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Text function
DOLLAR
Formats a number as currency text.
Rarely usedDifficulty 1000 · CapableUsage rank #136 of 520
When to use it
Formats a number as currency text using the system currency format, rounded to a chosen number of decimals.
The shape of it
- Syntax
=DOLLAR(number, [decimals])
Worked examples
Default
=DOLLAR(1234.567) → $1,234.57
Two decimals by default.
Whole dollars
=DOLLAR(1234.567,0) → $1,235
No decimals.
Negative
=DOLLAR(-5) → ($5.00)
Negatives in parentheses.
Worth knowing
- TEXT with a custom format gives more control and other currencies.
- Negative decimals round to the left: DOLLAR(1234,-2) is $1,200.
- The result is text.
Where it goes wrong
- Uses the system locale's currency, so it changes on another computer.
- Text results do not sum.
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