hope i'm not raining on someones homework. it is a carryover from lotus 123.
if you enter +sum(A1:A5), excel automatically throws in the = sign, but
leaves the + sign.

"Don Guillett" wrote:

WE don't. Only 123 users do it. Happy homework

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"Jim333" wrote in
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Hi everybody,

I have noticed that some people start the formula with + or - after
equal sign e.g. =+if(...

My question is: what is the main purpose of doing that I need a
detaild answer with some examples if available.

Thank you,,


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