I'm trying to clean up a very large spreadsheet that contains a tremendous amount of empty space.
I tried using the TRIM function to delete some of the additional space within each cell, but it only seems to allow you to update one cell/column at a time.
Is there a way to clean up the entire spreadsheet at once?
Find/Replace all spaces won't work because some cells have multiple words, and they need the space in between.
I'm taking 3 very different reports and consolidating them into one manageable readable form. Only problem is that no 1 report has the same info. I've created a key to form pick up the same information that is read differently. As my spreadsheet grows so do the formula issues. I've had one report that has been the biggest pain to break apart. It takes several things and consolidates them, ex: big 2014 girl - dog 20145
I'm using a trim formula to read the last 5 digits that is the only consistent part of the string. =right(J3,5) to trim what i need to read (20145). this formula works. I'm than trying to preform a Vlookup based on what is returned from the trim. The trim number is located in a separate tab as the "key" 20145 = golden Labradors. formula for vlookup that works by itself, but throws up a blank cell when i point it to the trim cell.
=iferror(vlookup($A2,Info!A:ZZ,2,False)" ")
$A2 = the info 20145 from the trim
Info! = is the tab with my 20145 = golden Labradors
A:ZZ = the range in which i need it to find 20145
2 = the second column where it should find 20145 = golden Labradors
False = exact match.
Why my formulas work separately but not when used together? The Vlookup will work if I type in the number 20145. I don't want to type 20145 anymore. I want to use the trim and have the vlookup notice the number pulled from the trim.
This Trim funcion is not working for me for some reason. I have attached a sample file. Can someone help me with this? You can test the macro to see. I just want to delete the trailing blank characters on Column A. Here is the code.
View 14 Replies View RelatedDue to the fact that some of the raw data I get dumped out of my database has leading and trailing spaces it is necessary to trim them. The one part of my code which seems to take forever to run is the section which performs this function on around 22,000 cells in one column. Here is the code I'm using. Is there a better way to do this?
'Set ServiceType = wsTmp.Range("C2:C" & tmpRows)
'
'For Each cell In ServiceType
'cell.Value = Trim(cell.Value)
'Next cell
The thing, with much code, seems to be that the slowness of my computer in executing code is directly proportional to the amount of uptime on the machine. Often a cold start will remedy the issue. Rather than having to do this daily to remedy the situation is there some other remedy to the problem?
"clean" function is not recognized.
Sub ConvertToTrim()
For Each rng In Selection
rng.Value = Clean(Trim(rng.Value))
Next rng
End Sub
what is the function of the (1) within the below trim function.
The value of A2 is "ABC - 123 - Lovely"
Range("A1").Value = Trim( Split(Range("A2").Value, "-")(1))
I have some cells containing imported text with a lot of leading spaces. I try to get rid of them by TRIM'ing those cells, but it doesn't work.
Is TRIM only for trailing spaces?
I am trying to use the trim function to remove unwanted spaces at the beginning of cells that contain an address. The entire column contains spaces prior to the street number/name.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have created worksheets search box and want to use Trim Function to avoid spacing error when user enter the sheets name they are looking for and also sheets name in the Activeworkbook.worksheets.name
However the trim Function seems does not work
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My requirement is to remove the spaces in the text in each cell in a worksheet. i have used TRIM function for this. Sheet1 will have the imported data and sheet 2 has the formula to TRIM. i have an issue when using TRIM on date format. I have used formula TRIM(sheet1!Ax) for columns 1,2 and 3 and TRIM(TEXT(pcload!D1,"mm/dd/yyyy")) for column 4. But the blanks cells in sheet 1 have a value of 01/00/1900 in sheet2. I need the blank cells to be displayed as blank in sheet2.
Sheet 1:
82909U
AB
121
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I have come up with this to Trim all of the data from rows 2:30 removing any trailing spaces after the last word in each cell. The macro takes a couple of minutes to run have I got something wrong that is making it run slowly or does the Trim process just take longer?
Sub TRIM_RANGE()
Dim myRange As Range
Dim myRow As Range
Sheets("CAMPAIGNS_2007").Select
Set myRange = Range("2:30")
If myRange Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Application. ScreenUpdating = False
myRange.Replace What:=Chr(160), Replacement:=Chr(32), _
LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False
For Each myRow In myRange.Columns
If Application. CountA(myRow) > 0 Then
myRow.TextToColumns Destination:=myRow(1), _
DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:=Array(0, 1)
End If
Next myRow
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I'm coping and pasting data (html) into a worksheet. When I try to format some of the columns as accounting$, number, ect. They won't format. It looks as if there are spaces before and after the data. So I tried the trim and clean function but it doesn't work, so I guess the blank "spaces" are not really spaces.
It gets better...
When I do the same exact copy and paste (as html) on another persons computer, they are able to format just fine, and the "spaces" are removed automatically.
Why is this working on one computer but not the other? Is it a setting that my computer has enabled or disabled? If so, what is it?
I would like to have a simple basic VBA trim function with no complications at all. Just a simple trim vba code like:
=trim( Selected/Active cells)
But I just couldn't think of how to do it, even with recording.
Sample of Column A:
Sat 15th Sep 07 14:15 Bath Rugby 29 - 15 Worcester Warriors Recreation Ground 10,010
Sat 15th Sep 07 15:30 Harlequins 35 - 27 London Irish Twickenham 39,400 Report
Sat 15th Sep 07 18:00 London Wasps 19 - 29 Saracens Twickenham 39,400 Report
Sun 16th Sep 07 15:00 Bristol Rugby 13 - 26 Leicester Tigers Memorial Stadium 8,125
Sun 16th Sep 07 15:00 Leeds Carnegie 24 - 49 Gloucester Rugby Headingley Carnegie
Sun 16th Sep 07 15:00 Newcastle Falcons 33 - 12 Sale Sharks Kingston Park 5,859 Report
Trying to display in column B and C:
Bath Rugby Worcester Warriors
Harlequins London Irish
London Wasps Saracens
etc....
Because of the varying length of text each time,
i'm having problems doing this.
Tried =MID(A1,FIND(":",A1)+4,25)
but obviously get extra text other than team name.
I want to be able copy certain things from cells. Is there a way to make excel copy only the name from cells containing this (One name in each cell):
VESNINA E. (RUS)
PAVLYUCHEN. A. (RUS)
KERBER A. (GER)
I basically want to cut out the (...) in all names. I could do it manually, but there could be quite a few players.
I would like to have in a title cell "The Week of 8/24/09 - 8/28/09". I want to use something like this
View 2 Replies View RelatedI want to create a macro that will allow me to highlight a column and have the macro Trim every cell with text in the column, preferably putting the results over the original text. The column in question has text in every cell, until the column ends.
(That is, there are no numbers and no blanks until the data ends altogether.) I do not want to remove internal spaces in the text, just the leading and trailing ones.
I am sure this is fairly simple, but I'm not sure how to get it to look at every cell and then terminate properly.
I have this code that trims cells and I would like to implement in it a way to remove line returns in cells (new lines created with alt+enter).
Below is the code I used so far:
I have a small Excel VBA program that pulls data from our company database. I use this to collect information about orders that have been placed. The decriptions of our inventory within our accounting software usually go something like this: [
2/24] Small Red Rose
The [2/24] stands for 24 pieces per case and 2 pieces per inner pack.
My question is... can I trim off the text '[2/24]' within VBA?
I need to create quotes, labels and other things that use these descriptions and don't need to include the information with the brackets.
Obviously within VBA everything is done with variables, such as strDESC for the description.
I am trying to make a simple quiz on a spreadsheet which will provide the score immediately the player has finished. Basically a row is as follows:
C5= Question; D5 = player's input answer, E5 = check answer and give score
For example:
in C5 "What colour is a banana?"
The player inputs the answer to D5: yellow
in E5, the answer is tested by a formula and score is given. For this I have a formula IF(D5="yellow",1,0) hence E5 returns either 1 or 0.
Now my problem: If the player inputs one or more spaces, I need to use the TRIM function as well otherwise the answer will be incorrect. How can I work the TRIM with the IF formula?
A thought has just occurred to me that I might have to firstly Copy and TRIM the answer in to E5 and then have the IF condition in F5, but that needs another column and seems a longer way around.
Iam pulling hockey stats from yahoo sports into excel on one tab then i have other tabs as teams and iam pulling the stats from the yahoo sports tab to them
the yahoo tab is called Players but when yahoo bringis in the players names they come with a space in front of them. Now the formula iam using works if i go to the players tab and take the space out but as soon as I refresh the data it puts the space back.
here is what iam using
=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(TRIM($D5), Players!$A$1:$A$635,0)),INDEX(Players!NHL_2010_skaters, MATCH(TRIM($D5), Players!$A$1:$A$635,0), MATCH(E$4, Players!$A$1:$AT$1, 0)),0)
I think i have to put trim in by the players but when i try and add it I get formula errors.
I'm in need of a formula that would trim a name within a cell to look like this:
name in cell = Doe, John
Result looking for = DoeJoh
or
name in cell = Smith, Robert
Result looking for = SmiRob
The formula would take the first 3 letters of last name and combine them with the first 3 letters of the last name. There is a space after the , and the name would always be consistent with the exampel above.
Also what about a formula that would take a name like Doe, John and transpose it to John Doe.
I would like to trim text based on the character .
For example i have a code FGH45679.A How do I keep only the characters before .A without the dot?
I am trying to record a macro, using the macro recorder, that will trim the contents of the cells in one column. The starting cell will always be E12 and the ending cell will vary depending on the number of records that month.
After I select cell E12, I hold down the shift key and hit end and then the down arrow to get my range. After that, I'm trying to use the Insert - Function from the menu to setup the trim but can't get it to work.
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I am having problems removing "2009-642" from the above text string(s) (doesn't matter which)
This is just a sample line and it is not always in the same place so I am afraid a simple mid function from a set starting point will not suffice, the number is also dynamic in size, location and leading digits.
As a result I have created a formula to get rid of the "1 XS0444499197" part of the formula leaving me with " 2009-642 "
Now unfortunately I need to get rid of the spaces (or what look like spaces) just leaving me with the number but infuriatingly I can not get the trim function to work, so I can only guess that it is not in fact reading these spaces as spaces, and I'm at a bit of a loss how to proceed.
Any idea how you would remove all text strings that are red, I want to leave any text within the cells that are not red.
e.g
A1 contains
15245, 1535554, 17548789, erg, rtree, bf5256s
Would become
15245, erg, bf5256s
I need your guys expertise in the following formula. I'm applying the following to a large range of data that varies in lenght,however all of the data has a 1Y or 2Y at the end of it. I need to remove it from the data into a new column. Currently I'm using =trim(mid(A2,1,30) how can I change my formula to obtain my results?
for example: Nationwide Select premium $74.99 1Y
Nationwide Select Premium W/e-mail $74.99 1Y
As you can see the lenght of the data is different.
I want to trim text into 10 characters.I am new to excel.
Attached is the sample sheet.
TRIM.xls‎
Need VBA code to trim the last four number from a cell and the result needs to be a date format
Example: ABCDEFG-0605
Result: 06/05
I'm trying to trim all the data in my worksheet in order to prepare it for several steps of further analysis. Running the below code will cause an error that I don't understand. It says:
Runtime error '1004': Application-defined or object-defined error
the code is (error causing line indicated in comments):
PHP
Sub trimAll()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Rows As Long
Dim Column As Long
Dim i As Integer
Rows = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
Column = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count
For i = 1 To Column
Columns(i).Select
Selection.Insert Shift:=xlToRight
ActiveSheet.Range(Cells(1, i), Cells(Number, i)) = "=TRIM(RC[1])" ** ERROR **
Columns(i).Select
Selection.Copy
Columns(i + 1).Select
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:= _
False, Transpose:=False
Columns(i).Select
Selection.Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub