# ARABIC

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## Content



This function converts the specified Roman value to an Arabic value.

## Syntax

ARABIC(*text*)

## Arguments

For the argument, a string enclosed in quotation marks or a reference to the cell (posessing text value only) can be specified.

## Remarks

In this function, specifying the text in lower case or upper case doesn't matter because the case of the argument (supplied as a *text value)* is ignored.

## Data Types

Accepts string data. Returns numeric data.

## Examples

`ARABIC("XIXI")` gives the result 20
`ARABIC("LIV")` gives the result 54
`ARABIC(C2)` gives the result 61 where C2 is a cell reference containing the text value LXI.

## Version Available

This function is available in Spread for Windows Forms 11.0 or later.