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How to Use the VALUE Function in Microsoft Excel

Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

Struggling with Excel Formula Errors? This Guide Has the Answers

Fix Excel formulas that won’t spill! Learn how to troubleshoot #VALUE errors caused by Analysis ToolPak functions and improve your workflow.
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This tiny symbol in Excel changes everything (and most people ignore it)

The @ symbol can also appear in regular formulas outside of tables when Excel thinks you're trying to reference a single value from a range. If you see it pop up unexpectedly, it usually means Excel ...
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Excel formula help: converting bond prices into decimals

Hello all. I've been working on this for awhile but I'm stumped and putting this out to 'The Hive'. I have a report that prices bonds in the old tick format (i.e 101-10 for 101 and 10/32nds). When in ...