Arithmetic Operator

Types Meaning Example

+ (plus sign) Addition 350
Subtraction 150
– (minus sign)
Negative Numbers -250
* (asterisk) Multiplication 25000
/ (forward slash) Division 2.5
% (percent sign) Percent 5
^ (caret) Exponentiation 16

Comparison Operator
Types Meaning Example
= (equal sign) Equal to 0
> (greater than sign) Greater than 1
< (less than sign) Less than 0
>= (greater than or equal to sign) Greater than or equal to 1
<= (less than or equal to sign) Less than or equal to 1
<> (not equal to sign) Not equal to 0

Text Concatenation Operator

Types Meaning Example
Connects, or concatenates,
two values to produce one 3strings
continuous text value
This example inserts a space
character between the two
& (ampersand)
words. The space character is
The force is with you
specified by enclosing a space
in opening and closing
quotation marks (" ").

Reference Operator
Types Meaning Example
Range operator, which
produces one reference to all
: (colon) the cells between two
references, including the two
references 1300
Union operator, which

; (semicolon) combines multiple references 1008

into one reference

Intersection operator, which
returns a reference to the
cells common to the ranges in
(space) the formula. In this example, 10
 Intersection operator, which
returns a reference to the
cells common to the ranges in
(space) the formula. In this example, 10
cell G38 is found in both
ranges, so it is the
intersection.

Operator precedence
OPERATOR DESCRIPTION
: (colon)
(single space) Reference operators
, (comma)
– Negation (as in –1)
% Percent
Exponentiation (raising to a
^
power)
* and / Multiplication and division
+ and – Addition and subtraction
Connects two strings of text
&
(concatenation)
=
<>
<= Comparison
>=
<>
Column 1 Column 2
250 100
250 100
250
250 100
250 100
250 2
2 4

Column 1 Column 2
250 100
250 100
250 100
250 150
250 250
10 10

Column 1 Column 2

3 strings

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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

250 100 200 300 450

250 1 1
250 1 1
250 1 1
250 1 1
26
45
 23
44
8 9 10 11 12
48
12
21
21