Description

DOLLAR is a text function in Excel. Having two arguments where first argument number is mandatory while second argument decimals is optional. It’s default value is 2 and if you use negative sign, the number is rounded to the left of the decimal sign. DOLLAR converts the number in $#,##0.00_);($#,##0.00) format, currency symbol may change based on your local settings

Syntax

DOLLAR(number, [decimals])

Example

  1. DOLLAR Excel function converted the number to text in currency format.
  2. DOLLAR Excel function converted the number to text in currency format and rounded off as second argument is 0.
  3. DOLLAR Excel function converted the number to text in currency format and rounded off to one digit left to the decimal as second argument is -1.
  4. DOLLAR Excel function converted the number to text in currency format and rounded off to two digit left to the decimal as second argument is -1.
  5. SUM of the numbers is 0 as DOLLAR has converted the number to text.

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