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Turn a row of numbers into negative value
Hi Folks
Am using Excel 2002. I have a column of data like this: 5, 16, 27, 38, 39 Is it a fast and automatic way of turning all these into negative.... that reads -5, -16, -27, -38, -39 Thanks! |
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Turn a row of numbers into negative value
put -1 in an empty cell
edit|copy (that cell) select your range to fix edit|paste special|check multiply clean up that cell with -1 in it. " wrote: Hi Folks Am using Excel 2002. I have a column of data like this: 5, 16, 27, 38, 39 Is it a fast and automatic way of turning all these into negative.... that reads -5, -16, -27, -38, -39 Thanks! -- Dave Peterson |
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Turn a row of numbers into negative value
If the col of numbers is in col A,
we could also put in say, B1: =A1*-1, and copy B1 down (Then use col B for further calcs, etc) Or, if the col A may also contain negative numbers which are to be left untouched (say), then we could use instead in B1: =IF(A10,A1*-1,A1) -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- wrote in message oups.com... Hi Folks Am using Excel 2002. I have a column of data like this: 5, 16, 27, 38, 39 Is it a fast and automatic way of turning all these into negative.... that reads -5, -16, -27, -38, -39 Thanks! |
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Turn a row of numbers into negative value
Or, if the values may already contain negatives, and you want to retain those, if values start in A1, then type =min(a1,-a1) into B1 and copy that down to the column Regards Mike -- Mikeopolo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mikeopolo's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=18570 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=509673 |
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Turn a row of numbers into negative value
"Mikeopolo" wrote:
Or, if the values may already contain negatives, and you want to retain those, if values start in A1, then type =min(a1,-a1) into B1 Much neater, thanks ! and even the earlier ... B1: =A1*-1 should also be just B1: = -A1 <g -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- |
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