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Default What is "--" used for in forumlae

Thanks Mike. Trying to google for "--" really wasn't working (not
surprisingly!)

"Mike H" wrote:

Hi,

It's used to coerce True/False 1 & 0

An excellent explanation here

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html


Mike

"The Cherub" wrote:

I have seen the "--" symbols used in formulae quite a lot on here, but have
no idea what they do. Can anyone shed any light on this?