Hi,

Well, as you can see there is a common solution, but here are two others
that don't require SHIFT+CTRL+ENTER

=SUMPRODUCT(ABS($F3:$F216))

or

=SUMIF($F3:$F216,"0")-SUMIF($F3:$F216,"<0")

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Thanks,
Shane Devenshire


"mebsmith" wrote:

I am trying to get the absolute average of a column of positive and negative
numbers, so i am trying to gather the absolute sum of the numbers using the
following:

=SUM(ABS($F3:$F216))

however it returns a number (1) that isn't the correct answer. However when
i hit the function key in the formula bar the correct answer is displayed
under the inputs.

What am I doing wrong? Please help/