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SAI_Peregrinus 57 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Cursed Excel: "1/2"+1=45660

Excel allows bare strings, so `"1/2" + 1` is a string with embedded quotation marks. So that's a third option for what to do.

hnlmorg 56 days ago [–]

True. And that would probably make the most sense too.

A very good point you’ve made there :)

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