What does the ^ symbol mean in an Excel cell?

P

Plasticman

I have a user who keeps seeing the ^ symbol in his Excel cells and he wants
to know what it means.

Thanks,

Steve
 
J

JE McGimpsey

It indicates exponentiation, e.g., 2^3 = (2*2*2) = 8

See XL's Help ("Calculation operators in formulas") for more
 
N

Noob Jedi

I have a user who keeps seeing the ^ symbol in his Excel cells and he wants
to know what it means.

Thanks,

Steve
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I thought it was "to the power" for exponential functions.
 
P

Plasticman

Thanks JE!
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Steve
Systems Administrator
PSI


JE McGimpsey said:
It indicates exponentiation, e.g., 2^3 = (2*2*2) = 8

See XL's Help ("Calculation operators in formulas") for more
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