Converts a dollar price expressed as a fraction into a dollar price expressed as a decimal number. Use DOLLARDE to convert fractional dollar numbers, such as securities prices, to decimal numbers.

Syntax

DOLLARDE(fractional_dollar,fraction)

Fractional_dollar is a number expressed as a fraction.

Fraction is the integer to use in the denominator of the fraction.

Remarks

Example

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Formula Description (Result)
=DOLLARDE(1.02,16) Converts 1.02, read as 1 and 2/16, to a decimal number (1.125)
=DOLLARDE(1.1,32) Converts 1.1, read as 1 and 10/32, to a decimal number (1.3125)


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