DOLLAR() Function Returns Text Value

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q61578
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for OS/2 versions 2.2, 2.21, and 3.0

Use of the DOLLAR() function in Microsoft Excel returns a value that is formatted as text. When trying to use the returned value from a formula using the DOLLAR() function in a worksheet formula, a value of zero is returned.

To sum the values returned by a DOLLAR() function, use an addition formula, such as =A1+A2, where A1 and A2 have text values returned from a formula using the DOLLAR() function.

Numeric values that exist as text, such as ="25", or the text values returned by a formula, such as =DOLLAR(), can be used in formulas that use standard mathematic operators (for example +,-,*, or /) but not in worksheet formulas.

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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