How to use “TRIM” function in Excel
TRIM function is used to remove the additional spaces (i.e. spaces before/after/between the words) except for single space between words.
These are the non-value added spaces and generally arises when data is imported from any other sources.
Syntax:
=TRIM(text)
Syntax Description:
text argument [Required] is used to give the text or cell reference for which additional spaces to be removed
TRIM Function has only one “Required” arguments i.e. text
Example 1: Exploring “TRIM” function with examples:
Here we have some examples, where “Column A” has various scenarios and “Column B” shows the output of the function. Explanation is also provided in Column “C”. We will be using TRIM function as follows:
Advantage of TRIM Function:
TRIM function is very advantageous in many ways. It helps for the document imported from any other sources and data is not correctly synchronized.
Removing spaces in available string manually (one by one) is very difficult and TRIM Function helps to apply in large database at once and makes the work easy, saves time and increases efficiency.
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