September 2011
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The ARABIC function converts a text string that contains a Roman numeral into an Arabic number. Roman numerals range from 0 to 3999. It is hard to find them in mainstream use nowadays as the Arabic numbers are much more expressive.
The TV and movie industries use Roman numerals to conceal the age of the material they are showing.
Here is an example of the use of the ARABIC function:
=ARABIC(“MMXI”)
returns 2011.
Figure 9-1. Sample result of the ARABIC function
See also the section on the ROMAN function.
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