Similar and Alternative Excel Functions to LEFT
Categories- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢2Pros ✅Simple To Use, Consistent, Efficient and ReliableCons ❌Limited To Characters Only, No Pattern Matching, Only Right Side and Fixed Length📈 is more versatile than LEFT⚙ performs better than LEFT⭐ is rated higher than LEFT
- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢2Pros ✅Simple Text Combining, Clear Syntax, Simple To Use and Flexible Text CombinationCons ❌No Automatic Formatting, Limited To Text, Limited To Text Only and No Delimiter Options📈 is more versatile than LEFT⚙ performs better than LEFT
- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢1Pros ✅Automatic Capitalization, Consistent Formatting, Easy Formatting and ConsistentCons ❌Struggles With Special Characters, Limited Flexibility and Limited Formatting Options
- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢1Pros ✅Space Normalization, Clean Data and EfficientCons ❌Single Spaces Only & No Special Character Handling⚙ performs better than LEFT⭐ is rated higher than LEFT
- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢3 🟢Pros ✅Multiple Replacements, Case Sensitive and PreciseCons ❌Requires Exact Match & Complex Syntax🔢 needs fewer arguments than LEFT📈 is more versatile than LEFT⭐ is rated higher than LEFT
- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢3 🟢Pros ✅Precise Text Extraction & Simple ParametersCons ❌Fixed Length Extraction Only & Starts Counting At 1🔢 needs fewer arguments than LEFT
- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢1Pros ✅Simple Text Conversion & Consistent ResultsCons ❌Only Works With Text & No Smart Capitalization⚙ performs better than LEFT
- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ComparisonRequired Arguments Count 🔢2Pros ✅Precise Text Comparison & Case SensitiveCons ❌Only Returns TRUE/FALSE & No Partial Matching⚙ performs better than LEFT
- Function Category 📊TextOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢1Pros ✅Simple To Use & ReliableCons ❌Limited To Length Only & Counts Spaces⚙ performs better than LEFT
- Function Category 📊MathematicalOperation Type 🔧ManipulationRequired Arguments Count 🔢2Pros ✅Easy To Use For Basic Text Searches & Case-Sensitive Search CapabilityCons ❌Limited To Text Strings Only & Returns Error If Text Not Found📈 is more versatile than LEFT
- RIGHT belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. RIGHT performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. RIGHT needs 2 required arguments 👉 LEFT needs same number of arguments as RIGHT.
- CONCATENATE belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. CONCATENATE performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. CONCATENATE needs 2 required arguments 👉 LEFT needs same number of arguments as CONCATENATE.
- PROPER belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. PROPER performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. PROPER needs 1 required arguments 👎 LEFT needs fewer arguments than PROPER.
- TRIM belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. TRIM performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. TRIM needs 1 required arguments 👎 LEFT needs fewer arguments than TRIM.
- SUBSTITUTE belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. SUBSTITUTE performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. SUBSTITUTE needs 3 required arguments 👍 SUBSTITUTE needs fewer arguments than LEFT.
- MID belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. MID performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. MID needs 3 required arguments 👍 MID needs fewer arguments than LEFT.
- UPPER belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. UPPER performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. UPPER needs 1 required arguments 👎 LEFT needs fewer arguments than UPPER.
- EXACT belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. EXACT performs Comparison operations. EXACT needs 2 required arguments 👉 LEFT needs same number of arguments as EXACT.
- LEN belongs to the Text category. 👉 undefined. LEN performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. LEN needs 1 required arguments 👎 LEFT needs fewer arguments than LEN.
- FIND belongs to the Mathematical category. FIND performs Manipulation operations. 👉 undefined. FIND needs 2 required arguments 👉 LEFT needs same number of arguments as FIND.