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I am working with fomulas that have diminishing values. I want the dimishing
values to stop at zero (not turn negative). Problem is, I'm getting negative
values that invalidate my data. Anyway way to "zero out" negative numbers?
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=MAX(G5,0)


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I am working with fomulas that have diminishing values. I want the dimishing
values to stop at zero (not turn negative). Problem is, I'm getting negative
values that invalidate my data. Anyway way to "zero out" negative numbers?

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=if(formula<0,0,formula)

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values that invalidate my data. Anyway way to "zero out" negative numbers?

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Depends upon your formulae. Post them.

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Try something like =IF([your calculation]<0,0,[your calculation]).

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I am working with fomulas that have diminishing values. I want the dimishing
values to stop at zero (not turn negative). Problem is, I'm getting negative
values that invalidate my data. Anyway way to "zero out" negative numbers?

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