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* Excel: using {{kbd | key=RIGHT}}<ref>[http://office.microsoft.com/zh-tw/excel-help/HP010342854.aspx RIGHT、RIGHTB 函數 - Excel - Office.com]</ref> + {{kbd | key=LEN}}<ref>[http://office.microsoft.com/zh-tw/excel-help/HP010342650.aspx LEN、LENB 函數 - Excel - Office.com]</ref> functions <ref>[http://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/560-excel-remove-character-from-string.html How to remove first, last or certain characters from text in Excel?]</ref>
* Excel: using {{kbd | key=RIGHT}}<ref>[http://office.microsoft.com/zh-tw/excel-help/HP010342854.aspx RIGHT、RIGHTB 函數 - Excel - Office.com]</ref> + {{kbd | key=LEN}}<ref>[http://office.microsoft.com/zh-tw/excel-help/HP010342650.aspx LEN、LENB 函數 - Excel - Office.com]</ref> functions <ref>[http://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/560-excel-remove-character-from-string.html How to remove first, last or certain characters from text in Excel?]</ref>
* Excel: if the text length will be removed was fixed, you may try to use {{kbd | key=REPLACE}}<ref>[http://office.microsoft.com/zh-tw/excel-help/HP010342844.aspx REPLACE、REPLACEB 函數 - Excel - Office.com]</ref> + {{kbd | key=LEN}} functions ([http://bit.ly/1i2tsgk demo])
* Excel: if the text length will be removed was fixed, you may try to use {{kbd | key=REPLACE}}<ref>[http://office.microsoft.com/zh-tw/excel-help/HP010342844.aspx REPLACE、REPLACEB 函數 - Excel - Office.com]</ref> + {{kbd | key=LEN}} functions ([http://bit.ly/1i2tsgk demo])
== related pages ==
Data modeling: [[Data type]]


== references ==
== references ==

Revision as of 09:53, 5 May 2014

is null

Finds whether a variable is NULL

  • PHP is_null
  • Google spreadsheet:
    • ISERR(value) " value - The value to be verified as an error type other than #N/A." ex: #NULL!
    • If the cell value is exactly NULL not #NULL!, You may use EXACT(value, "NULL")
  • MySQL SQL syntax: SELECT * FROM table WHERE column IS NULL;[1] demo

Finds whether a variable is NOT NULL

  • MySQL SQL syntax: SELECT * FROM table WHERE column IS NOT NULL; demo


check if field value was not fulfilled: NULL, empty value

Icon_exclaim.gif NOT include those data which its field value fulfilled with default value automatically

(demo on sqlfiddle)

  1. NULL value: SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name IS NULL;
  2. empty value: SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE LENGTH(TRIM( column_name )) = 0; Icon_exclaim.gif SQL query with the condition SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name IS NOT NULL includes empty value

check if field contains value

  1. MySQL: SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE LENGTH(TRIM( column_name )) != 0; demo

outlier

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data handling

remove first, last or certain characters from text

  • Excel: using RIGHT[2] + LEN[3] functions [4]
  • Excel: if the text length will be removed was fixed, you may try to use REPLACE[5] + LEN functions (demo)

related pages

Data modeling: Data type

references