You *asked* for the text string.
That's what the quote marks do in the formula.

If you don't want it as a text string, don't put it inside quote marks. You
don't need the equals sign either.
--
David Biddulph

"tarabull" wrote in message
...
actually this if command isn't working... if p53 is NOT greater than
m53/.85, then i am not getting the NUMBER ceiling(p53,.0.05) I am getting
the
text "ceiling(p53,0.05)"

how can i get the false result to =ceiling(p53,0.05)??

"tarabull" wrote:

I am using:

=IF(P53M53/0.85,P53,"=ceiling(P53,0.05)")

if I copy and paste down, ceiling(p53,0.05) doesn't change to p54, p55,
p56
etc... what do i need to do to make this happen?