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grateful for any advices on converting negative numbers with decimals to
positive; if you multiply by -1 you loose the decimals (well i do!)
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<you loose the decimals

You shouldn't. Maybe a question formatting, or just widen the column.

Another way: =ABS(A1)

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Many thanks. Totally elementary i had dimmed the variable as long!!!

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"Niek Otten" wrote:

<you loose the decimals

You shouldn't. Maybe a question formatting, or just widen the column.

Another way: =ABS(A1)

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

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grateful for any advices on converting negative numbers with decimals to
positive; if you multiply by -1 you loose the decimals (well i do!)
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with kind regards

Spike




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