Using formulas with german format in Excel?
I use formulas in excel, and I have noticed a weird behavior using a German cell format.
- In excel, select A1 an set its format to: (regional) German, Versicherungsnachweis-Nr.
- Type "=SUM(B1:B3)" in A1. I used SUM in this example but the result is the same for anything starting with "=".
The behavior I get is that A1 is shown as a string. The format adds "[ ]", so the cell is read as "[=SUM(B1:B3)]", even though the content really starts with "=".
I have found absolutely nothing related to this on the internet, how can I have Excel to recognize the cell as a formula?
Solution
The Versicherungsnachweis-Nr. format is translated to this:
Range("A1").NumberFormat = "\[@\]"
which forces the formula inside to act as a string. Thus, the formula is not evaluated. If you want it to be evaluated, change the format to general, and concatenate the two [ and ]:
="["&SUMME(C1:C3)&"]"
=SUM() in German is =SUMME(). See this for a reference of all German formulas:
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