need help reducing value by 0.5 if sum is >8

[rmckeon]

I'm subtracting one cell from another to get a SUM. I'd like reduce the SUM by 0.5 if the value is greater than "8". In other words, if A1-A2 is 9, I would like the number displayed to be 8.5. can this be done?

 

[VoG]

Perhaps

=IF(A1-B1>9,A1-B1-0.5,A1-B1)

 

[rmckeon]

Perhaps

=IF(A1-B1>9,A1-B1-0.5,A1-B1)

It says I can't do this, noting a circular reference. There's something in the argument I'm missing....

 

[T. Valko]

It says I can't do this, noting a circular reference. There's something in the argument I'm missing....

You have to put the formula in a cell other than A1 or B1.

 

[VoG]

Where are you putting this formula? It cannot go in A1 or B1 unless you set iterations to 1.

 

[rmckeon]

You have to put the formula in a cell other than A1 or B1.

Can you let me know what arguments I should put in either cell? Again, I'm trying to display either result - if the sum is >8 I want to leave as is, but if it's >7.99 I want to take away 0.50 from the resulting sum.

Thanks a lot for your help!!!

 

[VoG]

Like this?

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C
1	600	37	562.5
Sheet2

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[rmckeon]

Like this?

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C
1	600	37	562.5
Sheet2

Yes, that seems to work. However, I'm using numbers that are formatted as "time" and it's not recognizing the -.5 in the IF statement. Any ideas?

 

[VoG]

Please give an example.

 

[rmckeon]

Please give an example.

<TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1><COLGROUP><COL style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; WIDTH: 30px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"></COLGROUP><TBODY><TR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><TD></TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0 3px outset">A</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0 3px outset">B</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0 3px outset">C</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0 3px outset; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; TEXT-ALIGN: center">1</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">16:30</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">07:30</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">9</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>




<TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #00ff00; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: groove; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: groove; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: groove; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffcf9; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: groove"><TBODY><TR><TD>Spreadsheet Formulas</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=1><TBODY><TR style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca"><TD>Cell</TD><TD>Formula</TD></TR><TR><TD>C1</TD><TD>=IF(A1-B1>8,A1-B1-0.5,A1-B1)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

This is what I'm getting when I use the forumula