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Default What does -- symbol mean in an excel formulae eg: SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10="Luke Skywalker"),--(B1:B10="West"),D1:D10)

Hi,

Am Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:48:28 -0700 (PDT) schrieb :

Consider the formulae =SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10="Luke Skywalker"),--(B1:B10="West"),D1:D10)

What does -- mean in front of --(A1:A10="Luke Skywalker")
and --(B1:B10="West")


-- changes TRUE to 1 and FALSE to 0 so that SUMPRODUCT can calculate the
values. You can see it if you select a cell with that formula and choose
Formula = Formula auditing


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Claus B.
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