Why, in the result of a formula, does "0" sometimes appear as 0.00, (0.00),
or -? The formula and the formatting on all cells is the same and is a
simple formula like A4-B4.
Thanks
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Allan

I would select all those cells and format them alike.

"Flipper" wrote in message
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Why, in the result of a formula, does "0" sometimes appear as 0.00,
(0.00),
or -? The formula and the formatting on all cells is the same and is a
simple formula like A4-B4.
Thanks
--
Allan

So what formatting do you think the cells do have?
Tell us what format the cell has for each of your results
0.00
(0.00)
-

I would bet that they are NOT all the same format.
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David Biddulph


"Flipper" wrote in message
...
Why, in the result of a formula, does "0" sometimes appear as 0.00,
(0.00),
or -? The formula and the formatting on all cells is the same and is a
simple formula like A4-B4.
Thanks
--
Allan

Hi,

If the difference between A4 and B4 is very small but positive but you are
only displaying 2 decimals you could see 0.00. If the difference is very
small but negative you could see (0.00) and if the result was exactly 0 you
might see -

The format for this would be 0.00_);(0.00);-

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If this helps, please click the Yes button

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Flipper" wrote:

Why, in the result of a formula, does "0" sometimes appear as 0.00, (0.00),
or -? The formula and the formatting on all cells is the same and is a
simple formula like A4-B4.
Thanks
--
Allan

"Shane Devenshire" wrote:
If the difference between A4 and B4 is very small but positive but you are
only displaying 2 decimals you could see 0.00. If the difference is very
small but negative you could see (0.00) and if the result was exactly 0
you
might see -[.] The format for this would be 0.00_);(0.00);-

Or simply Accounting with "none" for Symbol. And with the default of 2
decimal places, the difference can be as large as about 0.0049... (meaning
any number of 9s).

The situation can be avoided by the prudent and prolific use of the ROUND
function, for example ROUND(A4-B4,2). And if A4 and B4 have values derive
from expressions, not just constants, it might be prudent to use
=ROUND(formula,2) in each of those cells.

PS: You might think that if you use ROUND(formula,2) in each of A4 and B4,
you should not need ROUND(A4-B4,2). But it would be better if you did the
latter as well to ensure that you do not encounter any surprises in other
formulas that might depend on that cell value.


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"Shane Devenshire" wrote in
message ...
Hi,

If the difference between A4 and B4 is very small but positive but you are
only displaying 2 decimals you could see 0.00. If the difference is very
small but negative you could see (0.00) and if the result was exactly 0
you
might see -

The format for this would be 0.00_);(0.00);-

--
If this helps, please click the Yes button

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Flipper" wrote:

Why, in the result of a formula, does "0" sometimes appear as 0.00,
(0.00),
or -? The formula and the formatting on all cells is the same and is a
simple formula like A4-B4.
Thanks
--
Allan

Sorry about this response to an old thread that is surely no longer of
interest. My mistake in OE usage.


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"JoeU2004" wrote in message
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"Shane Devenshire" wrote:
If the difference between A4 and B4 is very small but positive but you
are
only displaying 2 decimals you could see 0.00. If the difference is very
small but negative you could see (0.00) and if the result was exactly 0
you
might see -[.] The format for this would be 0.00_);(0.00);-

Or simply Accounting with "none" for Symbol. And with the default of 2
decimal places, the difference can be as large as about 0.0049... (meaning
any number of 9s).

The situation can be avoided by the prudent and prolific use of the ROUND
function, for example ROUND(A4-B4,2). And if A4 and B4 have values derive
from expressions, not just constants, it might be prudent to use
=ROUND(formula,2) in each of those cells.

PS: You might think that if you use ROUND(formula,2) in each of A4 and
B4, you should not need ROUND(A4-B4,2). But it would be better if you did
the latter as well to ensure that you do not encounter any surprises in
other formulas that might depend on that cell value.


----- original message -----

"Shane Devenshire" wrote in
message ...
Hi,

If the difference between A4 and B4 is very small but positive but you
are
only displaying 2 decimals you could see 0.00. If the difference is very
small but negative you could see (0.00) and if the result was exactly 0
you
might see -

The format for this would be 0.00_);(0.00);-

--
If this helps, please click the Yes button

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Flipper" wrote:

Why, in the result of a formula, does "0" sometimes appear as 0.00,
(0.00),
or -? The formula and the formatting on all cells is the same and is a
simple formula like A4-B4.
Thanks
--
Allan