Question on a Formula

[B. Levien]

I have been asked how to create a formula to return an error if the rows and
columns to not add up.

The cells in Column D - D733 contain the totals for the rows.
The cells in Row 34 - E34:K34 contain the totals for the columns.

The user wants a formula to return an error message if the total of the rows
does not equal the total of the columns (this formula should be in D34).
Right now, she has the formula of =SUM(E34:K34) in D34.

I'm stumped.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Gary''s Student]

Perhaps:

=IF(SUM(E34:K34)=SUM(D733),"o.k.","no good")

 

[Luke M]

=IF(SUM(E34:K34)<>SUM(D733),"ERROR","OKAY")

Hope that helps!

 

[Sandy Mann]

Try:

=IF(SUM(D733)<>D34,"Error!","")

If there are multiplications in the data in E7:K33 then you may need to
include a ROUND() function to prevent small errors returning the "Error!"
when the two SUMS() apparently balanance

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[B. Levien]

Thank you all so much!

I'm not familiar with the IF functions, and they confuse me no end.

Brenda

 

[Sandy Mann]

You are welcome, thanks for the feedback

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[B. Levien]

You are ALL wonderful! The formula was exactly what she was looking for!!!!

Brenda