using the Clean Command

[msfire3]

I have run the Clean command to remove the non-printable characters in my spreadsheet, but where the non-printable character was it should be a space there to separate the addresses. Is there a way to be able to say remove the non-printable character and put a space in its place?

 

[Ekim]

I’m not sure of the character code for a non-printing character. However, if you have say a breaking space - char(10) – you can eliminate it with:

=SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(10)," ")
where A1 contains your string.

You need to do the above type of formula before you run Clean (you may not have to run Clean at all).

To determine the character code of each item in a string (including spaces etc.), download the free CellView add-in from http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CellView.htm

When you install this add in, it will add an item to your View menu called "View Cell Contents". Simple select your text, and then click the View Cell Contents button.

HTH

Mike

 

[msfire3]

Thank you Mike that works good, but I see there is two non-printable characters in some of the addresses. How would I add another number to the command?

 

[Ekim]

Nest the Substitute function like this:

=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,Char(???)," "),Char(???)," ")

Replace the “???” with the code for the non-printing characters.

You can have up to 7 nested Substitutes.

Regards,

Mike