Adding Thousand Separators (FIXED)

Syntax: FIXED(Number; Decimal_Places; No_Commas)

The FIXED function converts the given number into comma-separated text format. For example:

=FIXED(1000000; 2)

returns 1,000,000.00 unless you put 1 as the third argument to switch commas off.

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Figure 10-3. Sample result of the FIXED function

The second argument, decimal_places, is used to specify the number of decimal places. For an idea on how to use this function, see DOLLAR.

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