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How to Use the VALUE Function in Microsoft Excel

Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number. This can be hard-coded inside double quotes or a reference to a cell ...
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MS Excel - Test if a value exists in a multiple column array?

Example: I have a 5 x 5 array of data with names of animals in it. I have another cell with "monkey" written in it. Is there a way I can write a formula to test whether or not "monkey" exists in the ...