"it doesn't work" is not the most helpful of problem descriptions.

What input values do you have in those cells?
What result are you getting?
What result did you expect?
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David Biddulph

"Theresa" wrote in message
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I am trying to use the following formula and it doesn't work for all my
tests. If the answer is false I want the value to return but not greater
than G7. Here is the formula
=-if(A17(G4+G5+G7),0,min(A17-G7-(G4+G5),G7)).