Chapter 8. Text and Data Functions

This chapter describes the text and data functions in Microsoft Excel (see Table 8-1). The text and data functions provide all the tools you need to convert text or numbers and to edit and evaluate strings. When working with imported lists, you might need these functions so that you can divide, combine, or evaluate text.

Table 8-1. Overview of the Text and Data Functions

Function

Description

ASC()

Converts double-byte characters into single-byte characters

BAHTTEXT() ...

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