匹配Excel电子表格单元格的第一个和最后一个字符

Question

I have a spreadsheet with addresses. Sometimes, those addresses are encapsulated in double-quotes. I created a formula that I thought would work, but it isn't removing the double-quotes. Obviously, it isn't matching the logic.

Sample Data:

"194 Notch Ln."

My formula:

=IF(AND(RIGHT(A1)=""", LEFT(A1)="""), MID(A1, 1, LEN(A1)-1), A1)

Is there an issue with my formula? Excel didn't throw up any errors. I read that enclosing a double-quote in double-quotes would escape it (I'm using to "\\"" in PHP).

Answer 1

You should double your quotes within the quotes. So instead of """ , use """" .

Also, Excel strings are one-based, so to grab the second character through the next-to-last character, do this:

=IF(AND(RIGHT(A1)="""", LEFT(A1)=""""), MID(A1, 2, LEN(A1)-2), A1)

You need to subtract 2 from the length of the string to account for the removed quotes.

And as @jbarker2160 pointed out, SUBSTITUTE may work better for this:

=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"""","")

Answer 2

Double双引号，使用：'= IF（AND（RIGHT（A1,1）=“”“”，LEFT（A1,1）=“”“”）= TRUE，MID（A1，2，LEN（A1）- 2），A1）'。

Answer 3

Or you could just use wild card characters as so:

 =IF(COUNTIF(H10,"*"&"Notch"&"*"),1,0)

You could replace "Notch" with a cell reference. "COUNTIF" will correctly evaluate the wildcards but "IF" by itself doesn't. This avoids having to remove the quotes, you could use the data as is depending on what you're trying to do downstream.