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SUBSTITUTE or REPLACE all non-alphanumeric characters

This array formula (CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER) trim any non-alphanumeric characters:

{=TEXTJOIN("";1;MID(D2;ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(D2)))*IFERROR(SEARCH(MID(D2;ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(D2)));1);"-./ 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")>0;LEN(D2)+1);1))}

But I want to substitute/replace this non-alphanumeric characters with simple space, only with regular or array formula. Its possible?

Solution

  • It seems you can use the following:

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    The CSE-entered formula in B1:

    =TRIM(CONCAT(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(MID(A1,ROW(A$1:INDEX(A:A,LEN(A1))),1),"-./ 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")),MID(A1,ROW(A$1:INDEX(A:A,LEN(A1))),1)," ")))

    For ms365 users:

    =LET(X,MID(A1,SEQUENCE(LEN(A1)),1),TRIM(CONCAT(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(X,"-./ 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")),X," "))))

    It will also prevent your formula from being volatile.