Hello,
in my simple excel doc attached, I have my original data in column A with a SUM that exactly equals ($34.99)....but when I sort the data the sum total changes depending on how it is sorted and will never again equal ($34.99). Why is that and how can I fix it?
Thank you soooo much for any assistance.
Beth
Welcome to the wacky world of floating point arithmetic. At it's simplest, Excel can't count!!
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/off...ccurate-result
So. Are those tiny, tiny differences of ANY significance? No. So, ROUND your result
=ROUND(SUM(A3:A10000),4)
... to 4 dps, say. More thna enough for most purposes. Now sort your data.
Glenn
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Re: sorting causes SUM total to change
Thank you for your quick response Glenn! Your suggestion to round to 4 spots = PERFECT!! I've been trying to fix this for days now. Thank you!!
You're welcome.
It would be very nice if you were to just click the Add Reputation button at the foot of any of the posts of members who helped you reach a solution.
Finally, if that takes care of your original question, please select "Thread Tools" from the menu link above and mark this thread as SOLVED.
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