Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.
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The top 5 Excel formulas for students

Microsoft Excel is an undisputed king when it comes to working with numbers and data. Whether you're a student or a working ...
Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of functions like LEFT, RIGHT, MID, and FIND, leading to some confusing ...
Have you ever stared at a massive spreadsheet, overwhelmed by the chaos of mixed data—names, IDs, codes—all crammed into single cells? It’s a common frustration for anyone managing large datasets in ...