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Hi All,

Does anyone know how to remove negative signs from formula results? This is
more than just a formatting thing as the figures need to remain positive when
a vlookup draws the data to another sheet and then when the data is imported
into another program.
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Multiply by -1? Or use the unary operator to change the sign? If your
formula is =2-3 which produces -1, you can do something like =-(2-3) which
produces 1. It's just elementary algebra.

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Hi All,

Does anyone know how to remove negative signs from formula results? This
is
more than just a formatting thing as the figures need to remain positive
when
a vlookup draws the data to another sheet and then when the data is
imported
into another program.
--
Cheers,
Holly



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Put your formula inside the ABS function:

=ABS(your_formula)

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Hi All,

Does anyone know how to remove negative signs from formula results? This
is
more than just a formatting thing as the figures need to remain positive
when
a vlookup draws the data to another sheet and then when the data is
imported
into another program.
--
Cheers,
Holly



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Thankyou
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"T. Valko" wrote:

Put your formula inside the ABS function:

=ABS(your_formula)

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Hi All,

Does anyone know how to remove negative signs from formula results? This
is
more than just a formatting thing as the figures need to remain positive
when
a vlookup draws the data to another sheet and then when the data is
imported
into another program.
--
Cheers,
Holly




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You're welcome!

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Thankyou
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Holly


"T. Valko" wrote:

Put your formula inside the ABS function:

=ABS(your_formula)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Holly" wrote in message
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Hi All,

Does anyone know how to remove negative signs from formula results?
This
is
more than just a formatting thing as the figures need to remain
positive
when
a vlookup draws the data to another sheet and then when the data is
imported
into another program.
--
Cheers,
Holly






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