=--Your_formula

or

=Your_formula*1

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Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
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"SIMINA R" <SIMINA wrote in message
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Generally, 2 ways:

Either multiply by the number 1
ExampleS:
=(4=4) -Returns TRUE
=(4=4)*1 -Returns 1

=(5=4) -Returns FALSE
=(5=4)*1 -Returns 0

or

Prepend two minus signs
Example:
=(4=4) -Returns TRUE
=--(4=4) -Returns 1

=(5=4) -Returns FALSE
=--(5=4) -Returns 0

Does that help?


Regards,
Ron


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