What are common string transformation operations?

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Common string transformation operations include cleaning, standardizing, and manipulating text fields.
Trimming removes leading and trailing spaces from values.
Changing case converts text to Upper, Lower, or Proper case.
Replacing or substituting corrects typos or standardizes abbreviations.
Splitting separates a column into multiple parts, e.g., First Name and Last Name.
Concatenation merges multiple columns into one, like Full Name.
Extracting substrings picks specific characters, e.g., area code from phone.
Removing special characters or punctuation for uniformity.
Padding adds leading zeros to numeric text fields.
These operations ensure consistent, clean, and analysis-ready text data.

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