Excel TEXT Function

Text Function ยท Intermediate Level

What is TEXT?

Converts a number to text with a specified format. Essential for displaying numbers, dates, and currencies in custom formats.

Syntax

=TEXT(value, format_text)

Example

Formula: =TEXT(A1, \

Result: $1,234.56

How It Works

Formats the number in A1 as currency with thousand separators and 2 decimal places. TEXT is crucial when concatenating formatted numbers with text strings.

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