Hi all - I'm having a meltdown.
I'm trying to balance a financial ledger and am running into a problem with the simplest of all calculations - the SUM function.
I have two amounts: -$378.15 and $309.22. When I sum them, the number that appears in the cell is correct: -$68.93. However, in the formula bar, it shows as -68.9299999999999. This is throwing off all my subsequent calculations.
Why does this happen when adding these two amounts?
Example attached.
Formula:
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It's what Excel does - Google floating point errors.
Try this:
=ROUND(SUM(B3:B4),2)
Ali
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Thank you so much!
I'm a self-taught Excel nerd, and this is the first time I've encountered this issue. Frustrating!
Your answer let me know I'm not crazy.
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Thanks for that direction, I'm new to this site and appreciate the tip!
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