Use ABS() for division by absolute value.

TY in A1 and LY in B1

=(A1-B1)/ABS(B1)

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Jacob Skaria


"Gene" wrote:

HELP again. Using your formula still creates an error under one condition.
If TY (D6 is a positive number and LY(E6) is negative then the result is a
negative rather than a positive.

TY 100 LY -100 result is -200% but should be +200%.
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Gene


"Ashish Mathur" wrote:

Hi,

Try this =IF(AND(D6<0,E6<0),-(D6/E6-1),D6/E6-1)

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Ashish Mathur
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"Gene" wrote in message
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I Need to know the % change of revenue $ from this year(TY) vs last
year(LY)
with one formula.

I am using TY €“ LY / LY = % change but result is not always correct as you
can see below.

TY LY % chg
$500 $250 100.0%
-$500 -$250 100.0%
$500 -$250 -300.0%
-$500 $250 -300.0%

I have someone copy & paste many revenue numbers for TY & LY in cells.
The
% change cell is a locked formula. But the result is not accurate when
gains
or losses vary.

Is there one formula to get a correct % change?
as always thanks in advance!!
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Gene