Negative numbers in easy formula getting me down...

J

jennieoh

I'm using a formula to calculate the % increase or decrease of some numbers.
My formula is =(H33-N33)/N33. However, I have a negative number N33 so the %
should be a positive because there was an increase but it's coming out a
negative. Why isn't this calculating N33 as a negative number?
 
K

Kevin B

You can multiply your result by a -1 to insure that it's positive.

=((H33-N33)/N33)*-1

or

=IF((H33-N33)/N33<0,((H33-N33)/N33)*-1,=(H33-N33)/N33)
 
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David Biddulph

jennieoh said:
I'm using a formula to calculate the % increase or decrease of some
numbers.
My formula is =(H33-N33)/N33. However, I have a negative number N33 so
the %
should be a positive because there was an increase but it's coming out a
negative. Why isn't this calculating N33 as a negative number?
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You could use =(H33-N33)/ABS(N33), but bear in mind the possibility of N33
being zero (in which case you'd need to think about what % increase you'd
want to show there).
 
B

Bob Phillips

how about

=(H33-N33)/abs(N33)

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