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Norman_Harker
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Mar 09, 2021
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Union intersect operator. "," (comma)

Does anyone know if in EU and Indonesian versions of Excel, whether the Union intersect operator is a comma or ; (semi-colon). Support.Microsoft.com, as usual, doesn't make a mention on the issue of...
  • HansVogelaar's avatar
    Mar 09, 2021

    Norman_Harker 

    If you use comma as decimal separator:

    \ separates columns in an array

    ; separates rows in an array.

    For example, ={1\2\3;4\5\6} results in

     

     

    ; is the union operator: =SUM(A1:A2;C2:D2) is the sum of A1, A2, C2 and D2.

    space is the intersect operator: =SUM(D1:F1 E1:E2) is the sum of the cells in the intersection of D1:F1 and E1:E2 (i.e. cell E1).

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