Title: Excel TRIM function - quick way to remove extra spaces
Headings: Excel TRIM function - quick way to remove extra spaces
Excel TRIM function - quick way to remove extra spaces
TRIM function - remove extra spaces in Excel
TRIM (text)
=TRIM (A1)
=TRIM (CLEAN (A1))
How to use TRIM function in Excel - formula examples
How to trim spaces in an entire column of data
How to remove leading spaces in a numeric column
=VALUE (TRIM (A2))
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=MID (A2,FIND (MID (TRIM (A2),1,1),A2),LEN (A2))
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=LEN (A2)-LEN (TRIM (A2))
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=LEN ($A2)>LEN (TRIM ($A2))
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=TRIM (SUBSTITUTE (A1, CHAR (160), " "))
=TRIM (CLEAN (SUBSTITUTE (A1, CHAR (160), " ")))
Leading space: =CODE (LEFT (A1,1))
Trailing space: =CODE (RIGHT (A1,1))
=CODE (MID (A1, n, 1)))
=TRIM (SUBSTITUTE (A1, CHAR (9), " "))
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Content: Here's how: Select all cells with Trim formulas (B2: B8 in this example), and press Ctrl+C to copy them. Select all cells with the original data (A2: A8), and press Ctrl+Alt+V, then V. It is the paste values shortcut that applies the Paste Special > Values
Press the Enter key. Done! How to remove leading spaces in a numeric column
As you have just seen, the Excel TRIM function removed all extra spaces from a column of text data without a hitch. But what if your data is numbers, not text? At first sight, it may seem that the TRIM function has done its job. Upon a closer look, however, you will notice that the trimmed values do not behave like numbers.