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Default Need Help with "SUM" AND "ABS" in same formula

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Randy" wrote in message
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"T. Valko"
-Thank You, the formula works fine.

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this array formula** :

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(A1:A10),ABS(A1:A10)))

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER). Hold down both the CTRL key and the
SHIFT
key then hit ENTER.

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Biff
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"Randy" wrote in message
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The cells in a SUM formula all include formulas that provide the cells
with
negative numbers, positive numbers and blank cells. Need to have the
respective values to be used in another formula as absolute values.
Need
to
have the negative values in the range to stay displayed as negatives
and
the
blank cells in the range to stay displayed as blank. Tried using
=sum(abs(range)), which works fine if the blank cells are omitted from
the
range. If the blank cells are part of the range the result is
"#VALUE!".
Is
there something to add to resolve the error message?