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))
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=VALUE (TRIM (A2))
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=MID (A2,FIND (MID (TRIM (A2),1,1),A2),LEN (A2))
How to count extra spaces in a cell
=LEN (A2)-LEN (TRIM (A2))
How to highlight cells with excess spaces
=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: How to count extra spaces in a cell
Sometimes, before removing spaces in your Excel sheet, you may want to know how many excess spaces are actually there. To get the number of extra spaces in a cell, find out the total text length using the LEN function, then calculate the string length without extra spaces, and subtract the latter from the former: =LEN (A2)-LEN (TRIM (A2))
The following screenshot shows the above formula in action: Note. The formula returns the count of extra spaces in a cell, i.e. leading, trailing, and more than one consecutive spaces between words, but it does not count single spaces in the middle of the text. If you want to get the total number of spaces in a cell, use this Substitute formula . How to highlight cells with excess spaces
When working with sensitive or important information, you may be hesitant to delete anything without seeing what exactly you are deleting. In this case, you can highlight cells containing extra spaces first, and then safely eliminate those spaces. For this, create a conditional formatting rule with the following formula: =LEN ($A2)>LEN (TRIM ($A2))
Where A2 is the topmost cell with data that you want to highlight.