How do I replace a negative number at the end of a formula with a.

[Guest]

I have a formula in excel that calculates overtime hours for my employees.
Hours are deducted from overtime for personal time and comp time. If the
personal and comp time hours are more than the overtime hours it gives me a
negative number and then because it is a negative number it adds hours to the
regular hours pay. I need to have the formula treat a negative number like a
zero or equal a zero and not a negative amount. Here is the formula I use.
=IF(G45<212,0,G45-212)*1-(E67+C67+E51)
Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[Don Guillett]

use ABS

abs(negativenumber)

 

[JE McGimpsey]

One way:

=MAX(0,G45-212)-MAX(0,E67+C67+E51)

 

[Guest]

Use MAX

=MAX(0,your_formula_that_can_produce_negative_numbers)

anytime the formula would return less than zero the result will be zero
since MAX will retrun the larger number

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

 

[Don Guillett]

Sorry. mis-read. ABS would change to positive

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help. I could not use the example you gave but I was able to
figure it out from your response.