Need a formula to determine the greater of a or b...

I need to compare 2 number and enter into a 3rd column the greater of the 2
numbers.

sonyav, how about something like this =MAX(A1:B1)
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"sonyav" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need to compare 2 number and enter into a 3rd column the greater of the 2
> numbers.

If you're comparing numbers from column A to a number in column B
just enter =IF(A1>B1,A1,B1) in Column C

"sonyav" wrote:

> I need to compare 2 number and enter into a 3rd column the greater of the 2
> numbers.