Excel: SOLVED! The Strange Case of Geography Data Type Language SPILL Errors

Опубликовано: 09 Февраль 2026
на канале: Mike Thomas
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This video is in response to a question posed in the the Comments section of a previous video. It relates to how to remove the word Language from the Official Language property of the Geography Data Type. It's a little bit of a niche use case however in explaining how to do it, I cover:

Geographic Data Type
The ARRAYTOTEXT Function
The SUBSTITUTE Function

🗒 Notes and Resources
Download a copy of the file used in this video: https://app.box.com/s/qaevep4l53jqtnf...

Link to original video about Geography Data Type:    • Geographic Data Type: Your Very Own Geogra...  

The formula that I used in the demo:
=SUBSTITUTE(ARRAYTOTEXT(A2.[Official language])," language","")

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