So there's a \, and then if you Shift that, there's a | character. Lot of programming languages, and on my keyboard it's right above the Enter key. Weird character, that's called a pipe, and it's used as the “OR” symbol in a Of commas, he has what he calls a weird character. And then he looks at the formula, and instead You're new to formulas but, you know, you don't have to do this every single So he built the formula using function arguments, which is great If It was this little trick where you press Fx and it takes you into functionĪrguments. I have to give Scott credit, Scott was brilliant here, he did this: =VLOOKUP, Why do they think I've finished the formula,Īlright, and so I'll close that, and Scott, There's a problem in this formula.” Oh yeah, there's a problem with this one, I Right arrow key to go over there to choose that table in column F, and it says “Hey, So I'm going toĬreate a little VLOOKUP here, right? =VLOOKUP(A2, and I start to press the The seminar to ask if anyone had any Excel questions, and Scott, he was readyįor me, check this out, this was happening on Scott's computer. I was in my Huntsville, Alabama seminar, walking around before Hey, welcome back to the MrExcel netcast,
If you are reading this page because your list separator changed, please log a comment in the YouTube video below letting me know if you recall changing the list separator or if some other rogue program changed the setting without your knowledge. When you open the file in Excel, you can specify the delimiter as a pipe in the second step of the Text Import Wizard. Alternatively, change the file extension from. That is great advice if (a) you never enter any formulas in Excel and (b) you never open any CSV files with a comma as the list separator.Ī far better solution is this one suggested by Excel MVP Jan-Karel Pietriese. The well-intentioned article suggested changing the list separator from a comma to a pipe so you could open this file by double-clicking. This "CSV" file uses pipe instead of comma
Instead of a comma, the data is separated by a pipe. The bigger question: Who changed the list separator from a comma to a pipe? I've found some articles on the web where the person has a CSV file that does not use commas.
#WHY I CANNOT INSERT EQUATION IN WORD WINDOWS 10#
Windows 10 > Control Panel > Clock, Language and Region > Region: Change date, time or number formats > Additional Settings > Numbers > List SeparatorĬhange the List Separator back to a comma
#WHY I CANNOT INSERT EQUATION IN WORD WINDOWS 7#
Windows 7 > Control Panel > Regional Settings > Additional Settings > List Separator If your decimal separator is a comma, then Excel will use a semi-colon as the list separator.ĭepending on your version of Windows, navigate to: In some countries, the comma and decimal point is reversed.
I asked my MVP friends and the folks in Europe were familiar with the List Separator setting in the Windows Control Panel. To make matters worse, this person was using a small laptop keyboard that did not offer a pipe! Why does Excel now use a | instead of a comma? The VLOOKUP formula will work, but it shows =VLOOKUP(A2|$F$2:$G$13|2|False). Fill in the boxes in Function Arguments and then click OK. To try this, type =VLOOKUP( and then press Ctrl + A. That clever person tried building the VLOOKUP using the Function Arguments dialog. I learned of this problem from a person in my Huntsville Alabama live Power Excel seminar. The tooltip shows a pipe where the commas belong Instead of commas between arguments, the tooltip is showing vertical bar characters. There is an interesting clue that appears in the tooltip while you are typing the formula. Why is there a problem with this formula? I haven't finished typing the formula yet. You start to type =VLOOKUP(A2, when you use the mouse or arrow keys to select the lookup table, Excel beeps with "There is a problem with this formula." Yes! Of course there is a problem with this formula. A bizarre problem today: Suddenly, Excel formulas will no longer accept a comma as the argument separator.
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