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Feb 19, 2021
09:16 AM
It has come to light that the VALUE()
function is broken.
The VALUE() function is supposed to extract numbers from a string. It’s designed to be used as a simple filtering tool to remove non-numbers from a field. This is how it is documented on the formula field reference page.
Instead, the VALUE() function does at least 2 completely different things:
- The VALUE() function converts certain letters into numbers, and then multiplies those numbers by the closest numbers that it can find! This issue is documented here:
- The VALUE() function interprets certain symbols as operators to perform math on all the extracted numbers from a string. This issue is documented here:
We do not know what the complete list of letters & symbols are that cause the VALUE() function to fail, so there is no telling how many different ways this function can fail.
In my opinion, everybody should avoid the VALUE() function. Or at the very least, proceed cautiously when using it.
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