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Percentage difference calc that knows the largest figure
I have a calculation in cell A3 which looks at the content of Cell A1 and
Cell A2 and then works out the difference between both as a percentage For instance Cell A1 = 100 Cell A2 = 10 Cell A3 returns the difference as being 90% My simple calculation in Cell A3 is as follows =(A1-A2)/A1 Cell A3 is formatted to give the answer as a percentage to 2 decimal places The above works fine as long as the number in Cell A1 is greater than the number in Cell A2 If the number in A2 is greater than the number in A1 then my calculated answer is incorrect For instance Cell A1 = 10 Cell A2 = 100 Cell A3 returns the difference as being -900% Can someone please tell me of a way in which I can input one formula in cell A3 that will look at both A1 and A2 then recognise which is the greater number and give me resultant percentage difference? Is it possible? TIA |
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Percentage difference calc that knows the largest figure
=IF(A1A2,(A1-A2)/A1,(A2-A1)/A2) This should help you. Good Luck. -- goober ------------------------------------------------------------------------ goober's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19838 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=483896 |
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Percentage difference calc that knows the largest figure
Thanks for the info and prompt response - I am grateful
"goober" wrote in message ... =IF(A1A2,(A1-A2)/A1,(A2-A1)/A2) This should help you. Good Luck. -- goober ------------------------------------------------------------------------ goober's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19838 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=483896 |
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Percentage difference calc that knows the largest figure
Many thanks for that - it works fine
Cheers "Mighty Magpie" <mighty.magpie@home wrote in message ... Thanks for the info and prompt response - I am grateful "goober" wrote in message ... =IF(A1A2,(A1-A2)/A1,(A2-A1)/A2) This should help you. Good Luck. -- goober ------------------------------------------------------------------------ goober's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19838 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=483896 |
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