Sep 25 2007

Multiplication Bug In Excel 2007?

Jody posted this at 7:29 am under software

As reported on Slashdot, Excel 2007 appears to have a major multiplication bug:

The example first that came to light is =850*77.1 — which gives a result of 100,000 instead of the correct 65,535. It seems that any formula that should evaluate to 65,535 will act strangely.

Can someone confirm this? I don’t have Excel 2007.


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4 Responses to “Multiplication Bug In Excel 2007?”. Leave a Reply.

  1. # Steveon 25 Sep 2007 at 8:30 am

    I’ll have Excel 2007 in a week or so. I’ll check it out then.

  2. # Phillipon 25 Sep 2007 at 9:54 am

    J-Walk answers the question, and it’s yes, it’s broke.

  3. # Jodyon 26 Sep 2007 at 9:12 am

    Microsoft posted a comment about the bug.

  4. # Debasis Pradhanon 26 Sep 2007 at 10:13 am

    Confirmed!!! Here is a link to a post, which throws more lights into the bug - Multiplication Bug in MS Excel 2007!. Hope you would like it!

    -Debasis

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