Deletes user-defined characters, predefined symbol sets, or any substring from every cell in the chosen range while preserving formulas, formatting and data-validation.
- Base URL:
http://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0 - Authentication Method:
JWT (OAuth2, application)Token URL:https://api.aspose.cloud/connect/token - Example
PUT http://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/cells/content/remove/characters
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.
| 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. |
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