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Default Substitute Text for Plus or Minus

just add another string

=$G$32&" 09 - Compared to last month, RVUs "&TEXT($J$32,"""rose""
0%;""fell"" 0%;"" were unchanged""")&"."

DOUG wrote:

Dave: I got it to work using the following instructions.

=$G$32&" 09 - Compared to last month, RVUs "&TEXT($J$32,"""rose""
0%;""fell"" 0%;"" were unchanged""")

I had left off the "0%" after the word "fell"!

I would still like to know how to place a period at the end of the sentence
without invalidating the instructions, if you do not mind.

DOUG

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

If A1 contained the percentage, you could use a formula like:

="In May, such and such a value "
&TEXT(A1,"""rose ""0%;""fell ""0%;""stayed even""")

The =text() function has 4 parts:
positive;negative;zero;text

I didn't touch the text portion.




DOUG wrote:

Is there a way to substitute the words "UP" or "ROSE" and "DOWN" or "FELL"
for a calcualted value referenced in another cell in a concatenated statement
combining text and the cell reference? (So, instead of saying "In May, such
and such a value was -10%", I would be able to say it "fell 10%").

DOUG ECKERT


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