The MID and MIDB functions in Excel return a specific number of characters from a text string starting at the position you specify.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions with examples how to extract a substring in Excel using various text functions.

It is very easy to dissect the contents of a cell in Excel using the functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT. All three functions are easy to learn.

You can also use the Right function, where you tell Excel to delete the numbers on the left and keep the numbers on the right.

Microsoft Excel's Clean function strips nonprintable characters from cell text. These nonprintable characters constitute the first 32 characters of the 7-bit ASCI code, which houses the 128 text ...