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How do I subtract a value from a specific cell from a drop down box with list of numbers?

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    How do I subtract a value from a specific cell from a drop down box with list of numbers?

    Hello Everyone,

    This is my first post. How do I subtract a value from a specific cell from a drop-down box with a list of numbers? As shown on the image attached, I would like to choose a number from QTY dropdown box E2 (1 - 5) and then subtract the number from a specific cell e.g. C2 which currently has a value of 10.

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    Any help is greatly appreciated.
    Many thanks in advance,

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    Re: How do I subtract a value from a specific cell from a drop down box with list of numbe

    Normally you would just have a cell/column where QTY in stock was inputted, maybe F2 then hide it and then C2 is "=F2-E2".
    We could give you a more complicated solution but might as well keep it simple.

    (the complication problem is having a cell being both the place you input a value and the place that displays the new value)
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    Re: How do I subtract a value from a specific cell from a drop down box with list of numbe

    Hi,

    Thank you for your reply, what would be the formula to write for this as I'm pretty new to using excel.

    Many thanks,
    T

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    Re: How do I subtract a value from a specific cell from a drop down box with list of numbe

    I mean something like this.
    hide column F if you want.
    I added the drop-down because you said you had a drop-down there.

    In future its easier if you upload excel files and not images then we don't have to guess.
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