Using Excel N function with arrays

Question

A fairly basic question, but I have been unable to find a previous answer - perhaps partly because it is difficult to search on \'N function\' without getting a lot of false

Answer 1

Another option appears to be - {=N(SUM(A1:A3))} (entered as an array)

Answer 2

Try:

=SUM(N(+A1:A3))

The unary plus operator is here sufficient to coerce an array return from the range being passed.

It is also convenient that the results of applying the unary operator to each of the values in the range are such that, when we then pass them to N, the resulting values will be equivalent to those we would have obtained had we simply applied the N function to each.

Regards