 Basically, a sequence of characters  Character? › Like… a letter › Or a number › Or even blank space

 Anything can be interpreted as a string regardless of format  In an expression (formula) string must be inside double quotes! › “this is a string” and this is not a string. › Remember to beware cut and paste

Each character has a position HIMOM

 A substring is also a String  A substring is a part of another string › “cake” is a substring of “birthday cake” › so are “day”, “thd”, and “y cake” › “they” is not, neither is “hello” or “dude”

 LEFT – leftmost characters  RIGHT – rightmost characters  MID – characters in the middle  Exercise

 Finds the length of a String  One of the most important functions  Relationship between length and position?

 Operations on Strings such as: › Searching › Replacing › Concatenating › Converting

Click the function button Select Text  They actually mean String, but whatever  List of handy functions and other goodies

 Find – case sensitive search › Cake ≠ cake  Search – non-case sensitive search › Cake = cake  Example: › Look for UNC

 Huh? › It means combining two or more things into one thing  & Anything can be concatenated › “awe” & “some” = “awesome” › Whitespace only matters inside quotes  “a”&“b” same as “a” & “b”  “a ” & “b” NOT the same as “a” & “b”

 Also a function called concatenate  Same thing as &  Can use either  Same as SUM or +  Exercise: › Concatenate two names and a blank or comma