No it just returns 0.000 as an answer. I tried changing the -2 to -1 -3
-4 etc but all 0.000 for answer.

Cheers,

Aaron.


Sandy Mann wrote:
In that case does:

=ROUND(I36-I37,LEN(Q16)-2)

do what you are looking for?

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Hi Sandy,

I dont know if thats what I am after, because I dont want it to always
round to 3 sig figures.

It changes and so should my formula, but hopefully automatically.

I want it to look at Q16 and say "ok that cell has 0.010 in it and my
answer in the other cell is 0.007, but it must at least be in line with
the minimum division size in Q16, so Ill make it 0.010 by rounding it
up."

OR

"ok that cell has 0.010 in it and my answer in the other cell is 0.012,
but it must at least be in line with the minimum division size in Q16,
so Ill make it 0.010 by rounding it down."


Cheers,

Aaron.


Sandy Mann wrote:
I haven't really been following this thread really but if you want the
answer rounded depending on the number of decimal places in Q6 then
should
the formula not actually be:

=ROUND(I36-I37,LEN(Q16)-3)

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Haha true, I see what you mean, but it returns the correct number I am
after, 0.010 from 0.007

I tested it by changing "len" to 2-LEN and sure enough the number
returned changes to 0.000 and with 4-LEN I get no change, with the
returned result as 0.007. 3-LEN returns the result 0.010.

Try to copy and paste it into a ssheet to see what I mean. But
essentially Q16 automatically changes based on what the ssheet is doing
that day. It might be 0.000010 (the DP is important) but a calculated
answer in another cell could come back as 0.000003 and I must have the
answers automatically round to the figure in Q16.

If I got 0.000003 I would expect it to just round to zero.

If I got 0.000005 I would expect it to round to 0.000010

Any help appreciated greatly,

Cheers,

Aaron.














RagDyer wrote:
I'm lost when you say that your formula of:

3-LEN(INT(Q16))

really works ! ! !


0.1
0.01
0.00001
in Q16 all equate to the same number ... 2 ... since the integer
length
is
always 1.

Care to re-phrase your question so that a not overly bright old man
(been
saying that a lot lately), might understand?
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RD

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Hi,

I have this formula which works well, but the 3-len part needs to be
dependent on another cells content. Is it possible to have the
formula
automatically accommodate for this?

Eg

=ROUND(I36-I37,3-LEN(INT(Q16)))

in cell Q16 is a number 0.010 as displayed, and the sum of i36-i37=
0.007

I need the formula to say ok the minimum division size is in
multiples
of Q16 (0.010) and change the 0.007 to either up or down depending
on
the calculation.

This works currently, but the figure in Q16 can be 0.1 or 0.00001
etc,
and the sum in i36-i37 could be anything also as it is a calculated
error figure. I need the formula to be able to adapt automatically
to
the reference DP in Q16.

Namely the "3-" part in the formula needs to accomodate for the Q16
number format changing.

Is this achievable?

Thanks in advance,

Aaron.