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Inconsistent IF Results

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    Inconsistent IF Results

    CELL A1 CONTAINS "4.030"
    CELL B1 CONTAINS "4.015"
    CELL C1 HAS THIS FORMULA =SUM(A1-B1).....IN THIS CASE THE SUM IS ".015"
    CELL D1 HAS THIS FORMULA =IF(C1>0.015,"FAIL","PASS"), BUT......
    IT RETURNS "FAIL", ANYTHING OVER OR UNDER THE EXACT NUMBER WORKS FINE, BUT THE EXACT NUMBER ISN'T ACTING RIGHT!
    ALSO, IF I REMOVE THE FORMULA FROM C1 & MANUALLY TYPE ".015" INTO THE CELL IT WORKS GREAT AS WELL.
    HELP ME!!!!!!
    please
    Last edited by DonkeyOte; 12-17-2010 at 03:53 AM.

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    Re: =if.....issues!!

    Looks like a rounding error problem.

    Try

    =INT((A1-B1) * 1000)/1000

    instead.
    Martin

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    Re: =if.....issues!!

    @BW29, please note that your thread title falls foul of Forum Rules.

    Your post title should accurately and concisely describe your problem - in this case perhaps something along the lines of: "Inconsistent IF Results"
    (I appreciate in this instance it probably isn't obvious how to best describe given the Rounding issue is not obvious - on that basis I have on this occasion modified for you).

    Please also avoid posting in CAPS - this is in forum-geek terms interpreted as shouting.

    Regards solution - you can just round the result:

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    or, if you prefer to dispense with C1 altogether:

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    Note the use of SUM in SUM(A1-B1) is superfluous.

    Thanks

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    Re: =if.....issues!!

    @DonkeyOte
    Thanks for the help, your first idea did the trick.
    Sorry about shouting at ya'll!!!

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