I have a list of values which are positive or negative depending on a D or C
value in the cell next to them. I need to turn the D values to negatives in
order to sum the data

Are your values manually entered, or results of a formula? If manually
entered, then you'll probably need to insert a new column and then use this
formula:

For this example, I'm assuming Column A holds D or C info, and Column B
holds your values. This formula would then be entered in Column C.

=IF(A1="D",-B1,B1)

But if your values are the results of a formula, then you could most likely
incorporate the above logic into the existing formula to avoid using an
additional column.

HTH,
Elkar


"Paula1" wrote:

I have a list of values which are positive or negative depending on a D or C
value in the cell next to them. I need to turn the D values to negatives in
order to sum the data

How about summing them without changing anything

=SUM(IF(B1:B10="D",-A1:A10,A1:A10))

which is an array formula, it should be committed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not
just Enter.

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"Paula1" wrote in message
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I have a list of values which are positive or negative depending on a D or
C
value in the cell next to them. I need to turn the D values to negatives
in
order to sum the data

or even

=SUMIF(B1:B10,"C",A1:A10)-SUMIF(B1:B10,"D",A1:A10)


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yeah ... good :-)

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or even

=SUMIF(B1:B10,"C",A1:A10)-SUMIF(B1:B10,"D",A1:A10)


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