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The Excel Formula : TRIM, UPPER, LOWER & PROPER

Dear Friends,
Please find some useful formula for MS Excel. You can learn them, try them and apply them when you need them. If your database is huge then these are very useful to get the output easily in seconds.


TRIM

ColC
ColD

Row3
Original Text
Trimmed Text

Row4
        kuna
kuna
 =TRIM(C4)

Row5
k    u   n   a
k u n a
 =TRIM(C5)

Row6
  kuna             meher
kuna meher
 =TRIM(C6)

Row7
kuna
kuna
 =TRIM(C7)




What the use of this function / formula?



This function removes unwanted spaces from a piece of text.


The spaces before and after the text will be removed completely.


Multiple spaces within the text will be trimmed to a single space




Formula Syntax




=TRIM(TextToTrim)




Formatting




No special formatting is needed.







LOWER

ColC
ColD

Row3
Upper Case Text
Lower Case

Row4
kuna meher
kuna meher
 =LOWER(C4)

Row5
LITU GARNAIK
litu garnaik
 =LOWER(C5)

Row6
RAJENDRA BEHERA
rajendra behera
 =LOWER(C6)

Row7
NAVEen sharma
naveen sharma
 =LOWER(C7)

Row8
navEEN123
naveen123
 =LOWER(C8)




What the use of this function / formula?



This function converts all characters in a piece of text to lower case.




Formula Syntax




=LOWER(TextToConvert)




Formatting




No special formatting is needed.








UPPER

ColC
ColD

Row3
Original Text
Upper Case

Row4
kuna meher
KUNA MEHER
 =UPPER(C4)

Row5
LITU GARNAIK
LITU GARNAIK
 =UPPER(C5)

Row6
rAJENDRA beHERA
RAJENDRA BEHERA
 =UPPER(C6)

Row7
NAVEen sharma
NAVEEN SHARMA
 =UPPER(C7)

Row8
navEEN123
NAVEEN123
 =UPPER(C8)




What the use of this function / formula?



This function converts all characters in a piece of text to upper case.




Formula Syntax




=UPPER(TextToConvert)




Formatting




No special formatting is needed.




Example




See the example for FREQUENCY.








PROPER

ColC
ColD

Row3
Original Text
Proper

Row4
kuna meher
Kuna Meher
 =PROPER(C4)

Row5
LITU GARNAIK
Litu Garnaik
 =PROPER(C5)

Row6
rAJENDRA beHERA
Rajendra Behera
 =PROPER(C6)

Row7
NAVEen sharma
Naveen Sharma
 =PROPER(C7)

Row8
navEEN123
Naveen123
 =PROPER(C8)




What the use of this function / formula?



This function converts the first letter of each word to uppercase, and all subsequent letters

are converted to lower case. Useful when you have a database in which the data

has been entered without taking care of upper and lower cases.


Formula Syntax




=PROPER(TextToConvert)




Formatting




No special formatting is needed.







For any query on these formulas ,you can mail me at sharma.ctc@gmail.com

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