There is a power function in Excel, and an exponentiation operator. So your
choices a

=a1*a1
=a1^2
=Power(a1,2)

Does this help?

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Regards,
Fred


"saziz" wrote in message
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Hi,
Is there a built-in command for squaring a number in Excel?
If I have a number say 5 in a cell A1 to do 5 x 5 how would I do it
other than
'=a1 x a1'

Thanks
Aziz


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