DBCS function
Changes half-width (single-byte) English letters or katakana within a character string to full-width (double-byte) characters
The Japanese-width conversion in this worksheet includes Latin letters, digits, spaces, kana punctuation and voiced/half-voiced katakana. It retains unrelated Unicode compatibility characters. Native Excel conversion depends on language settings; native locale compatibility remains unverified.
Syntax
DBCS(text)Square brackets indicate optional arguments.
Arguments
| Argument | Required | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| text | Yes | The text or a reference to a cell that contains the text you want to change. If text does not contain any half-width English letters or katakana, text is not changed."Univer" |
Try DBCS
Expand a mixed label to full-width Japanese forms
=DBCS(A2)DBCS expands half-width Latin, digits and spaces, and combines the half-width ｶ plus its voicing mark into ガ. Existing full-width text is retained. This Japanese conversion is useful for reading older imports; do not confuse text width with UTF-8 storage size. Native Excel behavior depends on language settings.
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DBCS · top-level call
=DBCS(A2)1 / 1 · text
The text or a reference to a cell that contains the text you want to change. If text does not contain any half-width English letters or katakana, text is not changed.
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Reference and compatibility
Univer 1.0.4 / Apache-2.0. Calculation checks cover the supplied examples only. The browser worksheet does not implement every Excel feature, external service or connected data type.