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JChapman-Cohen
Mar 29, 2023Copper Contributor
Formulas with apostrophe
Hi, I am doing an excel training course and literally copying the formula word for word. Any formula that involves apostrophe comes back as an error. Why is this when it matches what is in my ex...
HansVogelaar
Mar 29, 2023MVP
You are supposed to use double quotes " instead of two single quotes ' (apostrophes) next to each other.
=DATEVALUE("12-3-1987")
- JChapman-CohenMar 30, 2023Copper Contributor
HansVogelaar Ah ha!!!! thank you! What a simple mistake but that answered has fixed so many formula issues i was having! thank you so much.