Compare Negative & Positive Numbers
 

How to compare values in a colum that has several data of positive and
negative numbers, of which most of them cancel one another. What I am
trying to do is to delete all the numbers that cancel each other and
have obly numbers that are not cancel left in that column.

Column A
123
-123
-325
325
123

from the example above, after I successfully delete all numbers that
offsetting each other, I should have only $123 as a total in column A

Please help. Thanks Chom


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How to compare values in a colum that has several data of positive
and negative numbers, of which most of them cancel one another.
What I am trying to do is to delete all the numbers that cancel each
other and have obly numbers that are not cancel left in that column.

Column A
123
-123
-325
325
123

from the example above, after I successfully delete all numbers that
offsetting each other, I should have only $123 as a total in column
A

Please help. Thanks Chom


Hi Chom,

See my reply to your other post. If that doesn't work, reply there.

Multiple posts are bad form - stick with one thread and follow a
discussion of suggestions there.

HTH,

Alan.

Just posted this response to you in your earlier post in
..worksheet.functions
(As Alan says, please refrain from multi-posting ..)

" .. Think this revised set-up should deliver what we're after ..

Assume data is in Sheet1's col A, A1 down:

123
-123
-123
124
-124
124
etc

Put in B1:
=IF(A1="","",COUNTIF($A$1:A1,A1))

Put in C1, and array-enter the formula,
i.e. press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
(instead of just pressing ENTER):

=IF(B1="","",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(-A1&"_"&B1,$A$1:$A$100&"_"&$B$1:$B$100,0)),""
,ROW()))

Select B1:C1, fill down to say, C100,
to cover the max expected data in col A

Note: Adapt the ranges $A$1:$A$100, $B$1:$B$100 in the formula in C1 to
suit. We can't use entire col references (e.g.: A:A, B:B) in the array
formula for col C.

In a new Sheet2
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Put in A1:

=IF(ISERROR(SMALL(Sheet1!C:C,ROWS($A$1:A1))),"",IN DEX(Sheet1!A:A,MATCH(SMALL
(Sheet1!C:C,ROWS($A$1:A1)),Sheet1!C:C,0)))

(Normal ENTER will do)

Note that the entire formula above should be in one line. You would need to
rectify the inevitable line breaks / wraps [especially for long formulas]
after you directly copy paste the formula from the post into the cell /
formula bar.

Copy A1 down to A100
(cover the same range as done in Sheet1's cols B & C)

Sheet will return the desired results neatly bunched at the top,
viz. for the sample data above, you'd get:

-123
124
(blank rows below) ... "
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"chom" wrote in message
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How to compare values in a colum that has several data of positive and
negative numbers, of which most of them cancel one another. What I am
trying to do is to delete all the numbers that cancel each other and
have obly numbers that are not cancel left in that column.

Column A
123
-123
-325
325
123

from the example above, after I successfully delete all numbers that
offsetting each other, I should have only $123 as a total in column A

Please help. Thanks Chom


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Here's a link to a sample file with the implemented construct:
http://www.savefile.com/files/4522483
File: Compare Neg n Pos Nos_ChomKrusopon_wksht.xls
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