Formula is too long May04 '06

Here’s a handy error message from Microsoft Excel:

Microsoft Excel dialog box

Yep. It tells me a lot. I didn’t know there was a limit on characters in an Excel formula, and more importantly - I still don’t know that limit, since Excel chooses to be vague in it’s response.

Thanks, Excel. That gets me real far.

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