I am Working with Excel 2003 using the IF operator where the correct result
appears but the value doesn't make sense to me. Using the following:
=IF(C9<F9,"0",C9-F9) where C9 is 600,000 and F9 is the product of
10,000,000*.07 which is 700,000 the result is correctly the number zero (0).

The trouble is if I attempt to use that cell for additional calculations the
value (0) is greater than any positive number. What am I missing?

Remove the quotations ,"0" and use 0 instead, you made the zero into text
and text is seen as greater than any numbers


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"beyond22" wrote in message
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I am Working with Excel 2003 using the IF operator where the correct result
appears but the value doesn't make sense to me. Using the following:
=IF(C9<F9,"0",C9-F9) where C9 is 600,000 and F9 is the product of
10,000,000*.07 which is 700,000 the result is correctly the number zero
(0).

The trouble is if I attempt to use that cell for additional calculations
the
value (0) is greater than any positive number. What am I missing?

=IF(C9<F9,"0",C9-F9)

Remove the quotes " " from around the 0.

=IF(C9<F9,0,C9-F9)

Enclosing numbers in quotes makes them TEXT. TEXT will always evaluate to be
greater than ANY number.

"0" 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = TRUE

Biff

"beyond22" wrote in message
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I am Working with Excel 2003 using the IF operator where the correct result
appears but the value doesn't make sense to me. Using the following:
=IF(C9<F9,"0",C9-F9) where C9 is 600,000 and F9 is the product of
10,000,000*.07 which is 700,000 the result is correctly the number zero
(0).

The trouble is if I attempt to use that cell for additional calculations
the
value (0) is greater than any positive number. What am I missing?

You're entering 0 as text. Try eliminating the quotation marks around it.
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Brevity is the soul of wit.


"beyond22" wrote:

I am Working with Excel 2003 using the IF operator where the correct result
appears but the value doesn't make sense to me. Using the following:
=IF(C9<F9,"0",C9-F9) where C9 is 600,000 and F9 is the product of
10,000,000*.07 which is 700,000 the result is correctly the number zero (0).

The trouble is if I attempt to use that cell for additional calculations the
value (0) is greater than any positive number. What am I missing?

Dave F, many thanks. So simple, so powerful.
Beyond22

"Dave F" wrote:

You're entering 0 as text. Try eliminating the quotation marks around it.
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.


"beyond22" wrote:

I am Working with Excel 2003 using the IF operator where the correct result
appears but the value doesn't make sense to me. Using the following:
=IF(C9<F9,"0",C9-F9) where C9 is 600,000 and F9 is the product of
10,000,000*.07 which is 700,000 the result is correctly the number zero (0).

The trouble is if I attempt to use that cell for additional calculations the
value (0) is greater than any positive number. What am I missing?

=IF(C9<F9,"0",C9-F9)

Maybe an alternative if you prefer:

=MAX(C9-F9,0)

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Dana DeLouis

"beyond22" wrote in message
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Dave F, many thanks. So simple, so powerful.
Beyond22

"Dave F" wrote:

You're entering 0 as text. Try eliminating the quotation marks around
it.
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.


"beyond22" wrote:

I am Working with Excel 2003 using the IF operator where the correct
result
appears but the value doesn't make sense to me. Using the following:
=IF(C9<F9,"0",C9-F9) where C9 is 600,000 and F9 is the product of
10,000,000*.07 which is 700,000 the result is correctly the number zero
(0).

The trouble is if I attempt to use that cell for additional
calculations the
value (0) is greater than any positive number. What am I missing?