The following integer values correspond to built-in Excel number formats. While they cannot be used directly in |pp|, this reference can be used to determine the format strings that can be substituted in :meth:`.ChartData.add_series` to specify a numeric display format for series values.
Further information on string number format codes (such as '#,##0') can be found on this web page.
| Value | Type | Format String |
| 0 | General | General |
| 1 | Decimal | 0 |
| 2 | Decimal | 0.00 |
| 3 | Decimal | #,##0 |
| 4 | Decimal | #,##0.00 |
| 5 | Currency |
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| 6 | Currency |
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| 7 | Currency |
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| 8 | Currency |
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| 9 | Percentage | 0% |
| 10 | Percentage | 0.00% |
| 11 | Scientific | 0.00E+00 |
| 12 | Fraction | # ?/? |
| 13 | Fraction | # / |
| 14 | Date | m/d/yy |
| 15 | Date | d-mmm-yy |
| 16 | Date | d-mmm |
| 17 | Date | mmm-yy |
| 18 | Time | h:mm AM/PM |
| 19 | Time | h:mm:ss AM/PM |
| 20 | Time | h:mm |
| 21 | Time | h:mm:ss |
| 22 | Time | m/d/yy h:mm |
| 37 | Currency | #,##0;-#,##0 |
| 38 | Currency | #,##0;[Red]-#,##0 |
| 39 | Currency | #,##0.00;-#,##0.00 |
| 40 | Currency | #,##0.00;[Red]-#,##0.00 |
| 41 | Accounting | _ * #,##0_ ;_ * "_ ;_ @_ |
| 42 | Accounting | _ |
| 43 | Accounting | _ * #,##0.00_ ;_ * "??_ ;_ @_ |
| 44 | Accounting | _ |
| 45 | Time | mm:ss |
| 46 | Time | h :mm:ss |
| 47 | Time | mm:ss.0 |
| 48 | Scientific | ##0.0E+00 |
| 49 | Text | @ |