After getting familiar with basic operations like adding rows in Excel, next, you need to get familiar with basic functions. TEXT function in Excel helps you convert a number to text according to the given format. The article below will help you understand more about its syntax and how to use it.
TEXT Function Syntax
How to Use TEXT Function in Excel - Illustrated Examples
Syntax: TEXT(number,format)
Where:
- number: the number to be converted
- format: the predefined format, which can be numeric or date.
Illustrative Example: Consider the spreadsheet below and perform the following conversion requests:
Number Format: In cell E5, enter the formula to convert to number format, we get the result
Currency Format: In cell E6, enter the formula to convert to currency format, we get the result
Date Format
Percentage Format
- Note
- When you use the Text function for conversion, the results of the converted cells will not be calculated as numbers.
In addition to the TEXT function, there are other common functions in Excel such as the HLOOKUP function, the Number Format function that you can explore further to enhance your Excel knowledge.
- See also: Number Format function