TRUE and FALSE listed under "logical functions"

Ben M

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Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone knows why TRUE and FALSE are listed under "logical functions" within Excel. They don't appear to be functions in as much as you can use them on their own to create a logical test. I read on one website that they have been included to maintain compatibility with other spreadsheet applications but this doesn't really make sense to me and I'm just curious to see if anyone can explain further.

Thanks.
 

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=TRUE()

=FALSE()

which show effectively that these are functions.

Any Excel system notwithstanding the language will understand:

=IF(TRUE(),"X","Z")

but not:

=IF(TRUE,"X","Z")
 
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