Documentation/Calc Functions/JIS

Function name:
JIS

Category:
Text

Summary:
Converts half-width to full-width for ASCII and katakana characters. JIS is the complementary function to ASC.

Syntax:
JIS(Text)

Returns:
Returns a text string that comprises the converted characters.

Arguments:
Text is a string (in quotation marks) or a number, or a reference to a cell containing one of those types, that contains the characters to be converted.

Additional details:
JIS is an acronym for Japanese Industrial Standards.

Conversion is carried out for half-width ASCII and katakana characters, with some characters being converted in a special way (for more information on this, visit the JIS and ASC functions page located in another part of this wiki). Other characters are copied from the input string to the result string with no change.

Related LibreOffice functions:
ASC

ODF standard:
Section 6.20.11, part 2

Equivalent Excel functions:
JIS