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List of string functions

String functions
Name Description
Add extra characters Adds extra characters (padding) on the left or on the right of the original value to match an expected size
Calculate length Extracts the number of digits from a value (23562 -> 5)
Change to lower case Converts all of the cell text in this column to lower case
Change to title case Converts the text content from this column to title case (i.e. "this is an example" -> "This Is an Example")
Change to upper case Converts all of the cell text in this column to UPPER case (capitalize)
Contains text Checks if the cell contains the specified value
Convert character width Converts the character width to half or full width, or normalize strings
Extract a value by index Extracts part of the text (substring) to a new column
Generate unique identifier (UUID) Generates a unique identifier for each row of the column
Match pattern Creates a new column with true or false depending on whether the value matches a given pattern
Match similar text Creates a new column with true or false depending on whether the value is less than or equals the Levenshtein distance of a given value
Remove all non alpha numeric characters Cleans values that contain unexpected characters by removing all characters that are not 0-9, Aa-Zz, and accented letters. Whitespaces are kept.

For example, T=+Âl**€en#d$ 20%1,7 will become TÂlend 2017.

Remove all non numeric characters Cleans numeric values by removing all characters that are not 0-9. Decimal separators and whitespaces are kept.

For example, T=+Âl**€en#d$ 20%1,7 will become 201,7.

Remove consecutive characters Removes consecutive repeated characters
Remove part of the text Removes specified text from cells in this column
Remove trailing and leading characters Removes trailing and leading spaces or other specified characters (i.e. trim)
Search and replace Replaces cells or parts of cells which contain a specific value
Simplify text (remove case, accent, etc.) Simplifies the content of the column by putting it in lower case, removing accents, normalizing using NFKD, splitting combined characters and trimming the whole string.

For example, François becomes francois.

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