What do you mean 'it doesn't work'? What does it tell you?

There's nothing wrong with your formula. Are you sure the number is
actually a number, or is it text that looks like a number. Select A1. Make
sure it is formatted as General or Comma, then press F2 & then press Enter.
See if that changes the formula's results.

Post back and let us know.


"SueC" wrote in message
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Hi

I am trying to use an if formula to check whether a number is <-1000. I
have
tried the following and it doesn't work.
=if(A1<-1000,"true","")

Please can you help.
Thanks