Deletes user-defined characters, predefined symbol sets, or any substring from every cell in the chosen range while preserving formulas, formatting and data-validation.
PUT http://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/cells/content/remove/characters
Function Description
RemoveCustomText performs precise, position-based or pattern-based deletion inside the supplied range while preserving formulas, formatting and data-validation. Removal modes - CustomChars – delete each character supplied in customCharacters (case-insensitive by default) - CharacterSet – pick a built-in set: - NonPrinting – ASCII 0-31 + 127,129,141,143,144,157 (line-breaks, etc.) - Text – all letters A-Z / a-z - Numeric – all digits 0-9 - Symbols – math, geometric, technical, currency, letter-like symbols (?, ™, 1, …) - Punctuation – any punctuation mark - Substring – remove the entire substring specified in substring (case-sensitive option available) Options - caseSensitive – affects Substring mode and CustomChars when enabled - Empty result is allowed; if every character is removed the cell becomes blank(empty string). - Numbers, booleans, errors are skipped; only string-type cell values are touched.- Returns the count of modified cells and the updated workbook stream.
The request parameters of removeCharacters API are:
| Parameter Name | Type | Path/Query String/HTTPBody | Description |
| :- | :- | :- |:- |
|Spreadsheet|File|FormData|Upload spreadsheet file.|
|removeTextMethod|String|Query|Specify the removal of text method type.|
|characterSets|String|Query|Specify the character sets.|
|removeCustomValue|String|Query|Specify the remove custom value.|
|caseSensitive|Boolean|Query||
|worksheet|String|Query|Specify the worksheet of spreadsheet.|
|range|String|Query|Specify the worksheet range of spreadsheet.|
|outPath|String|Query|(Optional) The folder path where the workbook is stored. The default is null.|
|outStorageName|String|Query|Output file Storage Name.|
|region|String|Query|The spreadsheet region setting.|
|password|String|Query|The password for opening spreadsheet file.|
Response Description
{
File
}
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