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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. ...
mathetes
Mar 28, 2024Silver Contributor
An alternative would be =ABS(A1-A2) which gives the absolute difference as a positive number.
AEHino1765
Mar 29, 2024Copper Contributor
Thank you - this worked well too!
- mathetesMar 29, 2024Silver Contributor
this worked well too!
One of the neat things about Excel: there are always multiple ways to get from A to B.