Functions: Text Related Functions in Apple iWork Numbers
September 4th, 2007 | by Michael |Text in a spreadsheet is not very useful unless you can do something with it. Fortunately, Numbers provides several functions for working with text.
Here is a quick look at some of the most useful text functions:
CONCATENATE(string1, string2, [string3,…])
Joins strings. Note: You can also use & (Ampersand) to join strings.
Usage:
LEFT(text, [length])
Retrieves the specified number of characters from the left end of a string.
MID(text, start, length)
Extracts characters from a string starting at a specified position.
RIGHT(text, [length])
Retrieves the specified number of characters from the right end of a string.
Usage:
There are many other text related functions which you can reference in the Numbers documentation.
Keep exploring!
