Stange numbers
 

Hello all,
Some one in my office has ask me for help and I could not figure this out.
The setup:you have a set of rows with number and those number are formatted
with "Accounting" two decimals no symbol. When doing a manual sum or using
the AutoSum, whey would my number come out like so €œ0.00€� and not a dash? If
you increase the decimal out there is a number, €œ0.00000000000000164316543€�.
?? The number are whole numbers, e.g. 24.25, 100.25, 562.64 ect.

Thanks

Stange numbers
 

You may want to use the =ROUND() function to insure only two places are held.
This is in addition to formatting, which insures only two places are visible.
--
Gary''s Student - gsnu200800


"pgarcia" wrote:

Hello all,
Some one in my office has ask me for help and I could not figure this out.
The setup:you have a set of rows with number and those number are formatted
with "Accounting" two decimals no symbol. When doing a manual sum or using
the AutoSum, whey would my number come out like so €œ0.00€� and not a dash? If
you increase the decimal out there is a number, €œ0.00000000000000164316543€�.
?? The number are whole numbers, e.g. 24.25, 100.25, 562.64 ect.

Thanks

Stange numbers
 

It's a "rounding issue" that occurs when converting binary to decimal.

Use the ROUND function:

=ROUND(SUM(A1:A10),2)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"pgarcia" wrote in message
...
Hello all,
Some one in my office has ask me for help and I could not figure this
out.
The setup:you have a set of rows with number and those number are
formatted
with "Accounting" two decimals no symbol. When doing a manual sum or using
the AutoSum, whey would my number come out like so "0.00" and not a dash?
If
you increase the decimal out there is a number,
"0.00000000000000164316543".
?? The number are whole numbers, e.g. 24.25, 100.25, 562.64 ect.

Thanks