Difference between 2 numbers

Peter100

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I simply want to calculate the difference between two numbers in A1 & B1
 

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if A1 = 20 and B1 = 30 then A1-B1 = -10 and I want it to display the difference as being 10
This message was edited by Peter100 on 2002-05-04 17:12
 
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Hello Peter


try the abs function
Suppose you have the formula in c1

=abs(a1-b1)
 
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Because the nest row might have the data reversed and then the problem would be the same
 
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