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Thanks a lot.

It worked well.

Jeevan

"Joe User" <joeu2004 wrote in message
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"Vinay Vasu" wrote:
I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the
attached file.


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Your worksheet is simple enough to describe.


An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.


In column C, you have formulas of the form:

=IF(B2=A2,"1",IF(B2=0,"0",IF(B2<A2,"-0.25")))

The root cause of your problem is: the IF expression should return
numbers (1, 0, -0.25), not text ("1", "0", "-0.25"). You should write:

=IF(B2=A2,1,IF(B2=0,0,IF(B2<A2,-0.25)))

Note: The formula can be simplified to:

=IF(B2=A2,1,IF(B2=0,0,-0.25))

Also, when A2 is zero, does that give you the intended result: 1, not 0?

I wonder if you really want:

=IF(B2=0,0,IF(B2=A2,1,-0.25))


----- original message -----

"Vinay Vasu" wrote in message
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Hi,

I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the attached file.
An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.
Please help me.

Jeevan