How To Remove Leading Zeros In Excel

 Value(Trim(Clean(Cell)))

This formula is used to extract the numerical value from a text string in Excel.

The CLEAN function removes all non-printable characters from the text string, including spaces, line breaks, and other non-visible characters. The TRIM function removes any extra spaces from the beginning and end of the cleaned text string.

The VALUE function then converts the resulting cleaned and trimmed text string into a numerical value.

For example, if we have a text string in cell A1 as " 01,234.56 ", then by applying the formula =VALUE(TRIM(CLEAN(A1))) in cell B1, we will get the output as the numerical value 1234.56.

In summary, this formula cleans and trims the text string, and then converts it into a numerical value that can be used for calculations or other purposes.