ARABIC in WPS Spreadsheet: Syntax and Worked Examples

These examples come from an official WPS Academy video showing the Chinese-language spreadsheet interface. The video’s exact operating system, build and license tier are unverified. Its demonstrated results are historical evidence, not a current installation test. Independently calculated examples are labeled separately. Check that your installation recognizes the function and reproduce the small control before using it in a report.

=ARABIC(text)

The single required argument is the Roman-numeral text to convert. A cell reference keeps the original label alongside the converted number. The vendor’s function dialog has one text field; there is no base, language or decimal-places argument in the demonstrated signature.

1. Enter ii in B20, leaving C20 empty.
2. Select C20 and enter =ARABIC(B20).
3. Confirm the formula. The vendor’s argument dialog at 27.855 seconds previews 2; the worksheet at 31.810 seconds displays 2.
4. Preserve B20 as the source label so that the conversion can be audited.

This establishes a lowercase example, not a complete rule for every possible spelling or nonstandard Roman numeral. It is useful when importing section labels that need numeric sorting or arithmetic after conversion.

The enlarged final vendor frame also shows LXVIII in B22 and 68 in the corresponding result row after filling down. The first-row formula remains selected, so the B22 formula itself is inferred from the demonstrated fill operation rather than separately visible in the formula bar.

For an original worksheet, put LXVIII in A2 and enter =ARABIC(A2) in B2. The mathematically expected number is 68, from 50 + 10 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1. This relocated example is not a new native WPS test. It uses an exact text/output pair visible in the vendor’s final worksheet.

For a list in A2:A10, start with =ARABIC(A2) in B2 and copy downward. Inspect B3 to ensure the reference advanced to A3. Do not replace the source labels until you have checked the results against the original list. Numeric conversion alone is not proof that every input uses the notation your organization intended.

• Enter source labels as text. Keep quotation marks around literal text if you choose to type a literal directly in a formula; the verified workflow uses cell references.
• Compare ordinary numeric values rather than assuming a particular cell format. The displayed 2 is the converted value, not the Roman text.
• The video contains other unusual-looking strings. This guide does not infer a general permissive parsing algorithm from them.
• Maximum input length, accepted noncanonical spellings, whitespace, blank input, negative values and exact error codes remain unverified. Do not assume another spreadsheet’s acceptance rules.
• A missing function on your installation is an availability question; the video alone does not identify a required upgrade or subscription.

• ROMAN: Convert numbers in the opposite direction.

WPS Academy: ARABIC. Reviewed vendor-video moments: 27.855 seconds, 31.810 seconds. The source establishes the demonstrated workflow and outputs within the limits above.