The Easiest Way To Extract Text From Messy Strings In Excel
Want to clean up messy strings in Excel without breaking formulas? Learn how to surgically remove characters from the middle of any text using the MID function—fast, clean, and precise.
In this Excel video, you'll learn how to use the MID function to remove specific characters from the middle of a text.
The MID function takes three inputs: the original text, the starting position of the characters you want to remove, and the number of characters to remove. For instance, if you want to extract characters from the word "apple," using =MID("apple",2,3) will give you "ppl."
If you go beyond the available characters, MID will provide the remaining characters. For example, =MID("apple",3,100) gives "ple."
The video also provides examples of extracting characters from different positions in a text and explains that while MID can work with numbers, it always gives text output.
Additionally, it suggests using other functions like LEFT, RIGHT, LEN, FIND, or SEARCH for more text manipulation tasks.
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