CODE is a function in Excel that extracts numeric values from text. You can use CODE to convert text to numbers, and to format text as numbers. The CODE function has the following syntax: CODE(text)
CODE is a function in Excel that converts text to a number. The syntax is CODE(text), where text is the text you want to convert to a number.
One way to use CODE in Excel is to use it to return the position of a character in a text string. For example, the following formula would return the position of the first occurrence of the letter "a" in the text string "apple":
=CODE("apple")
The following formula would return the position of the first occurrence of the letter "e" in the text string "apple":
=CODE("apple")
The following formula would return the position of the first occurrence of the letter "o" in the text string "apple":
=CODE("apple")
The following formula would return the position of the first occurrence of the letter "t" in the text string "apple":
=CODE("apple")
There are a few occasions when you should not use CODE in Excel. One is when you are working with a large data set. CODE can be slow to run on large data sets, so you may want to use a different function, like VLOOKUP, instead. Another time you should not use CODE is when you are trying to match text that is not in alphabetical order. In these cases, you may want to use the SEARCH function instead.
FORMULATE in Excel is similar to CODE in that they are both formulae that allow you to hide data. FORMULATE is used to hide data in a single cell, while CODE can be used to hide data in a range of cells. Both FORMULATE and CODE are used to protect data from being seen or edited by other users.
