Making a Yes No field add up to a positive number

[Guest]

I have Yes No fields. When I add up the yes's they are negative....So how do
I get it to do 1 and zero instead of the default -1 and zero.
-1 = Yes by default.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Allen Browne]

Replace
=Sum([MyYesNoField])
with:
=Abs(Sum([MyYesNoField]))

Or just use a minus sign.

 

[Rick B]

Just multiply your sum by -1. If your sum is -50, then multiplying it
by -1 will give you positive 50.


Rick B

 

[Guest]

Hi, Ken.

So how do
I get it to do 1 and zero instead of the default -1 and zero.

You need to use the absoulute value in order to force a positive value
instead of the default negative value. I don't know how you need to apply
the equation, but if you are using it in a query then one way to do it would
be:

SELECT SUM(ABS(IsCorrect)) As Answers
FROM MyTable;

If five records consist of four TRUE values, then the sum (Answers, in this
case) would equal 4, not -4.

HTH.

Gunny

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