an if question

[jwfakouri]

hey guy's
A1 = 500-400, but if A1 equals a negative then i need A1 to equal 0.
please help.

thanks,
jason

[Ron Coderre]

Try this:

A1: =MAX(500-400,0)

Does that give you something to work with?

Regards,
Ron

[Fred Smith]

There's no formula which would set A1 to 0 if it was negative. You could do this
with a macro, but I doubt you need to go to this much trouble. Your likely best
bets are:

1. If there currently is a formula in A1, then change it to an IF statement, as
in:

=if(b1-c1<0,0,b1-c1)

2. If you have other formulas referring to A1, have them test for a negative
value first.

--
Regards,
Fred


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> hey guy's
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> 0.
> please help.
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> thanks,
> jason
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=MAX(500-400,0)
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> hey guy's
> A1 = 500-400, but if A1 equals a negative then i need A1 to equal
> 0.
> please help.
>
> thanks,
> jason
>
>
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