The name of the function and the currency symbol used is based on language parameters of the computer.

If the goal is simply to format a number as Currency, applying a standardnumber formatis a better option.

Video:How to use number formatting.

Excel TEXT function

TEXT

The DOLLAR function is a specialized function to apply Currency formatting only.

TheTEXT functionis a generalized function that does the same thing.

in a text string with the number format of your choice.