Hi,

Because TRUE, in this case, equates to -1
Try this in the immediate window.

?int((10<15))

Cheers
Andy

Jeff wrote:
Hi

In VBA I set

X = (J<15)*8

where J=10, so the statement is true, but "X" is set = to "-8"
if True = 1 why is the 8 negative?

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