TEXT Function In Excel

The TEXT function in Excel is in the TEXT function category under the Formulas tab.

TEXT function might not be working due to the following reasons:

The format_text argument value is not in double-quotes.

For example, suppose we enter the required TEXT() formula in the target cell as:

=TEXT(B2,# ???/???)

Then, the function will throw an error.

Instead, the correct way of entering the second argument in the TEXT() is:

=TEXT(B2,”# ???/???”)

We do not use the required region-specific dates and time format in the TEXT().

For example, the format code m/d/yyyy will work for Americans. But if the users in France work on Excel with French as the preferred language, then using the format code m/d/yyyy in the TEXT() will throw an error.

It is because, in French, the day, month, and year equivalents are jour, mois, and an.

And thus, the correct format code we need to use in France is m/j/aaaa to make the TEXT() work.

The TEXT function in Excel is that we can change a numeric value into text and format it to modify how it appears in a spreadsheet. And using TEXT(), we can join numbers with text and symbols, thus making them more readable.