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
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=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: However, you do want to get rid of leading spaces, like this: As you already know, the TRIM function eliminates extra spaces in the middle of text strings, which is not what we want. To keep all in-between spaces intact, we'll be using a bit more complex formula: =MID (A2,FIND (MID (TRIM (A2),1,1),A2),LEN (A2))
In the above formula, the combination of FIND, MID and TRIM calculates the position of the first text character in a string. And then, you supply that number to another MID function so that it returns the entire text string (the string length is calculated by LEN) starting at the position of the first text character. The following screenshot shows that all leading spaces are gone, while multiple spaces between words are still there: As a finishing touch, replace the original text with the trimmed values, as shown in step 3 of the Trim formula example, and you are good to go! Tip. If you also want to remove spaces from the end of cells, make use of the Trim Spaces tool. There is no obvious Excel formula to remove leading and trailing spaces keeping multiple spaces between words intact.