Hello,

I want to find the sum of a column, where the sum of the column adds the
absolute value of each cell. For example:

F1 = 10
F2 = -10
F3 = -5

So when I want to put in the equation in say F4, the answer would be 25 and
not -5

How do I do this for a whole column?

=SUMPRODUCT(SIGN(F1:F3), F1:F3)

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


"Jon B." <Jon wrote in message
...
Hello,

I want to find the sum of a column, where the sum of the column adds the
absolute value of each cell. For example:

F1 = 10
F2 = -10
F3 = -5

So when I want to put in the equation in say F4, the answer would be 25
and
not -5

How do I do this for a whole column?

=SUM(ABS(A1:A1000))

which is an array formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter

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HTH

RP

"Jon B." <Jon wrote in message
...
Hello,

I want to find the sum of a column, where the sum of the column adds the
absolute value of each cell. For example:

F1 = 10
F2 = -10
F3 = -5

So when I want to put in the equation in say F4, the answer would be 25
and
not -5

How do I do this for a whole column?

Hi
and just another alternative combining Rob's and Bob's solution :-)
=SUMPRODUCT(ABS(A1:A10))

which does NOT need to be array entered :-)

"Jon B." wrote:

Hello,

I want to find the sum of a column, where the sum of the column adds the
absolute value of each cell. For example:

F1 = 10
F2 = -10
F3 = -5

So when I want to put in the equation in say F4, the answer would be 25 and
not -5

How do I do this for a whole column?