Finds and removes repeated substrings inside every cell of the chosen range, using user-defined or preset delimiters, while preserving formulas, formatting and data-validation.
PUT http://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/cells/content/remove/duplicate-substrings
Function Description
How duplicates are detected 1. Each cell value is split into substrings by the chosen delimiter(s). 2. The tool compares substrings within the same cell and keeps only the first occurrence of each duplicate. 3. Cleaned substrings are re-joined with the same delimiter(s) and written back to the cell. Delimiter options - Preset list: comma, semicolon, space, tab, line-break - Custom – enter any character(s); multiple characters are treated as one composite delimiter - TreatConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne – collapse adjacent delimiters into a single separator Only string-type cells are processed; numbers, booleans and formulas are converted to string before splitting (formulas are dropped). Returns the count of cleaned cells and the updated workbook stream.
The request parameters of removeDuplicateSubstrings API are:
| Parameter Name | Type | Path/Query String/HTTPBody | Description |
| :- | :- | :- |:- |
|Spreadsheet|File|FormData|Upload spreadsheet file.|
|delimiters|String|Query|comma, semicolon, space, tab, line-break |
|treatConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne|Boolean|Query|collapse adjacent delimiters into a single separator.|
|caseSensitive|Boolean|Query||
|worksheet|String|Query||
|range|String|Query||
|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|Spreadsheet region/language setting (e.g., en-US, fr-FR). Influences number formatting, date parsing, and locale‑specific behavior.|
|password|String|Query|The password for opening spreadsheet file.|
Response Description
{
File
}
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