Hi, i am trying to use external data in a simple formula but i get an error #VALUE!
'$10.30 is an example of the data i’m trying to use
if i copy the '$10.30 and paste as special unformatted text, i can use the data in a formula ok, but i need to reference the original data as its updated live.
i think the ’ before the 10.30 is causing the problem. which is only displayed in the top formula bar
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think i sorted it myself with the =right command
Why did you ignore the comment by @ajlittoz?
Do you think anybody might find out what you finally (sorted…myself", and in what way? What’s the =right command? Never heard of it.
@Lupp: the answer was provided before my comment, so @djogy didn’t ignore it. However, I am very curious about the problem: what is external data? which is the formula (probably includes a function expecting numeric instead of text argument)? why does OP need a text data, can’t he bring the $ prefix with cell formatting if computations are later done?
You ask the relevant questions.
(I didn’t check for the posting times, obviously. Sorry!)