Hi

pl can someone explain why the ansers are negative in the extract from the
Immediate box

thanks

Tim

?true + true

-2



? True + TRUE

-2



?true + false

-1

Hi Tim
in VBA TRUE evaluates to -1 (opposed to 1 in Excel formulas)
so in your case TRUE + TRUE = (-1) + (-1) = -2 and TRUE + FALSE = (-1)
+ 0 = -1

HTH
Frank

Tim Childs wrote:
Hi

pl can someone explain why the ansers are negative in the extract
from the Immediate box

thanks

Tim

?true + true

-2



? True + TRUE

-2



?true + false

-1

Frank

many thanks - it seems bizarre on the one hand but it certainly explains the
responses in the Immediate window

regards

Tim


"Frank Kabel" wrote in message
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Hi Tim
in VBA TRUE evaluates to -1 (opposed to 1 in Excel formulas)
so in your case TRUE + TRUE = (-1) + (-1) = -2 and TRUE + FALSE = (-1)
+ 0 = -1

HTH
Frank

Hi Tim

That's because contrary to TRUE in Excel,
which is 1, TRUE in VBA is -1

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Best Regards
Leo Heuser

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"Tim Childs" skrev i en meddelelse
...
Hi

pl can someone explain why the ansers are negative in the extract from the
Immediate box

thanks

Tim

?true + true

-2



? True + TRUE

-2



?true + false

-1

Tim,

False is 0
True is actually better thought of as NOT 0.
In 8 bit binary:
00000000 = False
11111111 = True

If that binary number for True is represented as a signed byte, it turns out
to be -1


--
Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel


"Tim Childs" wrote in message
...
Hi

pl can someone explain why the ansers are negative in the extract from the
Immediate box

thanks

Tim

?true + true

-2



? True + TRUE

-2



?true + false

-1