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brockloch Groupie Joined: 03 Oct 2010 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 76	Topic: Functions Posted: 21 Dec 2017 at 12:44am
	Hi I'm trying to find a function in Crystal similar to CLEAN in Excel. I have a set of data with some rogue characters in a field, which I can't see but I know they are there! Any help much appreciated. Ed
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 21 Dec 2017 at 3:54am
	I am not aware of any function that replicates it exactly but you can use multiple instances of REPLACE() to remove specific characters and also TRIM() to remove lead and end spaces
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brockloch Groupie Joined: 03 Oct 2010 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 76	Posted: 30 Dec 2017 at 9:33am
	Thanks for your help, I tried TRIM() but it didn't remove the characters. Thanks for your help.
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 02 Jan 2018 at 3:11am
	The multiple uses of REPLACE() would be more for removing the characters in the middle of the string. The trim only removes lead or trail spaces
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brockloch Groupie Joined: 03 Oct 2010 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 76	Posted: 03 Jan 2018 at 10:30pm
	Thanks for this, I tried both but neither were as successful as excel's CLEAN function. Thanks again.
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