CLEAN function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

CLEAN

Removes the non-printable characters from a given text string.

 

Syntax

 

CLEAN(text)
text: The text from which you want to remove all non-printable characters.

 

Remarks

  • The CLEAN function removes the first 32 non-printable characters in the 7-bit ASCII code from the given input.


Examples

 

Input

Result

="Zoho"&CHAR(7)&"Sheet"

ZohoSheet

Line
Break

LineBreak


Get a hands-on experience of the function in the embedded range below.


   

Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.

 

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