IF cell is positive help

nymyth

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I have a little problem and was wondering if someone can help me out.

I am working on an Income Statement where I show:

Actuals Budget CM Act vs CM Bud($) CM Act vs CM Bud (%)

The problem is in the final column for the %. The percentage formula says "If ROUND of column C is 1, then give me a 0%, else divide column C and B (C/B). Well this works out great until I have a positive number in column C and a negative in column B, the percentage will come out to be a negative, but it should be positive. For example:

Actuals | Budget | CM Act vs CM Bud($) | CM Act vs CM Bud (%)
22,920 | 24,485 | (1,565) |-6.4%
(2,869) | (3,270) | 401 |-12.3%

That negative 12.3 should actually be a positive. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
 

Excel Facts

Whats the difference between CONCAT and CONCATENATE?
The newer CONCAT function can reference a range of cells. =CONCATENATE(A1,A2,A3,A4,A5) becomes =CONCAT(A1:A5)
I think ABS() will fix the value
 
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Maybe try the following?
Excel Workbook
ABCD
22292024485-1565-6.4%
3-2869-327040112.3%
4-2869-2200-669-30.4%
Sheet4
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2=A2-B2
D2=C2/ABS(B2)

Hope that helps.
 
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