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Antonio Vernucci wrote:
But give A1 any non-zero value and see what happen.


It appears that EXCEL uses the Microsoft BASIC engine
for its calculations. Those problems are well understood
by BASIC users. Hint: use more parentheses.
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It appears that EXCEL uses the Microsoft BASIC engine
for its calculations. Those problems are well understood
by BASIC users. Hint: use more parentheses.


Yes, that is what I normally do.

Anyway it is good to keep in mind that:

- for Excel: (-2^2 + 8) = 12

- for Visual Basic: (-2^2 + 8) = 4

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Cecil Moore wrote:
Antonio Vernucci wrote:
But give A1 any non-zero value and see what happen.


It appears that EXCEL uses the Microsoft BASIC engine
for its calculations. Those problems are well understood
by BASIC users. Hint: use more parentheses.



More Cowbell maybe?

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