Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

Have you ever found yourself wrestling with Excel formulas, trying to extract the right data from a massive spreadsheet, only to end up frustrated by errors or limitations? If so, you’re not alone.

Excel has a wide range of useful built-in functions, but that doesn't mean you should use them indiscriminately. One of the things you can do when Excel is lagging is examine certain formulas to ...