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AEHino1765
Mar 28, 2024Copper Contributor
When using auto sum change negative numbers to positive
Hello,
I'm using =a1-a2 in excel to find difference between product expected and product arrived, but when I get more product arriving than what I expected the formula gives me a negative total.
How can I change that negative total to a positive and show a plus sign in front of the number.
Example:
Expected | 14 |
Arrived | 17 |
Total | -3 |
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- mathetesSilver ContributorAn alternative would be =ABS(A1-A2) which gives the absolute difference as a positive number.
- AEHino1765Copper ContributorThank you - this worked well too!
- mathetesSilver Contributor
this worked well too!
One of the neat things about Excel: there are always multiple ways to get from A to B.
- AEHino1765Copper Contributor
HansVogelaar thank you! this works