Negative numbers

[K_O_L]

I am about to do a cash flow for a business plan. To calculate the
amount I would need to loan from a bank, I have a row with automated
cells calculating the expenses for each month I will have that would
need to be payed for. But, the nature of math plays a trick on me the
moment I break even. Cause all of the sudden I need to loan a negative
amount from the bank, which brings me to my question.
Is there a possibility to specify a cell to display ZERO when the
actual number in the cell is negative?
Fairly straight forward task, it should be possible!

Thank you for all your help!

 

[mangesh_yadav]

Suppose you want to evaluate / use the value in A1, then
=IF(A1<0,0,A1)

Manges

 

[Bob Phillips]

Try setting the negative portion of a custom format to \0, such as
General;\0

 

[Guest]

=max(0,your equation) for a zero value in the cell

It depends on what dependencies you have on this cell whether it is better
to have a zero for the value of the cell or the actual negative number behind
a zero.

 

[CLR]

Assuming the cells you're concerned with contain formulas, if you want the
actual result to be converted to zero for any further calculations, you
could wrap your formula in an IF statement, like.........

=IF(YourFormula<0,0,YourFormula)

This will result in zero for any otherwise negative return from
"YourFormula".

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Jim May]

There is also the =Ceiling(a1-a2,0) formula route
which will literally change your cell value to the number 0.
Use carefully;
HTH