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How to use the new TEXTAFTER() and TEXTBEFORE() functions in Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel’s new text functions make working with strings a breeze. A common task is to parse or find characters within a delimited string in Microsoft Excel. Fortunately, Excel has several ...
TechRepublic

How to use the new TEXTSPLIT() function in Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel’s new text function TEXTSPLIT() is Excel’s TEXT TO COLUMNS feature in a formula and a bit more. Working with strings in Microsoft Excel is common, whether you’re parsing, concatenating ...
Visual Studio Magazine

4 New T-SQL Functions

SQL Server 2012 was released last April, making it the 11th major release of the product. Every new version has delivered new functionality that should excite developers, and this release is no ...
Visual Studio Magazine

What's So Great About Tuples?

String functions, integer functions ... booorrring! Tuples in C# 7.0 -- let's explore what makes them infinitely more exciting. String functions return a string. Integer functions return an integer.
Embedded

Manipulating C strings safely

A software failure due to an invalid string of characters is common in any software system, but it is a critical one in an embedded software written in C language because it frequently manipulates ...