I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is possible. I need to create
a formula based on the results of date in two separate fileds. Suppose I
have a field with 31064.47 and another with 28738. I wand to subtract the
2nd number from the first, then round the result to the nearest increment of
500. For example, 31064.47 subtract 28738 equals 2326.47. I would like to
round that result down to the nearest increment of 500 or 2000.

Can this be done, and how?

Say you have your 2 numbers in A1 and A2, then where you do the calculation,
enter the following formula:
=ROUNDDOWN(A1-A2,-3)

"John" wrote:

I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is possible. I need to create
a formula based on the results of date in two separate fileds. Suppose I
have a field with 31064.47 and another with 28738. I wand to subtract the
2nd number from the first, then round the result to the nearest increment of
500. For example, 31064.47 subtract 28738 equals 2326.47. I would like to
round that result down to the nearest increment of 500 or 2000.

Can this be done, and how?

=FLOOR(A1-A2,500)

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"John" wrote in message
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I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is possible. I need to
create
a formula based on the results of date in two separate fileds. Suppose I
have a field with 31064.47 and another with 28738. I wand to subtract the
2nd number from the first, then round the result to the nearest increment
of
500. For example, 31064.47 subtract 28738 equals 2326.47. I would like
to
round that result down to the nearest increment of 500 or 2000.

Can this be done, and how?

Hello,

If the second number can be greater than the first and if the multiple
of 500 has to be <= the difference:

1. =IF(A1-A20,ROUNDDOWN((A1-A2)*2,-3)/2,ROUNDUP((A1-A2)*2/-3)/2)

2. =IF(A1-A20,FLOOR(A1-A2,500),CEILING(A1-A2,-500))

HTH,
Bernd