIM helps remove the extra spaces in data and thus clean up the cells in the worksheet. Infinancial analysis, the TRIM function can be useful in removing irregular spacing from data imported from other applications. Key Highlights The...
What Does Trim Function Do? TRIM is a string function that removes spaces in excel from the selected cell. For example, in space, we have three types: Leading Space, Trailing Space, and In-Between Space. Leading Space is nothing, but before any value starts in the cell, if there is ...
III, How to trim spaces in excel: The stubborn spaces removal method(Trim function does not work solution) (I) The space that can be removed can be copied 1. Double-click the cell E2, enter the formula =TRIM(A2), press Enter, the space in A2 is not removed; double-click E2, chang...
The TRIMRANGE function in Excel is designed to help trim away empty rows and columns in a specified range. This function is particularly useful when you’re working with datasets that have extra, unnecessary blank rows or columns, which can interfere with data analysis, visualization, or calculat...
Function Notes The TRIM function can only remove the 7-bit ASCII space character (value 32) from text; The TRIM function can’t remove the non-breaking space character (value 160) which is commonly used in Web pages as the HTML entity; ...
This Excel tutorial explains how to use the Excel TRIM function with syntax and examples. The Microsoft Excel TRIM function returns a text value with the leading and trailing spaces removed.
Here, we used TRIM, CLEAN, and SUBSTITUTE together. A few things to remember about the CLEAN function The CLEAN function will give the value with all non-printable characters removed. The function was introduced in Excel 2000 and is available in all versions after that. ...
To help you understand how to use the TRIM function in Excel, we'll explore the two main methods for applying it in a new formula using sample data. If you're creating a formula using TRIM, it has only a single argument---the text itself. This can be text you insert into the formu...