maybe...

=if(a4a5, a2, max(0,a4-a2))



Andrea wrote:

can i display a negative number as a zero?

thus if my formula reads: if(a4a5, a2, a4-a2) but a4-a2 cannot equal a
negative number? lowest it can be is zero. this formula appears on multiple
workbooks, thus it cannot just be if(a4a5, a2,0).

thnaks.

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Dave Peterson