It doesn't do anything. It is a leftover from the days of Lotus
123. It is harmless, and doesn't change the operation of the
formula in any way.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com

"gibbyson" wrote in message
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Do you know what a plus sign in front of an if statement means?
I have a
spreadsheet that has the following equation in it and it seems
to evaluate
the same regardless of whether it's =+IF or =IF ????????

=+IF(J24-(Q24+M24+L24+R24)0,J24-(Q24+M24+L24+R24),0)