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Chapter : 5.4 Handling Operators
Topic : 5.4.1 Handling Operators
Handling Operators
Excel allows the user to use formulae to calculate and analyze data in their
worksheet.
A formula uses the values in cells to perform operations such as addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division.
Formulas need mathematical operators such as (+, - , *, /) and can use the cell
reference or cell names for referring to the contents of a cell.
A formula always begins with an equal (=) sign.
Excel allows the user to use formulae to calculate and analyze data in their
worksheet.
There are four types of operators.
Arithmetic operators
Comparison operators
Text operator
Reference operators
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Arithmetic operator
These are used to perform basic mathematical operations, and to combine
numeric values to produce numeric result.
FIG 5.12: Arithmetic operators
Comparison operators
These are used to compare two values and produce a logical result either
True or False, 0 (Zero) or 1 (one). The following are the Logical operators.
FIG 5.13: Comparison operators
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Text operator
This operator joins two or more text values to produce a single combined text
value.
Text formulas use the ampersand (&) operator to work with text cells, text
strings enclosed in quotation marks, and text function results.
Operator Name Example Result
& ampersand ="soft"&"ware" software
FIG 5.14: Text operator
Reference operators
The reference operators combine two cell references or ranges to create a
single joint reference.
FIG 5.15: Reference operators
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