i'd guess and say the () change it to a negative number but i don't know why
you;re doing that anyway

t2 = (t * 7)

is all you need

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Gary


"Jakobshavn Isbrae" wrote in
message ...
I run this
Sub macro()
Dim t As Integer
Dim t2 As Integer
t = 1
t2 = (t = 1) * 7
MsgBox (t2)
End Sub

and it says -7, not 7

Why?

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jake