I want to be able to sum only negative numbers ... then on another row, sum
the positive numbers but don't know how to do that unless I sort my ss, and
I don't want to because the negs and pos all relate to certain objects.

Thanks!

Annette, something like this, =SUMIF($A$1:$A$9,"<0"),
=SUMIF($A$1:$A$9,"0")

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"Annette" wrote in message
...
I want to be able to sum only negative numbers ... then on another row,
sum
the positive numbers but don't know how to do that unless I sort my ss,
and
I don't want to because the negs and pos all relate to certain objects.

Thanks!

Sum neg.:

=SUMIF(A:A,"<0")

Sum pos.:

=SUMIF(A:A,"0")

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
I want to be able to sum only negative numbers ... then
on another row, sum
the positive numbers but don't know how to do that
unless I sort my ss, and
I don't want to because the negs and pos all relate to
certain objects.

Thanks!


.

Hi Annette

use the SUMIF function
=SUMIF(A1:A10,"<"&0) for negative numbers
=SUMIF(A1:A10,""&0) for positive numbers
where the numbers are in cells A1 to A10

Cheera
JulieD

"Annette" wrote in message
...
I want to be able to sum only negative numbers ... then on another row, sum
the positive numbers but don't know how to do that unless I sort my ss,
and
I don't want to because the negs and pos all relate to certain objects.

Thanks!

Hi

=SUM((A1:A100)*(A1:A1000))
=SUM((A1:A100)*(A1:A100<0))
both entered as array functions (Ctrl+Shift+Enter)


Arvi Laanemets


"Annette" wrote in message
...
I want to be able to sum only negative numbers ... then on another row,
sum
the positive numbers but don't know how to do that unless I sort my ss,
and
I don't want to because the negs and pos all relate to certain objects.

Thanks!

Sheesh ... you all have the same answer so I guess that means I have an
answer ... haha ... thanks for your quick responses and to tell you the
truth, it never dawned on me to use the < or ... Thanks again!