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Default formula help - subtracting numbers in two colums but using a specific number if one column is greater than another

You don't need the SUM function.

You have changed your parameters from your original posting.

"subtracts w2 from x2" was your original.

Here you are subtracting X2 from W2

You do not need CSE

See my earlier reply.


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On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:26:06 -0800 (PST), Michelle
wrote:

I THINK I JUST FIGURED IT OUT!! THE FORMULA I ARRIVED AT IS

=IF(X2W2, W2,SUM(W2,-X2))

DOES THIS SEEM CORRECT? I USED CSE WHEN I ENTERED THE FORMULA


 
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