A SUM FUNCTION (EXCEL) RETURNS A ZERO VALUE BUT DISPLAY IN (0.00),

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eva cheng

I AM USING THE SUM FUNCTION OF EXCEL 2003, IT RETURNS A ZERO VALUE WHEN
SUMMING A COLUMN OF FIGURES WHICH ARE NOT RESULTING FROM A FORMULA. IT
DISPLAYS (0.00) INSTEAD OF 0.00. WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME REMOVE THE BRACKETS
FROM A ZERO VALUE ? THANKS
 
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Bob Phillips

Sounds like text instead of numbers.

See if this returns a result

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A20))

If so, it is text, and should be corrected.

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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)
 
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Gord Dibben

Perhaps the value is really <0

..00000099999 could give you a reading of (0.00) if formatted for negative
number.

Extend the decimal points out a ways to see what the value is.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 

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