JIS

JIS(text)

Returns the text string converted from single byte to double byte characters (renamed).

text

The text string you want to convert to double characters.

REMARKS

* Removed in 2013 and not kept for backwards compatibility.
* DBCS was added in Excel 2013 to replace this function.
* If "text" does not contain any half width characters, then the text is not altered.
* This function is used in connection to phonetics and using different types of fonts and languages.
* You can use the ASC function to convert from double byte characters to single byte characters.
* This function was added in Excel 2003 but only to Japanese versions of Excel.
* For the Microsoft documentation refer to support.microsoft.com

	A
1	=JIS("some text") = "some text"
2	=JIS("monday") = "monday"
3	=JIS("something else") = "something else"