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Negative numbers
I am about to do a cash flow for a business plan. To calculate the amount I would need to loan from a bank, I have a row with automated cells calculating the expenses for each month I will have that would need to be payed for. But, the nature of math plays a trick on me the moment I break even. Cause all of the sudden I need to loan a negative amount from the bank, which brings me to my question. Is there a possibility to specify a cell to display ZERO when the actual number in the cell is negative? Fairly straight forward task, it should be possible! Thank you for all your help! -- K_O_L ------------------------------------------------------------------------ K_O_L's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24282 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378933 |
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Suppose you want to evaluate / use the value in A1, then =IF(A1<0,0,A1) Mangesh -- mangesh_yadav ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mangesh_yadav's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=10470 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378933 |
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Try setting the negative portion of a custom format to \0, such as
General;\0 -- HTH Bob Phillips "K_O_L" wrote in message ... I am about to do a cash flow for a business plan. To calculate the amount I would need to loan from a bank, I have a row with automated cells calculating the expenses for each month I will have that would need to be payed for. But, the nature of math plays a trick on me the moment I break even. Cause all of the sudden I need to loan a negative amount from the bank, which brings me to my question. Is there a possibility to specify a cell to display ZERO when the actual number in the cell is negative? Fairly straight forward task, it should be possible! Thank you for all your help! -- K_O_L ------------------------------------------------------------------------ K_O_L's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24282 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378933 |
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=max(0,your equation) for a zero value in the cell
It depends on what dependencies you have on this cell whether it is better to have a zero for the value of the cell or the actual negative number behind a zero. "K_O_L" wrote: I am about to do a cash flow for a business plan. To calculate the amount I would need to loan from a bank, I have a row with automated cells calculating the expenses for each month I will have that would need to be payed for. But, the nature of math plays a trick on me the moment I break even. Cause all of the sudden I need to loan a negative amount from the bank, which brings me to my question. Is there a possibility to specify a cell to display ZERO when the actual number in the cell is negative? Fairly straight forward task, it should be possible! Thank you for all your help! -- K_O_L ------------------------------------------------------------------------ K_O_L's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24282 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378933 |
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Assuming the cells you're concerned with contain formulas, if you want the
actual result to be converted to zero for any further calculations, you could wrap your formula in an IF statement, like......... =IF(YourFormula<0,0,YourFormula) This will result in zero for any otherwise negative return from "YourFormula". Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "K_O_L" wrote in message ... I am about to do a cash flow for a business plan. To calculate the amount I would need to loan from a bank, I have a row with automated cells calculating the expenses for each month I will have that would need to be payed for. But, the nature of math plays a trick on me the moment I break even. Cause all of the sudden I need to loan a negative amount from the bank, which brings me to my question. Is there a possibility to specify a cell to display ZERO when the actual number in the cell is negative? Fairly straight forward task, it should be possible! Thank you for all your help! -- K_O_L ------------------------------------------------------------------------ K_O_L's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24282 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378933 |
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There is also the =Ceiling(a1-a2,0) formula route
which will literally change your cell value to the number 0. Use carefully; HTH "K_O_L" wrote in message ... I am about to do a cash flow for a business plan. To calculate the amount I would need to loan from a bank, I have a row with automated cells calculating the expenses for each month I will have that would need to be payed for. But, the nature of math plays a trick on me the moment I break even. Cause all of the sudden I need to loan a negative amount from the bank, which brings me to my question. Is there a possibility to specify a cell to display ZERO when the actual number in the cell is negative? Fairly straight forward task, it should be possible! Thank you for all your help! -- K_O_L ------------------------------------------------------------------------ K_O_L's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=24282 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378933 |
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