date structures
In FoxPro, the main data types for variables include Numeric, Character, Date, and Logical. Numeric variables can store numbers, while Character variables hold strings of text. Date variables are used for storing date values, and Logical variables can represent true or false values. Additionally, FoxPro supports Memo fields for storing large text blocks and Array types for collections of variables.
The Formula Bar.
It is considered Text, not numeric!!!!
number instead of a letter (text)
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Entering numeric values as text
07/18/1992
The single quote will: '5 <><><><><> The single quote (') flags an entry as text. as opposed to text vs numeric being determined in context. It is also possible to format / align a cell as right or left regardless of it text / numeric detection.
It means to do the required calculations, in order to get a single number as a result. (Or some other data type, which is not numeric - in computer science, date expressions and text expressions are also used, among other things.)
The date 09-21-2008 can be represented by the Roman numerals IX.XXI.MMVIII
Every spreadsheet is different. So what you do will depend on what the spreadsheet is required to do. You will type your text and numbers into cells and then add in other elements, such as formulas or charts. You can format your text and numeric data as appropriate to the spreadsheet you are creating.
Int'l Uppercase Alphanumeric – field accepts only uppercase alphabetic characters and numbers from an international keyboard; all inputted text will be converted to uppercase. Multi-line Text - field accepts multiple lines of text. Numeric – field accepts only numbers and specific numeric data entry characters.