Ifdecimalsis negative,numberwill be rounded to the left of the decimal point.Decimalsis optional and defaults to 2.

Theno_commasargument is a Boolean that controls whether commas will be added to the result.No_commasis optional and defaults to FALSE.

Topreventcommas, setno_commasto TRUE.

Excel TEXT function

Video:How to use number formatting.

The example below shows how the output from thePI functioncan be trimmed by FIXED:

FIXED vs.

TEXT

The FIXED function is a specialized function to apply Number formatting only.

Excel DOLLAR function

TheTEXT functionis a generalized function that does the same thing in a more flexible way.

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

DOLLAR Function

The Excel DOLLAR function converts a number to text using the Currency number format.

The TEXT function can do the same thing, and is much more versatile.