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I am doing a sum but I want to always return the result as a negative value
even if its positive e.g if my result of =sum(a1:c1) is 10 I want to get the
result as -10
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Default return a negative value

Try something like this:

=-ABS(SUM(A1:A10))

Does that help?
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"Mtabaruka" wrote:

I am doing a sum but I want to always return the result as a negative value
even if its positive e.g if my result of =sum(a1:c1) is 10 I want to get the
result as -10
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Wether you think you can or you think you cant , you are right ... anon

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