Simple Question

This might seem like an odd question but I have not been able to find the
answer before.

I have been getting sent quite a lot of spreadsheets and it has formula in
it that look something like this:

=+A2*A3

If I was doing this formula I would miss out the + sign, what does the plus
sign in this formula actually do.

Thanks for any info...

The "+" can be omitted.
IIRC, it's a carry over habit for ex-Lotus users
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This might seem like an odd question but I have not been able to find the
> answer before.
>
> I have been getting sent quite a lot of spreadsheets and it has formula in
> it that look something like this:
>
> =+A2*A3
>
> If I was doing this formula I would miss out the + sign, what does the
plus
> sign in this formula actually do.
>
> Thanks for any info...

Thanks for that!

"Max" wrote:

> The "+" can be omitted.
> IIRC, it's a carry over habit for ex-Lotus users
> --
> Max
> Singapore
> http://savefile.com/projects/236895
> xdemechanik
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> "Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > This might seem like an odd question but I have not been able to find the
> > answer before.
> >
> > I have been getting sent quite a lot of spreadsheets and it has formula in
> > it that look something like this:
> >
> > =+A2*A3
> >
> > If I was doing this formula I would miss out the + sign, what does the
> plus
> > sign in this formula actually do.
> >
> > Thanks for any info...
>
>
>

You're welcome !
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Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for that!