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How To Use UNICODE() Function in Google Sheets

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Returns the decimal Unicode value of the first character of the text..

How To Actually Use UNICODE() in Sheets

UNICODE(text)

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In cell B1, use the UNICODE formula to find the Unicode value of the first character in cell A1. The result should be a number representing the Unicode value.

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UNICODE works like CODE in Google Sheets. It returns the numeric value of the first character in a string.

  • CHAR turns a number into a character
  • CODE also returns the numeric value of a character

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