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Hi,

I've searched this board and have tried a few things, no luck yet.

I have about 100 rows, in columns A and B there is descriptive text. In
column C it is either blank or it contains the text "CR". In column D there
is a value (number with 2 decimal places). Column E is blank and available
to use for the formula.

If there is "CR" in column C, then the value in Column D must be displayed
as a negative number. If "CR" doesn't exist then the number should be left
positive. How can I do this? I've been working with the ABS and IF
functions in Column E but can't get it to work. Please help. Thanks
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Try the below in cell E1
=IF(C1="CR",-D1,D1)

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"Angie M." wrote:

Hi,

I've searched this board and have tried a few things, no luck yet.

I have about 100 rows, in columns A and B there is descriptive text. In
column C it is either blank or it contains the text "CR". In column D there
is a value (number with 2 decimal places). Column E is blank and available
to use for the formula.

If there is "CR" in column C, then the value in Column D must be displayed
as a negative number. If "CR" doesn't exist then the number should be left
positive. How can I do this? I've been working with the ABS and IF
functions in Column E but can't get it to work. Please help. Thanks

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