Sandy,
There are mornings where only one cup of coffee does it for me, and then
there are mornings where it takes substantially more.........<g

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"Sandy Mann" wrote:

Why not just

=B2-A2

or am I missing something?

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"CLR" wrote in message
...
Maybe......

=(A2-B2)*-1

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"lawrencae" wrote:

This is a request for help with a simple difference calculation for two
adjacent cells, as described below.

The example below may well be more understandable than my attempt to
explain
what is needed.

Function and argument needed for the positive or negative difference
between
the amount for a given day's sales last year and the amount for a given
day's
sales this year.

Last year's daily sales are the standard, so if this year's daily sales
are
more than last year's sales, the difference will be a positive amount,
but if
this year's daily sales are less than last year's, the difference will be
a
negative amount.

Running sums will be shown for each column.

Below is the proposed layout example. Each row is for one day in a given
month. Amounts shown are for four days only. The SUM totals are at the
bottom
of each column.

Last Year This Year Difference
Gross Sales Gross Sales
1214.00 1113.00 -101.00
1065.00 1712.00 647.00
2301.00 2812.00 511.00
4216.00 3330.00 -886.00

SUMs for the month

8796.00 8967.00 171.00

All the function arguments my search has turned up are for more complex
difference function arguments. I am at wit's end. Your help will be
deeply
appreciated.