press ctrl/shift/1 on that cell. Seems like yuo have it formatted as Fill.
ctrl/shift/1 formats it as General.
HTH
Bob Umlas
ExceL MVP

"William Wolfe" wrote in message
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I implemented the function MAX(C136:D136) to get the maximum value of these
two cells. Each cell has a formula that resolves to a number. What I get
is the max value concatenated three times.

Any ideas??

W. Wolfe