what does this symbol mean in Excel

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There is a formula I am trying to understand and it it has a weird symbol, looks like a shaded in triangle.

=IF(Calculation!$D$5>1,"▲","")

What does that mean?


Thanks for the help out there!
 

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That symbol doesn't mean anything in Excel - it's just a flag that shows up if that cell is greater than 1.

Edit: I guess the screenshot tool doesn't show the triangle correctly - but that's what shows up in A1 on my sheet. It's just a shape.

Excel Workbook
AB
1?2
2
3
4
5
Sheet1
Excel 2003
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
A1=IF($B$1>1,"▲","")
A2=IF($B$1>1,"€","")
A3=IF($B$1>1,"Š","")
A4=IF($B$1>1,"¤","")
A5=IF($B$1>1,"¥","")
 
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It doesn't mean anything - it's what it is, a triangle.

Looks like the formula is being used to indicate if some calculation or other has changed or something like that.:)
 
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