converts text in given base to number · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

signature

DECIMAL(text, radix)

returns: number

argument	required
text	required
radix	required

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

errors

error values observed from the engine — each with a call that produces it.

error	produced by
#VALUE!	=DECIMAL("alpha", 2)

related

• ABS returns absolute value of a number
• ACOS returns arccosine of a number
• ACOSH returns inverse hyperbolic cosine
• ACOT returns the arccotangent of a number
• ACOTH returns the inverse hyperbolic cotangent
• ADD adds two numbers — sheets exposes the + operator as a function