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how do you change $42.79 to an even number ($42.80)
My program has to calculate a percentage recoverable and then this amount is
deducted from a maximum of 3 figures. My problem is that if the percentage is an odd number, I will end up being out .01. What do I do to avoid this problem? |
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how do you change $42.79 to an even number ($42.80)
=EVEN(A1*100)/100
Bob Umlas Excel MVP "Jean9" wrote in message ... My program has to calculate a percentage recoverable and then this amount is deducted from a maximum of 3 figures. My problem is that if the percentage is an odd number, I will end up being out .01. What do I do to avoid this problem? |
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how do you change $42.79 to an even number ($42.80)
Try this.
A1 = some number like 42.79 =ROUND(A1/0.02,0)*0.02 -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Jean9" wrote in message ... My program has to calculate a percentage recoverable and then this amount is deducted from a maximum of 3 figures. My problem is that if the percentage is an odd number, I will end up being out .01. What do I do to avoid this problem? |
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how do you change $42.79 to an even number ($42.80)
=ROUND(A1,1)
Format to 2 DP Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:50:01 -0700, Jean9 wrote: My program has to calculate a percentage recoverable and then this amount is deducted from a maximum of 3 figures. My problem is that if the percentage is an odd number, I will end up being out .01. What do I do to avoid this problem? |
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