Text manipulation

The process of altering, parsing, or transforming character strings to facilitate Data Cleaning, data-extraction, and data-formatting.

Core Techniques

• regular-expressions (Regex): Utilizing pattern-matching syntax to identify, isolate, or modify complex string sequences.
• String Parsing: Deconstructing text into constituent, identifiable components.
• Pattern Substitution: Replacing identified substrings with new values based on defined criteria.

Tools & Applications

Microsoft Excel

• Native integration of regular-expressions via new specialized functions:
  • REGEXEXTRACT: Streamlines data-extraction by pulling specific patterns from unstructured cells.
  • REGEXREPLACE: Enables efficient Data Cleaning and pattern-based text replacement/formatting.
• Reference: 2026 04 22 Excels REGEX Functions Efficient Data Extraction Cleaning and Formatting

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