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Description
The KEEPTEXT function is used to extract only the non-numeric characters from a given string. This is useful when you want to clean up a string by removing all numeric characters.
Syntax
KEEPTEXT(text)
The KEEPTEXT function syntax has the following argument:
- text - Required. The text string from which you want to extract non-numeric characters.
Example
| Formula | Description | Result |
| =KEEPTEXT("abc123def456") | Extracts text from the string "abc123def456" | abcdef |
| =KEEPTEXT("Order #7890") | Extracts text from the string "Order #7890" | Order # |
Errors
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